ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,670, issued on May 27, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Magnetic coupling coil component" was invented by Takayuki Arai (Tokyo), Naoya Terauchi (Tokyo) and Tomoo Kashiwa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic coupling coil component according to one or more embodiments of the invention includes a magnetic base body, a first and second conductors disposed in a through-hole of the magnetic base body, and a non-magnetic portion disposed between the first and second conductors and having a relative magnetic permeability smaller than that of the magnetic base body. The magnetic base body has a mounting surface and ...