ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,039, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Coil component, circuit board, and electronic device" was invented by Kenji Atomura (Tokyo) and Tomoo Kashiwa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes a coil part. The coil part includes a first turn part extending around a coil axis running in an axial direction, a second turn part outside the first turn part in a radial direction orthogonal to the axial direction and centered on the coil axis, and an insulating coating film covering a surface of the coil part. The first turn part has first inner and outer peripheral surfaces facing each ot...