ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,969, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Coil component" was invented by Hideaki Hoshino (Tokyo), Kenji Okabe (Tokyo) and Kozue Imaizumi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component according to one or more embodiments of the present invention includes: an insulating base body having a bottom surface; a coil conductor disposed in the base body and having a coil surface opposed to the bottom surface; and a reinforcement portion disposed in the base body. The reinforcement portion is disposed at a position closer to the bottom surface than is a middle point between the bottom surface and the coil s...