ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,692, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Inductor array" 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: "An inductor array of the invention includes a magnetic base body, a first internal conductor within the base body, and a second internal conductor adjacent to the first internal conductor. The first and second internal conductors are arranged along a reference axis. The base body includes an inter-conductor region between the first and second internal conductors. The inter-conductor region has a first section cut along a reference ...