ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,870, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Coil device" was invented by Chen Wang (Tokyo) and Satoshi Sugimoto (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil device capable of reducing magnetic coupling between conductors while ensuring good inductance characteristics is provided. A coil device 10 includes a first core 20, a second core 30 combined with the first core 20, and a first conductor 40 and a second conductor 50 arranged adjacent to each other between the first core 20 and the second core 30. At least one of the first core 20 and the second core 30 includes a center leg portion 23 (or a center leg portion 33)...