ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,400,785, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Multi-layer coil component" was invented by Akihiko Oide (Tokyo), Makoto Yoshino (Tokyo), Tomoki Okada (Yurihonjo, Japan), Hideki Saitou (Yurihonjo, Japan), Seiji Osada (Yurihonjo, Japan), Kazuhiro Ebina (Tokyo), Kunio Oda (Tokyo), Takashi Abe (Yurihonjo, Japan), Akio Shibata (Tokyo) and Kazuo Iwai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the multi-layer coil component, the lead conductor is exposed from the end surface of the element body and is connected to the external electrode provided on the end surface. When the lead conductor is led out to the end surface of the elem...