ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,936, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Multilayer coil component" was invented by Yuto Shiga (Tokyo), Youichi Kazuta (Tokyo), Yuichi Takubo (Tokyo), Junichiro Urabe (Tokyo), Noriaki Hamachi (Tokyo), Kazuya Tobita (Tokyo) and Toshinori Matsuura (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer coil component includes an element body, a coil, and an external terminal. The element body includes a plurality of insulator layers that is laminated. The coil is disposed in the element body. The external terminal includes a plurality of conductor layers that is laminated. The external terminal is electrically connected to ...