ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,805, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Branching filter" was invented by Takuya Sato (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A branching filter includes a first filter and a second filter. The first filter includes a first inductor. The second filter includes a second inductor. Each of the first inductor and the second inductor is wound about an axis extending in a direction orthogonal to a stacking direction of a stack. The first inductor is arranged at a position closer to a first end portion of the stack than to a second end portion of the stack. The second inductor is arranged at a position closer to the second...