ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,253, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Coil component" was invented by Hanako Yoshino (Tokyo) and Keigo Higashida (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a winding core part and a wire wound around the winding core part. The winding core part includes a first winding area positioned on a first flange part side, a second winding area positioned on a second flange part side, and a third winding area positioned between the first and second winding areas. The wire includes a first section wound in a plurality of turns around the first winding area, a second section wou...