US Patent Issued to TDK on July 1 for "Multi-layer inductor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,347,596, issued on July 1, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Multi-layer inductor" was invented by Akihiko Oide (Tokyo), Makoto Yoshino (Tokyo), Tomoki Okada (Yurihonjo, Japan), Seiji Osada (Yurihonjo, Japan), Yuuki Okazaki (Yurihonjo, Japan), Takeshi Sasaki (Yurihonjo, Japan), Mitsuru Ito (Yurihonjo, Japan), Kenta Sasaki (Yurihonjo, Japan), Kazuhiro Ebina (Tokyo), Takashi Abe (Yurihonjo, Japan) and Hiroshi Ono (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the multi-layer inductor, the internal electrode includes the auxiliary conductor, and the auxiliary conductor is jointed to the external electrode at the end face. Therefore, when a defec...