ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,936, issued on June 24, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Coil component and method for making coil component" was invented by Junichiro Urabe (Tokyo), Hajime Kato (Tokyo), Toshinori Matsuura (Tokyo), Kazuya Tobita (Tokyo), Yuto Shiga (Tokyo), Yuichi Takubo (Tokyo), Youichi Kazuta (Tokyo) and Noriaki Hamachi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component includes an exterior body, a coil, and a pair of terminal electrodes. The coil is disposed inside the exterior body. The pair of terminal electrodes are electrically connected to the coil and are disposed on the exterior body. The exterior body includes a first portion that...