ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,293,864, issued on May 6, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Coil component and manufacturing method therefor" was invented by Nobuyuki Okuzawa (Tokyo), Kazuhiko Ito (Tokyo), Munehiro Takaku (Tokyo) and Junichiro Urabe (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a coil component that includes a coil pattern embedded in an element body and helically wound in a plurality of turns. The element body includes a support body having a cavity formed therein and a first insulating layer stacked on the support body so as to cover the cavity, thereby forming a hollow space inside the element body. The coil pattern includes a pluralit...