ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,593, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Laminated coil component" was invented by Yusuke Nagai (Tokyo), Hidekazu Sato (Tokyo) and Kunihiko Kawasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminated coil component capable of improving winding efficiency and characteristics and realizing a simple configuration and an improved withstand voltage is provided. A laminated coil component includes a coil portion formed inside an insulating element body forming a laminated structure and in a first conductor pattern layer and a second conductor pattern layer constituting the coil portion, positions of a pair of end portions...