ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,853, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TOKIN Corp. (Shiroishi, Japan).
"Noise filter" was invented by Shu Sato (Sendai, Japan), Yuta Nakano (Sendai, Japan), Koichi Kondo (Sendai, Japan) and Koki Harada (Sendai, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A noise filter that can be miniaturized is provided. A noise filter includes a terminal fitting, a board, a coil mounted on the board, and an electronic component mounted on the board. The terminal fitting includes a terminal body electrically connected to an external device, a coil connection part electrically connected to the coil through a lead wire, and a board connection part electr...