Inductor

- TDK CORPORATION
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Description

FIG. 1 is a front view of an inductor of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view take along lines 8-8 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 9 is a cross-sectional view take along lines 9-9 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view take along lines 10-10 in FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a cross-sectional view take along lines 11-11 in FIG. 6;

FIG. 12 is a front view of a second embodiment of an inductor of the present invention;

FIG. 13 is a rear view thereof;

FIG. 14 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 15 is a bottom view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a right side view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a left side view thereof;

FIG. 18 is a perspective view thereof,

FIG. 19 is a cross-sectional view take along lines 19-19 in FIG. 12;

FIG. 20 is a cross-sectional view take along lines 20-20 in FIG. 12;

FIG. 21 is a cross-sectional view take along lines 21-21 in FIG. 12; and,

FIG. 22 is a cross-sectional view take along lines 22-22 in FIG. 17.

The broken lines show portions of an inductor that form no part of the claimed design.

The alternate long and short dash lines are merely the boundary lines between the claimed parts and the non-claimed parts.

Claims

The ornamental design for an inductor as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D1126158
Type: Grant
Filed: Feb 28, 2024
Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
Assignee: TDK CORPORATION (Tokyo)
Inventors: Kazuya Tobita (Tokyo), Nobuyuki Okuzawa (Tokyo), Munehiro Takaku (Tokyo), Shinnosuke Suzuki (Tokyo), Toru Yaginuma (Tokyo), Tomohiro Kaito (Tokyo)
Primary Examiner: Shawn T Gingrich
Assistant Examiner: Angela C. Ligon
Application Number: 29/930,273
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