ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,661, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KOA Corp. (Ina, Japan).
"Chip component" was invented by Yasushi Akahane (Ina, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chip resistor according to the present invention includes an insulating substrate, a pair of back surface electrodes, a pair of top surface electrodes, a resistor, and a pair of end face electrodes. The back surface electrode includes the first electrode portion located inwardly and away from the end face of the insulating substrate, and the two second electrode portions arranged on two portions, respectively, in the short direction of the insulating substrate with the cutout po...