ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,828, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to KOA Corp. (Ina, Japan).
"Electronic component" was invented by Yasushi Akahane (Ina, Japan) and Nobuhiko Tamada (Ina, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chip resistor comprises an insulating substrate (component body) on which a resistor is formed, a connection terminal (front electrodes, end face electrodes, and back electrodes) formed at both end portions of the insulating substrate, an under layer formed by electrolytic plating to cover the connection terminal, a barrier layer formed by electrolytic plating to cover the under layer, and an external connection layer which is mainly compo...