ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,140, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Satoru Naokawa (Yasu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate that includes an active portion formed by laminating dielectric layers and internal electrode layers, first and second covering portions that are positioned at respective ends of the active portion in a laminating direction, first and second surfaces, first and second end surfaces, first and second side surfaces. The multilayer ceramic capacitor also includes external electrodes. The first covering portion incl...