ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,038, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and SHIZUKI ELECTRIC Co. INC. (Nishinomiya, Japan).
"Film capacitor" was invented by Satoru Jogan (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Ryo Majima (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Kimiaki Kikuchi (Nishinomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A film capacitor that includes: a laminate including a first dielectric film, a second dielectric film, a first metal layer, and a second metal layer laminated in a laminate direction; a first external electrode on a first end surface of the laminate in a width direction perpendicular to the laminate direction and connected to the...