US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. on Oct. 28 for "Multilayer ceramic electronic component" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,581, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic electronic component" was invented by Taku Mizuno (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer body, first and second external electrodes on first and second end surfaces. The multilayer body includes an inner layer portion, and first and second outer layer portions. The first and second end surfaces each include an inner layer and first and second outer layer end surfaces. The inner layer end surface includes a protruding end surface, a first coupling surface c...