US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on April 29 for "Electronic component and method for manufacturing the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,636, issued on April 29, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Electronic component and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Shinji Otani (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Hiroki Imaeda (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Namiko Sasajima (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Tomohiro Sunaga (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Masami Okado (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component includes a composite body containing resin and magnetic metal particles, a first metal film provided on an outer surface of the composite body, and a second metal film provided on the first metal film. ...