ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,574, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Capacitor array" was invented by Takafumi Kusuyama (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Hiroshi Kikuchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Masanori Yoshikawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The capacitor array that includes: a capacitor layer including a plurality of capacitor portions divided by a plurality of through-portions and arranged in a plane, and the capacitor portions each have a first main surface and a second main surface that are opposite to each other in a thickness direction. The plurality of through-portions include a first through-por...