ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,013, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Thermistor" was invented by Tatsuya Fukutani (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Hiroaki Ide (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Shuichi Funahashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermistor that includes: a base layer containing a resin component; a thermistor layer on the base layer, wherein the thermistor layer is a composite which includes a plurality of particles including a metal oxide containing at least one first metal element that is at least one of Mn and Ni, and an amorphous phase between the plurality of particles and which contains the sa...