ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,377, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Electronic module" was invented by Shota Hayashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Nobuaki Ogawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yuki Asano (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Akihiro Muranaka (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a module, a metal member includes a right support portion, the right support portion has a right support foremost portion located at a foremost in the right support portion and located in front of the plate-shaped portion, the right support portion bends in a forward direction from a right boundary when the right support portion has the right...