US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on Feb. 17 for "Multilayer ceramic capacitor including raised portion" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,721, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor including raised portion" was invented by Akira Ishizuka (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Shinichi Kokawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yasuyuki Shimada (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes end-surface external electrodes and side-surface external electrodes. The end-surface external electrodes are respectively provided at end surfaces of a multilayer body and are respectively connected to end-surface connecting internal electrodes. The side-surface external electrodes are respectively...