ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,271, issued on June 17, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Keita Kitahara (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Riyousuke Akazawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Takefumi Takahashi (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including internal electrode layers and internal dielectric layers alternatively laminated therein, main surfaces on both sides in a lamination direction, end surfaces on both sides in a length direction intersecting the lamination direction, and lateral surfaces on both sides in a width direction inte...