US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on March 11 for "Multilayer ceramic electronic component including metal terminals, exterior material, and electrostatic shielding metal" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,458, issued on March 11, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic electronic component including metal terminals, exterior material, and electrostatic shielding metal" was invented by Naotaka Hasegawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a multilayer ceramic electronic component main body, first and second metal terminals, an exterior material covering the multilayer ceramic electronic component main body, a portion of the first metal terminal, and a portion of the second metal terminal, and an electrostatic shielding metal embed...