ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,439, issued on May 13, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Multi-terminal multilayer capacitor" was invented by Seiji Hidaka (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yukihiro Fujita (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-terminal multilayer capacitor includes first vias and second vias extending in first and second internal electrodes in a stacking direction, a first slit extending between the first via and a first insulating portion that insulates the second via and the first internal electrode from each other, and a second slit extending between the second via and a second insulating portion that insula...