ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,174, issued on May 20, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Electronic component" was invented by Yuuta Hoshino (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component that includes: a ceramic body; an external electrode on a first part of a surface of the ceramic body; and a glass layer covering at least a second part of the surface of the ceramic body, wherein the glass layer contains silicon atoms, titanium atoms, and zirconium atoms, and the glass layer has a titanium dispersion proportion of 90% or more and a zirconium dispersion proportion of 60% or more."
The patent was filed o...