US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on May 20 for "Multilayer ceramic capacitor" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,176, issued on May 20, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Shogo Aoto (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes, on a first end surface, first protruding portions opposed to each other and extending along at least two surfaces of a first main surface and a second main surface or a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface and, on a second end surface, second protruding portions opposed to each other and extending along at least two surfaces of a first main surface and a second main surface or a first later...