ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,668, issued on May 27, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).
"Electronic component" was invented by Yasunari Nakashima (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The electronic component includes an element body having a mounting surface, an upper surface opposing the mounting surface, a first side surface, and a second side surface adjacent to the first side surface, and an outer conductor including a first portion extending along the first side surface and embedded in the element body so as to be exposed from the first side surface. The element body has a first chamfered portion at a corner portion...