US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Nov. 11 for "Multilayer ceramic capacitor including external electrode covered with side gap portion" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,645, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor including external electrode covered with side gap portion" was invented by Akira Ishizuka (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Shun Shimasaki (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including first and second dielectric layers, two main surfaces, two lateral surfaces, two end surfaces, and an inner layer portion including first and second internal electrodes laminated alternately therein with one of the dielectric layers interposed therebetween, outer dielectric la...