ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,049, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Electronic component and method for manufacturing the same" 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 and an external electrode on a surface of the ceramic body. The external electrode includes a base layer in contact with the surface of the ceramic body; and a metal layer on a surface of the base layer, the base layer having a pore communicating from the surface of the base layer to an interface with the surface of the ceramic body, a part of the metal ...