US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Nov. 4 for "Multilayer ceramic electronic component including via conductors not exposed to principal surfaces" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,977, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic electronic component including via conductors not exposed to principal surfaces" was invented by Yukie Watanabe (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a multilayer ceramic electronic component, a first auxiliary electrode layer spaced away from a second internal electrode layer and exposed to a first end surface is on a same plane as a ceramic layer on which the second internal electrode layer is located, a second auxiliary electrode layer spaced away from a first internal electrode layer and exposed to a second end s...