ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,585, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Multilayer ceramic capacitor" was invented by Suguru Nakano (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Satoshi Muramatsu (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Risa Hojo (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yoshiyuki Nomura (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a laminate including dielectric layers and internal electrode layers, and first and second external electrodes on surfaces of the laminate. The laminate includes first and second main surfaces oppose each other in a lamination direction, first and second side surfaces oppose each other in a l...