US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Sept. 30 for "Multilayer ceramic capacitor including raised portions thicker from middle portion towards outer periphery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,286, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Multilayer ceramic capacitor including raised portions thicker from middle portion towards outer periphery" was invented by Yasuyuki Shimada (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Akira Tanaka (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Shinichi Kokawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a multilayer body including dielectric layers and internal electrodes alternately laminated therein, and two end surfaces opposing each other in a length direction, and two side surfaces opposing each other in a width direction, and two external e...