ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,226, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Resistor" was invented by Atsuki Yakata (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resistor includes a resistive element including a first surface and a second surface facing opposite sides in a thickness direction; a protective film having electrical insulating properties disposed on the first surface; and a pair of electrodes disposed spaced apart from each other in a first direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, the pair of electrodes being configured to come into contact with the resistive element. The protective film includes a first outer edge ...