ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,133, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Electronic component" was invented by Sangyeop Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kihun Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Beomjoon Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component including: a ceramic main body; first and second external electrodes respectively provided on two opposite end surfaces spaced apart from each other in a longitudinal direction of the ceramic main body; a first metal frame including a first junction part joined to the first external electrode, a first support part extending from the...