ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,568, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Multilayer ceramic capacitors and circuit boards" was invented by Kaoru Umegaki (Tokyo), Hirotaka Ohno (Tokyo) and Riki Suemasa (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including a first internal electrode and a second internal electrode facing the first internal electrode, a pair of first external electrodes arranged on end surfaces of the ceramic body, respectively, connected to the first internal electrode; and a pair of second external electrodes arranged on side surfaces of the ceramic body, respectively, co...