ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,690, issued on June 10, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Ceramic electronic component and circuit board" was invented by Eriko Numata (Tokyo), Daisuke Iwai (Tokyo), Shinichi Sasaki (Tokyo) and Fumi Mori (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ceramic electronic component includes: a ceramic body including main surfaces perpendicular to a first axis and end surfaces perpendicular to a second axis; and external electrodes covering the end surfaces and extending from the end surfaces to the main surfaces. The external electrode includes a surface layer portion including a Sn plating layer, and an inner layer portion includ...