ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,246, issued on June 17, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Electronic component and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Hirotaka Wakabayashi (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A coil component according to one aspect of the invention includes an insulating base body, an external electrode provided on the base body, and a functional part electrically connected to the external electrode. The external electrode includes a metal portion, glass, and metal oxide, the metal portion being made of a metal material and having electric conductivity, the metal oxide being electrically non-conductive."
The patent was...