US Patent Issued to TAIYO YUDEN on Nov. 4 for "Multilayer ceramic electronic component, method of manufacturing the same, and circuit board" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,982, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Multilayer ceramic electronic component, method of manufacturing the same, and circuit board" was invented by Tomoki Sakai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body that has internal electrodes stacked in a direction of a first axis, and end surfaces perpendicular to a second axis orthogonal to the first axis, the internal electrodes being alternately led out to the end surfaces, and external electrodes covering the end surfaces of the ceramic body, wherein each of the external electrodes includes a base ...