ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,294, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TAIYO YUDEN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Multilayer ceramic electronic component" was invented by Norihiro Arai (Tokyo), Kazumichi Hiroi (Tokyo) and Hirokazu Shimizu (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body, which includes an electrode-stacking portion in which internal electrodes are stacked, and cover portions facing each other in a first axis direction across the electrode-stacking portion, and external electrodes each including a covering portion that covers the ceramic body from a second axis direction, and an extending portion that ex...