ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,055, issued on April 15, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Electronic component" was invented by Akihiro Masuda (Tokyo), Shinya Ito (Tokyo), Norihisa Ando (Tokyo), Hideki Kaneko (Tokyo), Ken Aburakawa (Tokyo), Kenya Tamaki (Tokyo) and Akitoshi Yoshii (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component having a case including an accommodation part having an opening; a ceramic element in the accommodation part with first and second main faces facing each other, a first and second electrode formed to the first and second main face, respectively; a first metal terminal including a first electrode connecting part connecting to ...