US Patent Issued to TDK on Dec. 2 for "Electronic component having element body and internal conductors and electronic component device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,942, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electronic component having element body and internal conductors and electronic component device" was invented by Yuichi Nagai (Tokyo), Ken Morita (Tokyo), Kyohei Takata (Tokyo), Yasuhiro Okui (Tokyo) and Yoshitaka Nagashima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component includes: an element body including first and second end surfaces opposing each other and a side surface coupling the first and second end surfaces; first and second internal conductors in the element body; a first external electrode on the first end surface; a second external electrode on the s...