ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,419, issued on June 17, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Lead frame and electronic component" was invented by Kazuma Yamawaki (Tokyo) and Shuhei Miyazaki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lead frame includes a die pad, a plurality of leads, at least one support lead, and a frame member. The frame member includes two first connection bars and two second connection bars. The plurality of leads include a plurality of specific leads. The plurality of specific leads are each connected to the first connection bar. At least one of the specific leads is connected to the second connection bar via the at least one support lead. The cr...