ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,464, issued on March 11, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Electronic component" was invented by Shinya Onodera (Tokyo), Akitoshi Yoshii (Tokyo) and Kyohei Takata (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An external electrode is disposed on an end of the element body in the first direction. The external electrode includes a pair of first electrode portions disposed on the pair of second side surfaces and including a conductive resin layer. Each of the pair of second side surfaces includes a region exposed from the external electrode. An insulating film is disposed on the element body. The insulating film includes film portions dispos...