ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,048, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electronic component including accommodation part having opening" was invented by Takaaki Sato (Tokyo), 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 including a case including an accommodation part having an opening; a ceramic element arranged in the accommodation part; a metal terminal including an electrode connecting part connecting to the ceramic element, a mounting part exposed out of the accommodation...