US Patent Issued to TDK on Oct. 7 for "Electronic device with a ceramic element and surface-mount terminals" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,437,927, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electronic device with a ceramic element and surface-mount terminals" 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: "The electronic device includes: a case including a recessed portion and an opening edge portion of the recessed portion; a ceramic element arranged in the recessed portion, having a first main surface and a second main surface facing each other, and including a first electrode portion formed on the first...