ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,860, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).
"Electronic device" was invented by Akihiro Masuda (Tokyo), Katsuya Miura (Tokyo) and Natsuki Kumagai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device comprises chip components aligned along a predetermined first direction and including respective terminal electrodes, and a metal block including an electrode-opposing surface and a mounting surface. The electrode-opposing surface is opposed and connected to the respective terminal electrodes of the chip components continuously along the first direction. The mounting surface is substantially perpendicular to the ele...