ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,035, issued on June 30, was assigned to FUJIAN OUZHONG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD (Suzhou, China).

"Highly reliable multilayer ceramic through-hole capacitor and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Chaoyong Zheng (Fuzhou, China) and Bin Ye (Fuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a highly reliable multilayer ceramic through-hole capacitor. It includes a multilayer ceramic through-hole capacitor body, which has at least one inner hole for inserting a first controlled expansion alloy tube. A guide pin is inserted into the first controlled expansion alloy tube, which undergoes annealing and surface electroplating tr...