US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING, SHIZUKI ELECTRIC on March 24 for "Capacitor having an external electrode with increased porosity" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,725, issued on March 24, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and SHIZUKI ELECTRIC Co. INC. (Nishinomiya, Japan).

"Capacitor having an external electrode with increased porosity" was invented by Tomoki Inakura (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yoshiyuki Hiragami (Nishinomiya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor that includes: a capacitor element; an external electrode on an end face of the capacitor element; and a lead terminal bonded to the external electrode, wherein the external electrode has a porosity of 8% to 20%. The external electrode may be a metallikon electrode. The external electrode may a...