US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Dec. 2 for "Electronic component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,917, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Electronic component" was invented by Tomoya Ooshima (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yuuta Hoshino (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Koichi Yamada (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Miki Sasaki (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Mitsuru Nakano (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component that includes: a base body; wiring inside the base body; a glass film covering an outer surface of the base body; an underlying electrode electrically connected to the wiring and covering a part of the glass film; and a metal layer covering the underlying electrode, wherein the gla...