US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on Feb. 17 for "Electronic component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,722, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Electronic component" was invented by Ryuichiro Tominaga (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Takashi Komiyama (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Keisuke Kunimori (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yoshimasa Yoshioka (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component includes a capacitor element, an inductor element connected electrically to the capacitor element, and an interlayer-insulation layer between the capacitor and inductor elements. The interlayer-insulation layer has a first principal surface, a second principal surface, and a via hole through the inte...