US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on March 17 for "Terminal structure and electronic component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,015, issued on March 17, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Terminal structure and electronic component" was invented by Mitsuo Iwata (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Osamu Yamaguchi (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Yuki Asano (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plurality of first terminal pins are placed side by side in a first direction. A plurality of second terminal pins are placed to extend in parallel with the plurality of first terminal pins. The plurality of first terminal pins and the plurality of second terminal pins include an inside face facing each other, an outside face opposite to the inside fac...