US Patent Issued to Murata Manufacturing on May 12 for "Electronic component and electronic device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,854, issued on May 12, was assigned to Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Kyoto-fu, Japan).

"Electronic component and electronic device" was invented by Yoshifumi Maki (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Atsuo Hirukawa (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Daisuke Otsuka (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component includes a body, an inner conductor inside the body, and an outer electrode that lies on part of at least a first main surface of the body and includes an underlying electrode and a plating electrode with which the underlying electrode is covered. The underlying electrode includes a first underlying electrode on part of the fir...