US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Nov. 3 for "Electronic component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,941, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Electronic component" was invented by Masakiyo Nagatomo (Nagaokakyo, Japan), Yoshinobu Saki (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Keisuke Isogai (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an electronic component including a ceramic body and an external electrode, the external electrode includes a resin layer including a conductive powder and a plating film in direct contact with the resin layer. The plating film includes a metal with a face-centered cubic structure, and a value of F is about 0.20 or more and about 0.50 or less, where F=(P-P0)/(1-P0), P0=...