US Patent Issued to MURATA MANUFACTURING on Sept. 1 for "Film capacitor" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,738, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Film capacitor" was invented by Shoji Oka (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A film capacitor including: a capacitor element including a laminate of a dielectric film and an internal electrode, a first end surface electrode on a first end surface of the laminate, and a second end surface electrode on a second end surface of the laminate; a laminate film including a covering part covering the capacitor element, and a flange extending from an outer edge of the covering part; a first terminal electrode connected to the first end su...