ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,718,993, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Electronic component" was invented by Kunio Doro (Okayama, Japan) and Tatsuya Ando (Gifu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component includes a terminal area and a solder member provided on the terminal area. The solder member includes a joint site that is joined to the terminal area, and a non-joint site that is not joined to the terminal area, and has a first surface that faces the terminal area and a second surface that is located on a side opposite to the first surface. The joint site is joined to the ter...