US Patent Issued to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management on July 14 for "Jumper chip component" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,038, issued on July 14, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Jumper chip component" was invented by Shogo Nakayama (Fukui, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A jumper chip component is designed to be mounted onto a printed board. The jumper chip component includes a base, a conductor, and an end face electrode. The base has electrical insulation properties. The conductor is disposed on a lower surface, facing the printed board, of the base to extend from a first end of the lower surface through a second end, facing the first end, of the lower surface. The end face electrode is dispose...