ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,120, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to ROHM Co. LTD. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Resistor" was invented by Yoichi Goto (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A resistor includes a resistive element, an insulation plate, a protective film, and a pair of electrodes. The resistive element includes a first face and a second face arranged to face in opposite directions in a thickness direction. The insulation plate is on the first face, and the protective film on the second face. The electrodes are spaced apart in a first direction perpendicular to the thickness direction, and held in contact with the resistive element. Each electrode include...