US Patent Issued to TDK on June 3 for "Electronic component" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,550, issued on June 3, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electronic component" was invented by Atsushi Watanabe (Tokyo), Yasuhiro Okui (Tokyo), Yoshitaka Nagashima (Tokyo), Shinya Saito (Tokyo) and Yasuo Watanabe (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic component includes: a first internal electrode provided in an element body; a second internal electrode provided in the element body; a third internal electrode provided in the element body and drawn out to a first side surface; and a fourth internal electrode provided in the element body and drawn out to a second side surface. The third internal electrode and the fourth i...