US Patent Issued to TDK on March 3 for "Piezoelectric element with internal electrode having electrode portions and connector" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,568,762, issued on March 3, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Piezoelectric element with internal electrode having electrode portions and connector" was invented by Keiji Oguchi (Tokyo), Yasuyuki Satoh (Tokyo) and Satoshi Sasaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piezoelectric element includes a laminate and a first internal electrode. The laminate includes a pair of main faces, a pair of end faces, and a pair of side faces. The first internal electrode includes four electrode portions and a connector. The four electrode portions include a first pair of electrode portions and a second pair of electrode portions. The connector conn...