ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,740,177, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Electronic device member and electronic devices" was invented by Maiko Kokubo (Tokyo), Shinji Hara (Tokyo), Naoki Ohta (Tokyo) and Susumu Aoki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electronic device member comprises a first substrate, at least one protruding portion that protrudes from the first substrate, and a solder layer, wherein the at least one protruding portion includes at least one side surface, a tip surface, and a connection portion between the at least one side surface and the tip surface, and wherein the solder layer is in contact with the tip surface. At the ...