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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3613061 ; 3613063 ; 361311 ; 3613212 ; 29 2542 ;
Abstract
An electronic device including a ceramic element and outer electrodes wherein each of the outer electrodes includes an undercoat layer, an intermediate metal plating layer formed on the undercoat layer and a surface layer formed by metal plating which is formed on the intermediate metal plating layer; the intermediate metal plating layer is extended beyond the edge of the periphery of the undercoat layer to a surface portion of the ceramic element; and the undercoat layer is entirely coated with the intermediate metal plating layer.