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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8054610 | Radial lead aluminum electrolytic capacitor A radial lead aluminum electrolytic capacitor includes a wound unit, a case provided with an opening and containing the wound unit impregnated by electrolyte and a seal for sealing up the opening of the case. The wound unit includes a cathode formed foil; an anode f... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8023250 | Substrate for use in wet capacitors A porous substrate for use in a wide variety of applications, such as wet capacitors, is provided. The substrate is formed by subjecting a metal substrate to a voltage while in solution to initiate anodic formation of an oxide film. Contrary to conventional anodizat... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7667954 | Capacitor A capacitor includes a container, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a fluid electrolyte. The positive electrode includes a metal substrate and an active material provided in contact with the metal substrate. The active material includes at least one of... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7639475 | Electrode material and method for producing same An electrode material which can secure both high electrical capacity and high stability with time and an be improved in the adhesion of a conductive material wherein the electrode material includes an aluminum foil, a carbon-containing layer formed on the surface of... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7554792 | Cathode coating for a wet electrolytic capacitor A wet electrolytic capacitor that comprises an anode, cathode, and working electrolyte is provided. The cathode contains a coating disposed over a surface of a current collector, wherein the coating comprises a plurality of electrochemically-active particles and a b... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7511943 | Wet electrolytic capacitor containing a cathode coating A wet electrolytic capacitor that includes an anode, cathode, and an electrolyte is provided. The cathode contains a substrate and a coating overlying the substrate. The coating comprises a sintered body containing carbonaceous particles (e.g., activated carbon) and... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7480130 | Wet electrolytic capacitor A wet electrolytic capacitor that includes an anode, cathode, and an electrolyte is provided. The cathode contains a plurality of metal particles disposed on a surface of a substrate and sinter bonded thereto. The metal particles have a median size of from about 20 ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7443653 | Chip type solid electrolytic capacitor A chip type solid electrolytic capacitor, in which a PCB includes anode and cathode connection lands formed on upper parts of an insulation board, and anode and cathode terminals formed on lower parts of the insulation board. The anode and cathode terminals are elec... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7443654 | Surface-mounting capacitor A surface-mounting thin type capacitor includes a capacitor element having a shape of and two end portions which form a side surface of the capacitor element. Two anode terminals are disposed on lower surfaces of the end portions along the side surface to form a mo... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7430108 | Electrolyte for electrolytic capacitor and electrolytic capacitor containing the same Electrolyte solution and an electrolytic capacitor using it having a low impedance characteristic, having a high withstand voltage characteristic of 100V class, and a high temperature life characteristic is provided. The electrolyte solution containing an aluminum t... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7423862 | Solid electrolytic capacitor element, solid electrolytic capacitor and production method thereof The invention relates to a process for producing a solid electrolytic capacitor element, comprising forming a semiconductor layer containing a conductive polymer on a conductor having a dielectric layer on its surface. By using the solid electrolytic capacitor eleme... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7417844 | Stacked solid electrolytic capacitor A stacked solid electrolytic capacitor has an anode foil composed of a valve metal, a cathode foil having carbon grains that are evaporated or physically adhered to a surface thereof, a separator and a solid electrolytic layer composed of a conducting polymer. The a... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7414826 | Method for selecting electrolytic solution for electric double layer capacitor When an electrolytic solution of an electric double layer capacitor is prepared, an association is assumed as a model of a solute dissolved in a solvent. The energy of the association and the energies of the reduced association and oxidized association are calculate... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7410509 | Sputtered ruthenium oxide coatings in electrolytic capacitor A capacitor is described. the capacitor includes a casing; a cathode of an active material of at least an oxide of a first metal provided on a substrate, wherein the active material is characterized as being of a substantially homogeneous coating formed by sputterin... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411779 | Electrolytic capacitors with a polymeric outer layer and process for the production thereof The invention relates to a process for the production of electrolytic capacitors with low equivalent series resistance and low residual current consisting of a solid electrolyte made of conductive polymers and an outer layer containing conductive polymers, to electr... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7411780 | Paste, display member, and process for production of display member A display member, particularly a plasma display member, can be produced by a process including applying a paste which includes a urethane compound and inorganic fine particles onto a substrate and then firing the paste. The display member has a post-firing pattern w... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403371 | Method of making electrochemical capacitor electrode, method of making electrochemical capacitor, and porous particle with solvent for use therein The present invention provides a method of making an electrochemical capacitor electrode including a collector and an electronically conductive porous layer formed on the collector, the porous layer containing at least an electronically conductive porous particle an... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7400491 | Aluminum electrolytic capacitor and method of producing the same Disclosed is an aluminum electrolytic capacitor, which comprises a capacitor element prepared by rolling an anode foil and a cathode foil together with a separator and impregnating them with a driving electrolyte, an anode lead electrically connected to the anode fo... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391604 | Solid electrolytic capacitor A solid electrolytic capacitor having a capacitor element which includes an anode foil and a cathode foil rolled with a separator interposed therebetween, and a solid electrolyte layer or an electrically conductive polymer layer provided therein. The anode foil is c... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388740 | Foil for negative electrode of capacitor and process for producing the same Provided are a foil for a cathode of a capacitor, which can secure both a high capacitance and a high strength, and a manufacturing method thereof. The foil for a cathode of a capacitor includes an aluminum foil and a carbon-containing layer formed on a surface of t... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384686 | Porous composite product in particular with a high specific surface preparation process and electrode formed of a porous composite film for an electro-chemical assembly A porous composite product in the form of a film with a high specific surface. Used in a wide range of electrochemical products especially in the field of selective membranes, packaging or catalysis. The porous composite product has a high homogeneity in the distrib... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7379289 | Conductive separator and electrolytic capacitor including the same The present invention provides a highly conductive separator of which surface is coated with conductive polymer molecules, and provides an electrolytic capacitor having a low ESR characteristic using the separator. The conductive separator is formed by sticking the ... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7365963 | Capacitor element, solid electrolytic capacitor, processes for their production and capacitor element combination The invention provides a capacitor element and solid electrolyte capacitor which allow significant increase in electrostatic capacity with the same dimensions and shape, as well as a process for their production. The capacitor element 12 of the invention is p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365960 | Capacitor having a feedthrough assembly with a coupling member A flat capacitor includes a case having a feedthrough hole, a capacitor stack located within the case, a coupling member having a base surface directly attached to the capacitor stack and having a portion extending through the feedthrough hole, the coupling member h... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359180 | Solid-state electrolytic capacitor and manufacturing method thereof A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a flat-shaped anode terminal having a first surface connected to an anode portion of a capacitor element and having a second surface opposite to the first surface, a flat-shaped cathode terminal having a first surface connecte... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355841 | Configurations and methods for making capacitor connections An exemplary capacitor has a capacitor stack positioned in a case with a conductor positioned between the case and a lid. In one embodiment the conductor is positioned between the lid and an upper rim of the case and is welded to the lid and case. In one aspect, a c... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352561 | Surface-mount solid electrolytic capacitor and process for manufacturing the same A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, an anode lead terminal, a cathode lead terminal and a resin package. The capacitor element includes an anode chip body, an anode bar projecting from the anode chip body, and a cathode film provided on a pe... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7347880 | Flat capacitor having staked foils and edge-connected connection members A method of joining a connection member to a capacitor foil using a staking tool having a tip of less than 0.030″ (0.762 mm) in diameter. Another embodiment couples multiple connection members of a capacitor together by edge-connecting each connection member to it... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7342773 | Capacitor containing aluminum anode foil anodized in low water content glycerine-phosphate electrolyte A capacitor comprising an aluminum anode and a dielectric layer comprising phosphate doped aluminum oxide and process for making the capacitor. Furthermore, the capacitor is formed by the process of: forming an aluminum plate; pre-hydrating the aluminum; contacting ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342771 | Solid electrolytic capacitor and a method for manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor A solid electrolytic capacitor is provided, which can reduce impedance, particularly, the ESL and the ESR. In one embodiment, such a solid electrolytic capacitor comprises a foil-like valve metal substrate formed with an insulating oxide film on the surface thereof,... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342772 | Solid electrolytic capacitor A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a plurality of laminated capacitor elements; an anode terminal connected to an anode portion where anode exposed portions of the capacitor elements are connected together; and a cathode terminal connected to a cathode portion ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7342774 | Advanced valve metal anodes with complex interior and surface features and methods for processing same The present invention generally relates to improved capacitors; in particular, the present invention provides advanced valve metal (AVM) anodes and methods for fabricating AVM anodes having complex surface and interior features for use in high energy density capacit... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7333319 | Solid electrolytic device To provide a solid electrolytic capacitor capable of being miniaturized with larger capacitance. A solid electrolytic capacitor comprises a capacitor element, an anode lead frame, a cathode lead frame, an adhesive layer and an exterior resin. The anode lead frame is... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7330347 | Capacitor A capacitor includes an anode body and a housing having a base surface. The housing encloses the anode body at least partially. The capacitor also includes an anode connector and an anode contact that extends outward from an interior of the anode body. The anode con... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7327552 | Method and apparatus for electrically connecting capacitor electrodes using a spray One embodiment of the present subject matter includes a capacitor stack, including at least a first substantially planar anode layer and at least a second substantially planar anode layer. In the embodiment, the capacitor stack formed by the process comprising align... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7324329 | Electrochemical-electrolytic capacitor and method of making the same A high-voltage electrochemical-electrolytic capacitor. The capacitor includes a cathode comprising a plurality of electrically-conductive particles in intimate electrical contact with one another and disposed in a proton-conductive, electrically-non-conductive, soli... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7312977 | Solid electrolytic capacitor An anode foil and a cathode foil which has an oxidation film layer on the surface are separated by a separator and wound to form a capacitor element and then anodic forming is performed on this capacitor element. Next, the capacitor element is immersed in a solution... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312978 | Electrically conductive polymer composition and solid electrolytic capacitor using the same An electrically conductive polymer composition contains an electrically conductive polymer obtained by using a polymer in the form of cations composed of repeating structural units of 3,4-ethylene dioxythiophene and polystyrene sulfonic acid as anions and further co... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310240 | Method for increasing stability of system memory through enhanced quality of supply power An apparatus for buffering power transients in a supply power for expansion cards inserted into expansion slots on a computer motherboard. The apparatus comprises a printed circuit board, a connector on the printed circuit board, and at least one capacitor on the pr... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7307830 | Capacitor with battery form factor housing High reliable energy density capability of double-layer capacitor electrode technology now enables the use of capacitors as supplements to, or replacements for, battery technologies. In one application, when sized to a standard battery form factor, the large end ter... | 12/11/2007 |
