Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7916454 | Capacitor A pressure control valve provided on a terminal plate of a capacitor includes a filter, a valve body and a cap. The filter is provided so as to close a through-hole disposed in a terminal plate and is composed of a gas permeable sheet preventing permeation of the el... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7420797 | Plug for sealing a capacitor fill port An apparatus comprising a capacitor stack, including one or more substantially planar anode layers, and one or more substantially planar cathode layers. Additionally, the capacitor has a case having a first opening and a second opening, the first opening sized for p... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7365962 | Capacitor and method of connecting the same A capacitor includes a hollow capacitor element formed by rolling a pair of flat sheet-like electrodes and, with separators interposed therebetween, a bottom-closed metallic casing receiving the capacitor element and a drive electrolyte therein, and an opening-seali... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7359179 | Thermal interconnects for coupling energy storage devices A thermally fitted interconnect couples energy storage cells without the use of additional materials of fasteners. Variations of the interconnect can be used to facilitate fitting of multiple energy storage cell with multiple cell to cell spacings in a rapid and ine... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 7274551 | Hermetically sealed electrolytic capacitor A hermetically sealed, electrolytic capacitor is provided having a lid incorporating a liquid seal on the wet side of the lid and a hermetic seal on the dry side of the lid. The lid includes a plate, with a hole through its thickness, and a flange creating an orific... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7228875 | Seal and bleed valve unit for electric batteries Sealing and breathing valve assembly for accumulators comprising: at least one substantially tubular collar associated to the cover of said accumulator and suitable for connecting the external environment with one or more breathing ducts made in said cover; an elast... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7226405 | Methods and apparatus for forming a reverse kiss cut and score line in a sheet of deformable material Methods and apparatus for forming a score line with a reverse kiss cut in a deformable material are provided. A method can include providing two plates, such as a die plate with a scoring rule thereon and a counter plate with an aligned corresponding recess with a k... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7222757 | Pressure relief device for aerosol can A pressure relief device for venting an internally pressurized container such as an aerosol can has three sections, a concave annular outer area, a circular central area and an annular intermediate area connecting the concave annular area to the circular area. The t... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7206186 | Hermetically sealed electrolytic capacitor An electrolytic capacitor is provided having a metal-glass-metal hermetic seal and a liquid seal, which protects the hermetic seal from the electrolyte solution in the capacitor. The liquid seal is formed by compressing an elastomeric ring between the underside of t... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7196899 | Capacitor anode assembly According the present invention, anode foils are encapsulated in separator material so as to insulate them from the metal housing of an electrolytic capacitor. The present invention also provides for enclosed capacitor configurations for use in stacked capacitor con... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7190569 | Implantable heart monitors having capacitors with endcap headers Implantable heart-monitoring devices, such as defibrillators, pacemakers, and cardioverters, detect abnormal heart rhythms and automatically apply corrective electrical therapy, specifically one or more bursts of electric charge, to abnormally beating hearts. Critic... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7177692 | 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... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7177140 | Implantable medical device having flat electrolytic capacitor with porous gas vent within electrolyte fill tube Implantable medical devices (IMDs) and their various components, including flat electrolytic capacitors for same, and methods of making and using same and providing for outgassing of gases released during capacitor charge and discharge cycles are disclosed. A gas ve... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7171267 | Reforming wet-tantalum capacitors in implantable defibrillators and other medical devices Miniature defibrillators and cardioverters detect abnormal heart rhythms and automatically apply electrical therapy to restore normal heart function. Critical components in these devices are aluminum electrolytic capacitors, which store and deliver one or more life-... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7157671 | Flat capacitor for an implantable medical device One aspect provides a capacitor having a first stack of capacitive elements a second stack of capacitive elements, wherein the first and second stacks are enclosed in separate compartments of a capacitor case that electrically isolate the electrolytes of each stack ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7154739 | Flat capacitor having an active case A capacitor comprising an aluminum case; a capacitor stack mounted within the aluminum case, the capacitor stack comprising one or more anodes and one or more cathodes, one of the one or more anodes and one or more anodes attached to the aluminum case; wherein the c... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131988 | Reforming wet-tantalum capacitors in implantable medical devices Miniature defibrillators and cardioverters detect abnormal heart rhythms and automatically apply electrical therapy to restore normal heart function. Critical to this function, aluminum-electrolytic capacitors store and deliver life-saving bursts of electric charge ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7107099 | 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... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7072713 | Flat capacitor for an implantable medical device One aspect provides a capacitor feedthrough assembly having an electrically conductive member dimensioned to extend at least partially through a feedthrough hole of a case of the capacitor, the conductive member having a passage therethrough. ... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7019960 | Electric double-layer capacitor The invention provides an electric double-layer capacitor sealed up by a flexible casing material that ensures a release of pressure upon an increasing internal pressure. A pressure release valve (1) is attached to the flexible casing material. The pressure r... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7016178 | Capacitor housing A housing for an electrochemical cell having at least a first electrode and a second electrode. The housing includes a lid having a first indentation to contact the first electrode, and a bottom having a second indentation to contact the second electrode. The first ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7007715 | Pressure release valve A shaft part is coaxially provided within a pressure release port provided in a sealing plate sealed to an opening portion of a case for a condenser or a battery, a valve body closely fitted and fixed within the pressure release port has a seal lip which is directed... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6999304 | Foil structures for use in a capacitor with an anode foil and a cathode foil stacked together In one aspect, a method of interconnecting two or more foils of a capacitor, the method comprising connecting together one or more anode connection members of one or more anode foils and one or more cathode connection members of one or more cathode foils and electri... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6957103 | 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... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6922330 | Implantable medical device having flat electrolytic capacitor fabricated with laser welded anode sheets Implantable medical devices (IMDs) and components, including flat electrolytic capacitors and methods of making and using same, particularly an improved electrolytic capacitor fabricated of an electrode stack assembly comprising a plurality of capacitor layers stack... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6771487 | Power electronics component with improved thermal properties A power electronics component having a housing a cover plate and an electrically active region. The electrically active region is disposed in the housing in such manner that a gap exists between the electrically active region and the inner wall of the housing. The g... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6657851 | Layer stack The invention is directed to a layer stack for the acceptance of a liquid having a suction layer (1) with high absorbency sufficing for sucking up the liquid from the edge of the layer stack into its middle and having a first storage layer (2) with low ab... | 12/02/2003 |
| 6493212 | Implantable medical device having flat electrolytic capacitor with porous gas vent within electrolyte fill tube Implantable medical devices (IMDs) and their various components, including flat electrolytic capacitors for same, and methods of making and using same and providing for outgassing of gases released during capacitor charge and discharge cycles are disclose... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6392868 | Electric double layer capacitor An electric double-layer capacitor has a pair of thrust plates for thrusting a stacked cell pair and a gasket for encapsulating the stacked cell pair together with the thrust plates. The thrust plate has slanted side surfaces for effecting a close contact... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6327137 | Electric double layer capacitor apparatus An electric double layer capacitor with a control circuit component. When the electric double layer capacitor is provided in plural and these capacitors are serially connected for charging thereof through a source of DC power, the control circuit componen... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6257267 | Safety valve element for capacitor and capacitor case lid with safety valves The object of the present invention is to provide safety valve elements for condenser use, which rupture precisely at a predetermined pressure especially stably in a low pressure range so as to release inner pressure outside and can be manufactured readil... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6064563 | Electrolytic capacitor with open circuit mode mechanism An electrolytic capacitor (K1-K3) with an open circuit mode mechanism, comprises: a metallic casing (32; 52; 62) for accommodating a capacitor element (31; 51; 61); an upper lid (33; 53; 63) which is mounted on a mouth of the metallic casing; a pair of me... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5959830 | Electric double layer capacitor A stack type electric double layer capacitor includes a plurality of unit cells, each with a pair of polarizing electrodes facing each other across a porous separator, a pair of current collecting members, and a gasket surrounding the electrodes and curre... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5859761 | Electric double-layer capacitor An electric double-layer capacitor is provided, which decreases the number of necessary components to improve the productivity of the capacitor. The capacitor includes at least one basic cell. Each of the at least one basic cell has (a) an insulative, tub... | 01/12/1999 |
| 4992910 | Electrical component package A package for an electrical component that generates a gas during operation includes a selectively permeable body that allows the gas generated within the package to escape while preventing the escape of desired fluids from the package and the entrance of... | 02/12/1991 |
| 4987520 | Electronic component, electrolytic capacitor and metal housing An electronic component comprising an electronic element and a metal housing, which housing is constituted by a sleeve which is closed on at least one side and which has a substantially flat bottom which is provided with an excess pressure protection mean... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4745521 | Explosion proof safety valve for a condenser A safety valve for a capacitor includes a weakened portion of the capacitor casing in the form of six identical concave grooves adjoining one another at the center of the base and forming a pattern of three "V" formations so that the grooves rupture upon ... | 05/17/1988 |
| 4698725 | Pressure sensitive interrupters for capacitors A capacitor is electrically disabled to limit internal pressure buildup by attaching its electrical terminals to a first wall portion that bulges in a predetermined direction under internal pressure, providing electrical connections between the terminals ... | 10/06/1987 |
