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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7663864 | Electrolytic capacitor The electrolytic capacitor includes two chemically processed anode foils, two cathode foils, four separator sheets, four lead tab terminals, two anode leads and two cathode leads. The two chemically processed anode foils, two cathode foils and four separator sheets ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7397650 | Electric double layer capacitor utilizing a multi-layer electrode structure and method for manufacturing the same An electric double layer capacitor uses a multi-layer electrode structure, which has a plurality of electrode layers composed of a binder and an electrode material and coated on a current-collecting member, each of the electrode layers including a macromolecular sub... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7382600 | Charge storage device A charge storage device comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode being opposed to and spaced apart from the first electrode; a porous separator disposed between the electrodes; a sealed package for containing the electrodes, the separator and an electrolyte... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7352558 | Dry particle based capacitor and methods of making same An inexpensive and reliable dry process based capacitor and method for making a self-supporting dry electrode film for use therein is disclosed. Also disclosed is an exemplary process for manufacturing an electrode for use in an energy storage device product, the pr... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7317609 | Pretreated porous electrode Active electrode material, such as fibrillized blend of activated carbon, polymer, and conductive carbon, is pretreated by immersion in a sealing coating. After the active electrode material is dried, the coating seals micropores of the activated carbon or another p... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312976 | Heterogeneous electrochemical supercapacitor and method of manufacture The present invention relates to a double electric layer heterogeneous electrochemical supercapacitor (HES) and a method of manufacture. Single-cell or multi-cell versions of the HES can be produced. Output characteristics of the HES are optimized by carefully contr... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7289311 | Power ring pulse capacitor A wound, metallized dielectric film capacitor for pulsed power applications is disclosed. The capacitor forms a wound metallized polymer film in the shape of a closed path ring. The electrical load is placed within the inner opening of the capacitor. The capacitor h... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7282892 | Battery component replacement A battery component replacement circuit for use in a model railroad application is disclosed. The circuit according to an embodiment of the invention has a series of capacitors connected between positive and negative terminals which supply power for charging the cap... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7279117 | Electrolytic capacitor and electrolyte solution for use in an electrolytic capacitor The electrical properties and high-temperature characteristics of an electrolytic capacitor are rendered satisfactory by addition of a compound with an unsaturated bond-containing chain which serves to absorb hydrogen gas generated by reaction between the aluminum e... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7268996 | Electrolyte for very high voltage electrolytic capacitors The present invention is directed to an electrolyte for use in very high voltage electrolytic capacitors and to an electrolytic capacitor impregnated with the electrolyte of the present invention for use in an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). The electr... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7252749 | Deposition method for nanostructure materials A method for depositing a coating of a nanostructure material onto a substrate includes: (1) forming a solution or suspension of containing the nanostructure material; (2) selectively adding “chargers” to the solution; (3) immersing electrodes in the solution, t... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7247178 | Capacitor and method for producing the same, and circuit board with a built-in capacitor and method for producing the same A miniature solid electrolytic capacitor is provided, which is suitable for being disposed within an electrically insulating layer, and is connected to other component using an electrically conductive adhesive with a connection resistance at an anode low and with co... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7236349 | Electrode for electrochemical capacitor and method for manufacturing the same, electrochemical capacitor and method for manufacturing the same The present invention is an electrode for an electrochemical capacitor provided with a collector having electronic conductivity and a porous body layer having electronic conductivity, the porous body layer containing porous particles having electronic conductivity a... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7233482 | Energy storage device A surface mount energy storage device in the form of a supercapacitor (1) includes a generally rectangular folded prismatic housing (2) and two energy storage elements (not shown) that are sealingly contained within the housing (2) and which are... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7215049 | Generator for vehicle A generator for a vehicle includes a stator having an armature coil, a rotor having a field coil and a voltage regulator having a surge absorbing capacitor element and a heat sink. The heat sink dissipates heat that is transmitted to the capacitor element, so that t... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7206190 | Electrode for electric double layer capacitor In an electrode for an electric double layer capacitor of the present invention, the peak value of particle size distribution of graphite particles added to a conductive adhesive is in a range of 2.6 to 3.2 μm, not less than 100,000 dimples having a largest outer d... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7203053 | Capacitor for multiple replacement applications A capacitor provides a plurality of selectable capacitance values, by selective connection of six concentrically wound capacitor sections of a capacitive element each having a capacitance value. The capacitor sections each have a respective section element terminal ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7163643 | Driving electrolyte and electrolytic capacitor using the same A driving electrolyte containing a solvent, a solute containing the following compounds represented by General Formulae (1) and (2) prepared by synthesis, and a nitro compound, (wherein, each of R1 and... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7160615 | Granules for formation of an electrode of an electric double layer capacitor, manufacturing method thereof, electrode sheet, polarized electrode, and electric double layer capacitor using a polarized electrode An electrode sheet of an electric double layer capacitor is produced by using granules for formation of an electrode of an electric double layer capacitor which are obtained by kneading and then crushing materials including an activated material, a conductive filler... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7099146 | Electrolyte for electrochemical capacitor and electrochemical capacitor containing the same The present invention is to provide an electrolyte with which the withstand voltage and capacitor capacity can be prevented from lowering, and an electrochemical capacitor containing the same. | 08/29/2006 |
| 7054139 | Energy storage device A surface mount energy storage device in the form of a supercapacitor (1) includes a generally rectangular folded prismatic housing (2) and two energy storage elements (not shown) that are sealingly contained within the housing (2) and which are... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7000409 | Use of flow through capacitor in the recovery and purification of water from exhaust gases of internal combustion engines A process for recovering potable water from the exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine is disclosed. In this process the exhaust gases are cooled causing water to condense out, and the water formed is passed through particulate filters, activated carbon filt... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6995969 | Electric double-layer capacitor An electric double layered capacitor is provided, which can ensure a cooling capability by radiating heat to an outside air. The electric double layered capacitor comprises a capacitor cell 1 including a bag-shaped soft case in which a plurality of positive e... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6970343 | Aluminum electrolytic capacitor An aluminum electrolytic capacitor produced by winding an anode foil 11 and a cathode foil 12 via a separator 13 impregnated with a driving electrolyte solution 14, wherein the driving electrolyte solution 14 comprises a polar solv... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6952338 | Common pole capacitor housing apparatus and method A housing is provided for connecting two capacitor cells in a series or parallel combination and for providing the two cells as one integral product. ... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6909595 | Capacitor winding and a capacitor having the capacitor winding A capacitor winding for a capacitor has a layer stack that is limited by two end faces in a longitudinal direction and by one or more lateral surfaces that extend transverse to the longitudinal direction. The stack has electrode layers and parting layers proceeding ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6909594 | Niobium powder for capacitor, sintered body using the powder and capacitor using the same An object of the present invention is to provide an antimony-containing niobium sintered body for a capacitor having a small specific leakage current value, an antimony-containing niobium powder for use in the sintered body, and a capacitor using the sintered body. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6898067 | Electric double-layer capacitor An electric double layer capacitor which has a low internal resistance and a large capacitance per unit volume and which is excellent in the voltage retention property, is provided. In a non-aqueous type electric double layer capacitor having a separator disp... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6885547 | Electrolytic capacitor A dielectric oxide film-having anode foil and a cathode foil put opposite to each other via a separator therebetween are coiled up to construct a capacitor device. In this, the separator is coated with an electroconductive polymer formed through chemical oxidation p... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6809919 | Capacitor An electrode for a capacitor including a sintered body of a powder of a valve action metal or its alloy and wherein a lead wire connected to the sintered body made of partially nitrided niobium is disclosed. A molded compact including a molded powder of a valve acti... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6798643 | Metal collector foil for electric double layer capacitor, method of producing the metal collector foil, and electric double layer capacitor using the metal collector foil A metal collector foil for an electric double layer capacitor has etched upper and lower surface layers and an unetched central layer disposed between the etched upper and lower surface layers. The etched upper and lower surface layers have a total thickness suffici... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6798642 | Polymer coated capacitor films This invention relates to capacitor films that have increased moisture and breakdown resistance. The capacitor films include a polymer coating that helps prevent air entrapment. ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6795297 | Electrode sheet, method for manufacturing thereof, polarizable electrode and electric double-layer capacitor The present invention provides an electrode sheet for an electric double-layer capacitor. The electrode sheet is molded from granules which are produced from ingredients including an electrochemically active material, an electrically conductive filler and a binder. ... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6785123 | High surface area porous aluminum electrode in electrolytic capacitors using solid freeform fabrication A porous aluminum anode is used in a capacitor. The porous anode is constructed by a solid freeform fabrication (SFF) process and has a plurality of pores. Each of the plurality of pores has a pore size. An electrolyte is infiltrated in the plurality of pores. An ox... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6773632 | Enhanced very high volt electrolyte The present invention is directed toward an enhanced very high volt electrolyte for use in electrolytic capacitors. In particular, by the inclusion of a polymer matrix of a hydrogel, preferably of the family of poly(hydroxy alkyl methacrylate) but also including pol... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6707661 | Ethylene glycol mixture and an aluminum electrolytic capacitor using the mixture The invention is directed to an ethylene glycol mixture that also includes diethylene glycol monobutylether in addition to ethylene glycol and sorbitol. As a result thereof the ethylene glycol mixture exhibits a high dielectric strength (up to 66 V), a low water con... | 03/16/2004 |
