Patents Assigned to Rubycon Corporation
  • Publication number: 20240153707
    Abstract: A film capacitor for positioning at a direct current (DC) terminal at a front end of an inverter having a plurality of switching elements, can include a first member, and a second member surrounding the first member, in which a first thickness of the first member is greater than a second thickness of the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicants: LG Magna E-Powertrain Co., Ltd., RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sungtae CHOI, Takahisa MAKINO
  • Patent number: 11967465
    Abstract: A film capacitor for positioning at a direct current (DC) terminal at a front end of an inverter having a plurality of switching elements, can include a first member; and a second member surrounding the first member, in which a second dielectric resistance of the second member is higher than a first dielectric resistance of the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: LG MAGNA E-POWERTRAIN CO., LTD., RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sungtae Choi, Takahisa Makino
  • Patent number: 11908632
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor (1) includes an anode foil (2a) having formed thereon an oxide film, a cathode foil (2c), and a separator (2d), and is equipped with a solid electrolyte (20) formed of an electroconductive polymer compound in a fine particle form, and a water-soluble compound solution (30) introduced to surround the solid electrolyte (20), the solid electrolyte (20) contains a polyol compound having a molecular weight of less than 200 and a number of hydroxy groups of 4 or more as a first water-soluble compound (2f1), the water-soluble compound solution (30) contains one kind or multiple kinds of a glycol compound in a liquid form as a second water-soluble compound (2f2), and the second water-soluble compound (2f2) has an average molecular weight of less than 400.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Masayuki Sakaguchi, Tetsushi Ogawara, Yoshishige Sakurai, Akira Iijima, Yosuke Nozawa
  • Patent number: 11854748
    Abstract: A thin film high polymer laminated capacitor includes: a laminated chip including dielectric layers, and internal electrode layers including first metal layers including a first metal vapor-deposited on the dielectric layers, and second metal layers including a second metal vapor-deposited on the first metal layers. The dielectric layers and the internal electrode layers being laminated and bonded alternately, and external electrodes formed on one end and the other end of the laminated chip. The laminated chip having a first region having the first metal layers formed on the dielectric layers, which are laminated alternately, and edge regions having the second metal layers formed on layers connected to the one end and layers connected to the other end in the first metal layers, which are laminated alternately, the first region having a capacitor function region, and the edge region having a heavy edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomonao Kako, Chiharu Ito
  • Publication number: 20230360853
    Abstract: A film capacitor for positioning at a direct current (DC) terminal at a front end of an inverter having a plurality of switching elements, can include a first member; and a second member surrounding the first member, in which a second dielectric resistance of the second member is higher than a first dielectric resistance of the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: LG Magna E-Powertrain Co., Ltd., RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sungtae CHOI, Takahisa MAKINO
  • Patent number: 10210997
    Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolytic capacitor having a lower leakage current than a conventional solid electrolytic capacitor. The solid electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode foil having a surface on which an oxide film is formed; a cathode foil; and a separator disposed between the anode foil and the cathode foil, wherein a solid electrolyte made of a conductive high-molecular weight compound in a fine particle form and a water-soluble high-molecular weight compound solution which is formed of a water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form, water and alcohol having a nitro group are introduced into a gap formed between the anode foil and the cathode foil in a state where the water-soluble high-molecular weight compound solution surrounds the solid electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Tetsushi Ogawara, Yoshishige Sakurai, Akira Iijima, Hayato Karasawa, Masayuki Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 9978527
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode foil on which an oxide film is formed; a cathode foil; and a separator between the anode and cathode foils, wherein a solid electrolyte in a fine particle form made of a conductive high molecular weight compound and a water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form are introduced into a gap between the anode and cathode foils in a state where the water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form surrounds the solid electrolyte, and a ratio of an area that the solid electrolyte occupies in the gap is set to a value which falls within a range of 1 vol % to 30 vol %, and a ratio of an area that the water-soluble high-molecular weight compound in a liquid form occupies in the gap is set to a value which falls within a range of 10 vol % to 99 vol %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Akira Iijima, Masayuki Sakaguchi, Yosuke Nozawa, Yoshishige Sakurai
  • Patent number: 9947477
    Abstract: In a method of manufacturing a thin-film polymer multi-layer capacitor, in a vacuum chamber, a resin thin film layer forming step of forming a resin thin film layer by forming a monomer layer by vapor-depositing a monomer and thereafter by curing the monomer layer by irradiating an electron beam onto the monomer layer, and a metal thin film layer forming step of forming a metal thin film layer by vapor-depositing a metal material are alternately performed on a rotary drum thus forming a multi-layer body in which the resin thin film layer and the metal thin film layer are alternately laminated on the rotary drum. In the resin thin film layer forming step, the monomer layer is formed using a dimethacrylate compound having an alicyclic hydrocarbon skeleton expressed by a following chemical formula (1) as the monomer. wherein, symbol A indicates an organic group containing alicyclic hydrocarbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeya Tomimoto, Tomonao Kako
  • Patent number: 9799456
    Abstract: Provided is a solid electrolyte capacitor which includes: a bottomed cylindrical housing which includes a bottom surface portion and a side surface portion raised from the bottom surface portion, and has an opening portion formed on an edge portion of the side surface portion; a capacitor element which is accommodated in the inside of the housing, and is formed by winding an anode foil and a cathode foil in an overlapping state with a separator interposed therebetween and by filling a space formed between the anode foil and the cathode foil with a solid electrolyte; a sealing member which seals the opening portion of the housing in a state where the capacitor element is accommodated in the inside of the housing; and a composite sheet which is arranged between the bottom surface portion of the housing and the capacitor element, and has the structure where a resin made of a high-molecular weight compound is retained in a fiber sheet containing at least cellulose fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Yoshishige Sakurai, Hiroki Tsutsui, Hayato Karasawa
  • Patent number: 9786439
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte capacitor includes a bottomed cylindrical housing having a bottom surface portion, a side surface portion raised from the bottom surface portion and an opening portion formed on an end portion of the side surface portion; a capacitor element housed in the inside of the housing, the capacitor element being formed by winding an anode foil and a cathode foil in an overlapping state with a separator interposed therebetween and by filling a solid electrolyte between the anode foil and the cathode foil; and a sealing member sealing the opening portion of the housing in a state where the capacitor element is housed in the inside of the housing, wherein an oxide film repairing body made of a hydrophilic synthetic resin is disposed at least one of between the bottom surface portion and the capacitor element of the housing and between the capacitor element and the sealing member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Yoshishige Sakurai, Hiroki Tsutsui, Hayato Karasawa
  • Patent number: 9576742
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte capacitor includes an anode foil on a surface of which an oxide film is formed, a cathode foil, and a separator. A gap between the anode foil and the cathode foil is filled with a solid electrolyte which contains a conductive fine particles containing a conductive polymer compound and a hydrophilic polymer compound. The hydrophilic polymer compound has a structure expressed by a following chemical formula (I) and a structure expressed by a following chemical formula (II). —(R1—O)—??(I) —(R2—O)—??(II) In the formula (I) and the formula (II), R1 and R2 are groups selected from the set consisting of a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenylene, and a substituted or unsubstituted phenylene, and represent mutually different groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Yoshishige Sakurai, Hiroki Tsutsui, Kazuyasu Watanabe
  • Patent number: 9240284
    Abstract: The capacitor includes at least: a capacitor body; two lead wires provided on one end surface; a projecting portion provided at a substantially central portion of another end surface; and at least two relief valves provided on the another end surface. On the another end surface, the at least two relief valves are arranged in substantially rotational symmetry with respect to the projecting portion. Further, an axial center line of the projecting portion and an axial center line of the capacitor substantially correspond to each other. Also provided are a capacitor case to be used the capacitor and a substrate provided with a circuit using the capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Yokozawa, Koji Umemoto
  • Patent number: 9006585
    Abstract: There is provided a device (1) for surface mounting that has a substrate (10) and a capacitor element loaded on a loading-side surface of the substrate and is integrally molded including the substrate (10) and the capacitor element using a packaging resin. The substrate (10) includes a first terminal electrode (51) electrically connected to a first electrode of the capacitor element and a second terminal electrode (52) electrically connected to a second electrode of the capacitor element, at least part of a mounting-side surface (12) on an opposite side to the loading-side surface of the substrate (10) is exposed on a mounting surface (2) of the device (1), and the first terminal electrode (51) and the second terminal electrode (52) are adjacently disposed around an entire circumference of the mounting surface (2) of the device (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignees: Rubycon Corporation, Rubycon Carlit Co., Ltd., Carlit Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Miyahara, Tetsuo Shiba
  • Publication number: 20140326492
    Abstract: There is provided a device (1) for surface mounting that has a substrate (10) and a capacitor element loaded on a loading-side surface of the substrate and is integrally molded including the substrate (10) and the capacitor element using a packaging resin. The substrate (10) includes a first terminal electrode (51) electrically connected to a first electrode of the capacitor element and a second terminal electrode (52) electrically connected to a second electrode of the capacitor element, at least part of a mounting-side surface (12) on an opposite side to the loading-side surface of the substrate (10) is exposed on a mounting surface (2) of the device (1), and the first terminal electrode (51) and the second terminal electrode (52) are adjacently disposed around an entire circumference of the mounting surface (2) of the device (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Applicants: RUBYCON CORPORATION, RUBYCON CARLIT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takuya MIYAHARA, Tetsuo SHIBA
  • Patent number: 8803000
    Abstract: There is provided a device for surface mounting that has a substrate and a capacitor element loaded on a loading-side surface of the substrate and is integrally molded including the substrate and the capacitor element using a packaging resin. The substrate includes a first terminal electrode electrically connected to a first electrode of the capacitor element and a second terminal electrode electrically connected to a second electrode of the capacitor element, at least part of a mounting-side surface on an opposite side to the loading-side surface of the substrate is exposed on a mounting surface of the device, and the first terminal electrode and the second terminal electrode are adjacently disposed around an entire circumference of the mounting surface of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignees: Rubycon Corporation, Rubycon Carlit Co., Ltd., Carlit Holdings Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takuya Miyahara, Tetsuo Shiba
  • Patent number: 8587924
    Abstract: Provided is a multilayer capacitor that can be manufactured with high yields and whose warpage is suppressed. The multilayer capacitor includes two or more laminated bodies which are bonded together, the two or more laminated bodies each including resin layers and metal layers which are alternately laminated a plurality of times in a thickness direction and each being warped and having front and rear surfaces covered with surface layers containing a resin material, one of the front and rear surfaces being formed of a first surface as a smooth surface having no recess portion, another of the front and rear surfaces being formed of a second surface having a recess portion, in which at least two adjacent laminated bodies are bonded together at the first surfaces or the second surfaces. Also provided are a manufacturing method for the multilayer capacitor, and a circuit board and an electronic device which use the multilayer capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2013
    Assignee: Rubycon Corporation
    Inventors: Takenori Tezuka, Chiharu Ito, Tomonao Kako
  • Publication number: 20130269993
    Abstract: The capacitor includes at least: a capacitor body; two lead wires provided on one end surface; a projecting portion provided at a substantially central portion of another end surface; and at least two relief valves provided on the another end surface. On the another end surface, the at least two relief valves are arranged in substantially rotational symmetry with respect to the projecting portion. Further, an axial center line of the projecting portion and an axial center line of the capacitor substantially correspond to each other. Also provided are a capacitor case to be used for the capacitor and a substrate provided with a circuit using the capacitor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Yokozawa, Koji Umemoto
  • Publication number: 20130050895
    Abstract: Provided is a multilayer capacitor that can be manufactured with a high yield, and wherein the warp thereof can be limited. The multilayer capacitor, manufacturing method thereof, circuit board, and electronic device are characterized by having resin layers and metal layers laminated alternately a plurality of times in the thickness direction, having the front and back faces thereof covered with surface layers containing resin material, having either the front face or the back face comprised of a first face (30) that is a gently sloping face without any recess section, having the other face comprised of a second face (32) with recess sections (34), and characterized by having two or more laminated bodies (20A, 20B), with warps, pasted together, and by further having at least two adjacent laminated bodies (20A, 20B) pasted together with either the first faces (30) thereof, or with the second faces (32) thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takenori Tezuka, Chiharu Ito, Tomonao Kako
  • Patent number: 7667953
    Abstract: An electrolytic solution, for use in an electrolytic capacitor, comprising a solvent and a solute wherein water accounts for 20 to 100% by weight of the solvent and the total solute content is from 1.5 to 44% by weight, and an electrolytic capacitor comprising a capacitor element, a case containing the capacitor element, and a sealant with which the case is sealed, the capacitor element comprising a pair of electrode foils each comprising a dielectric, a separator for isolating the electrode foils from each other, and the above electrolytic solution filled between the electrode foils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2010
    Assignee: Rubycon Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeru Uzawa, Akihiko Komatsu, Tetsushi Ogawara, Yoshishige Sakurai
  • Patent number: 7660101
    Abstract: 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 electrode foil and the electrolyte solution. The electrolytic capacitor contains the unsaturated compound which allows hydrogen addition, or the electrolytic solution, which comprises a solvent composed of 10-80 wt % of an organic solvent and 90-20 wt % water and at least one electrolyte selected from the group consisting of carboxylic acids or their salts and inorganic acids or their salts, also comprises one or more unsaturated compounds which are water-soluble or soluble in polar and protic polar solvents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Rubycon Corporation
    Inventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Toshikazu Iida, Takashi Nozawa, Taketo Matsuzawa, Tetsushi Ogawara, Shigeru Uzawa