Patents by Inventor Yoshishige Sakurai

Yoshishige Sakurai has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240145178
    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: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Masayuki SAKAGUCHI, Tetsushi OGAWARA, Yoshishige SAKURAI, Akira IIJIMA, Yosuke NOZAWA
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220262574
    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: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Masayuki SAKAGUCHI, Tetsushi OGAWARA, Yoshishige SAKURAI, Akira IIJIMA, Yosuke NOZAWA
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20180040430
    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: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Akihiko KOMATSU, Tetsushi OGAWARA, Yoshishige SAKURAI, Akira IIJIMA, Hayato KARASAWA, Masayuki SAKAGUCHI
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20160099114
    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: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Akihiko KOMATSU, Yoshishige SAKURAI, Hiroki TSUTSUI, Hayato KARASAWA
  • Publication number: 20160099113
    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: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Inventors: Akihiko KOMATSU, Akira IIJIMA, Masayuki SAKAGUCHI, Yosuke NOZAWA, Yoshishige SAKURAI
  • Publication number: 20160035495
    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: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventors: Akihiko KOMATSU, Yoshishige SAKURAI, Hiroki TSUTSUI, Hayato KARASAWA
  • Publication number: 20150255220
    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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Akihiko Komatsu, Yoshishige Sakurai, Hiroki Tsutsui, Kazuyasu Watanabe
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20070121276
    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: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2004
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Applicant: RUBYCON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shigeru Uzawa, Akihiko Komatsu, Tetsushi Ogawara, Yoshishige Sakurai
  • Patent number: 4211118
    Abstract: An ultrasonic fault detector for inspecting the welds of a welded pipe comprises a casing in which contact medium is contained, an arm movable in the casing, a movable member rotatably secured to the arc, probe heads mounted on the movable member, and a pump for feeding the contact medium to the operating surface of the probe heads. The movable member is constructed to be dividable into two or more parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 8, 1980
    Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshishige Sakurai, Hiroshi Yamada, Kuniharu Uchida, Kanekichi Suzuki, Ryoichi Ishii, deceased, by Kyoko Ishii, administrator
  • Patent number: 4205554
    Abstract: A probe unit including a plurality of ultrasonic fault detection probes is moved along an object to be examined by a probe drive unit. The fault detection signals produced by the probes are transfer switched among a plurality of channels of a channel selector and the output of the channel selector is sampled by a high speed sampling device. A computer is connected to the probe drive unit, channel selector and the sampling device to apply operating signals thereto and to receive the outputs thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kuniharu Uchida, Yoshishige Sakurai
  • Patent number: 4096757
    Abstract: An ultrasonic defect detection apparatus comprising a supersonic probe, a rotary shaft for revolving the probe along the inner surface of a pipe to be examined, and a hollow shaft removably connected to the rotary shaft for vertically moving the probe. Water acting as a contact medium is circulated between the operating surface of the probe and a water tank through the rotary shaft and the hollow shaft. The apparatus is inserted into a pipe to be examined such as the control rod housing of an atomic reactor through the bottom opening of the pipe, and can be operated from a remote place for the sake of safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: June 27, 1978
    Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Ryoichi Ishii, Yoshishige Sakurai, Hiroshi Yamada, Kuniharu Uchida, Kanekichi Suzuki