Patents Examined by Dion Ferguson
  • Patent number: 11201016
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, an anode lead terminal, a cathode lead terminal, and a resin outer package. The capacitor element includes an anode part and a cathode part. The anode lead terminal is electrically connected to the anode part. The cathode lead terminal is electrically connected to the cathode part, and has a first main surface and a second main surface opposite to the first main surface. The resin outer package covers the capacitor element. The cathode lead terminal includes a joint part to be joined with the cathode part. The joint part has a recess on the first main surface. In at least one cross-section cutting the recess an being perpendicular to the first main surface, a relation D1<Dmax is satisfied, where D1 represents an opening width of a first opening at the first main surface of the recess, and Dmax represents a maximum width of the recess inside the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Norihiko Ogata
  • Patent number: 11195669
    Abstract: An energy-storage device is provided. It includes a charge-storing supercapacitor cell comprised of electrodes at least one of which includes a nano-carbon component, a ion-permeable membrane and an electrolyte characterised in that the cell is embedded or encapsulated in a flexible or rigid matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Oxcion Limited
    Inventors: Stephen David Voller, Hugh Liam Sutherland, Charles Resnick, Anthony Burn, Marappa Gounder Rajendran, Myrsini Kyriaki Antoniou
  • Patent number: 11189434
    Abstract: An electrical energy storage device comprises a housing having a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side; a first electrode disposed in the housing adjacent the first side; a second electrode disposed in the housing adjacent the second side; and an electrolyte mixture disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, the electrolyte mixture containing a plurality of ions. In an implementation, a channel disposed in the housing permits ions to flow adjacent to the first end and a barrier in the housing prevents ions from flowing adjacent to the second end. In another implementation, some of the ions are magnetic. In a further implementation, some of the ions have a greater density than other ions. Charging of the electrical energy storage device is enhanced by applying a magnetic field to the electrical energy storage device or rotating the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: ClearWater Holdings, Ltd.
    Inventors: G. Noah Newmark, Stephen M. Collins
  • Patent number: 11189430
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body, a dielectric layer disposed on the anode body, and a solid electrolyte layer disposed on the dielectric layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes a self-doped conductive polymer and an organic alkali.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hitoshi Fukui, Hiroshi Kojima, Ai Makino
  • Patent number: 11183335
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a case capable of receiving a plurality of capacitive elements, each capacitor element having at least two capacitors, and each capacitor having a capacitive value. The apparatus also includes a cover assembly with a peripheral edge secured to the case. The cover assembly includes, for each of the plurality of capacitive elements, a cover terminal that extends upwardly from the cover assembly generally at a central region of the cover assembly. Each cover terminal is connected to one of the at least two capacitors of the respective one of the plurality of capacitive elements. The cover assembly also includes, for each of the plurality of capacitive elements, a cover terminal that extends upwardly from the cover assembly at a position spaced apart from the cover terminal generally at the central region of the cover assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: AmRad Manufacturing, LLC
    Inventors: Robert M. Stockman, Richard W. Stockman, Michael B. Tricano, Jonathan Charles
  • Patent number: 11181344
    Abstract: A supercapacitor-like device is described that uses a porous, conductive foam as the electrodes. After the device is charged, an explosive wave front can be used to remove electrolyte from the metal foam. This creates a large net charge on each electrode, which will readily flow through a load placed across the electrodes. The removal of charge can potentially occur on a time scale of microseconds, allowing a supercapacitor to be used in pulsed power applications. The creation of this net charge requires significant energy, meaning this concept may also be suitable for removing kinetic energy from objects.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Battelle Memorial Institute
    Inventors: Steven Risser, Mark Stasik, Kelsey Doolittle
  • Patent number: 11177079
    Abstract: An aqueous electrolyte for a pseudo-capacitor and a pseudo-capacitor comprising the same, and more particularly an aqueous electrolyte for a pseudo-capacitor comprising an aqueous solvent, and a certain concentration or more of a lithium salt and a zwitterionic compounds, and a pseudo-capacitor comprising the aqueous electrolyte described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Donghoon Suh, Seokhyun Yoon
  • Patent number: 11177077
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, an exterior body that seals the capacitor element, and an external electrode. The capacitor element includes an anode foil, a dielectric layer, and a cathode part. The anode foil includes an anode lead-out part and a cathode forming part. The anode lead-out part has a first end of the anode foil. The cathode forming part has a second end of the anode foil. The dielectric layer is disposed on a surface of the cathode forming part. The cathode part covers at least part of the dielectric layer. The first end in the anode lead-out part protrudes from an end surface of the exterior body. At least part of the first end is in contact with the external electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinya Suzuki, Masahiro Kajimura
  • Patent number: 11170944
    Abstract: An ultracapacitor that contains at least one electrochemical cell is provided. The cell includes a first electrode that contains a first carbonaceous coating (e.g., activated carbon particles) electrically coupled to a first current collector, a second electrode that contains a second carbonaceous coating (e.g., activated carbon particles) electrically coupled to a second current collector, an aqueous electrolyte in ionic contact with the first electrode and the second electrode and that contains a polyprotic acid (e.g., sulfuric acid), and a separator that is positioned between the first and second electrodes. Through selective control over the particular nature of the materials used to form the ultracapacitor, as well as the manner in which they are formed, a variety of beneficial properties may be achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: KYOCERA AVX Components Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Robert Knopsnyder, Shawn Hansen
  • Patent number: 11170936
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body including a dielectric layer, a plurality of internal electrodes disposed in the ceramic body, and a first side margin portion and a second side margin portion respectively arranged on end portions of the internal electrodes exposed from first and second surfaces. The first and second side margin portions respectively include a first region adjacent to an outer side surface of each of the side margin portions, and a second region adjacent to the internal electrodes exposed from the first and second surfaces. The number of pores per unit area in the second region is less than the number of pores per unit area in the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Park, Sim Chung Kang, Woo Chul Shin, Jong Ho Lee, Ki Pyo Hong
  • Patent number: 11170941
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes a capacitor element laminate, a first external electrode, and a second external electrode. The capacitor element laminate includes capacitor elements, cathode lead-out layers, and a sealing body. At least one of the capacitor elements includes an anode foil, dielectric layers, and cathode layers. The first external electrode is connected to the anode foil exposed at the first end surface of the capacitor element laminate. The second external electrode is connected to the cathode lead-out layers exposed at the second end surface of the capacitor element laminate. The sealing body includes a first resin molded body and a second resin molded body. The first resin molded body and the second resin molded body are made of the same insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takeshi Furukawa, Sachiko Shirakawa
  • Patent number: 11164700
    Abstract: A multilayer capacitor includes a body, including a stacked structure formed of a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of internal electrodes, and a plurality of external electrodes. Each external electrode includes a conductive layer, disposed at the end of the body and connected to the plurality of internal electrodes, and a plating layer covering the conductive layer. Each conductive layer includes nickel (Ni) and barium titanate (BT), and an area occupied by nickel with respect to the total area of the respective conductive layer is 30% to 65%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hyung Kang, Yong Koo Kim, Hyung Kyu Kim, Won Hee Yoo, Jong Hyun Cho, Byung Kil Yun, Seok Kyoon Woo, Hyun Sung Dong
  • Patent number: 11158459
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body having first and second end surfaces facing each other, first and second side surfaces facing each other, first and second principal surfaces facing each other, and also includes outer electrodes each of which is provided on at least one portion of a corresponding one of the first and second end surfaces of the ceramic body. Each of the outer electrodes includes an underlying electrode layer provided on at least one portion of a corresponding one of the first and second end surfaces of the ceramic body and also includes a plating layer provided on a corresponding one of the underlying electrode layers and on a corresponding one of regions different from the underlying electrode layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Syunsuke Takeuchi, Yusuke Arakawa, Masaki Tsutsumi
  • Patent number: 11158458
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including first and second internal electrodes disposed to face each other and a dielectric layer interposed therebetween. When an average thickness of the dielectric layer is denoted as ‘td,’ an average thickness of the first and second internal electrodes is denoted as ‘te,’ and a standard deviation of thicknesses of an internal electrode, measured at a plurality of points in a predetermined region of the internal electrode, is denoted as ‘?te,’ a ratio of the standard deviation of thicknesses of the internal electrode to the average thickness of the dielectric layer, which is denoted as ‘?te/td,’ satisfies 0.12??te/td?0.21.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Jin Cha, Hyun Soo Oh, Woo Chul Shin, Hye Ji Jang
  • Patent number: 11152154
    Abstract: An electronic component includes an element body and an external electrode. The element body includes a side surface and an end surface. The external electrode includes a conductive resin layer disposed over the side surface and the end surface. The conductive resin layer includes a first region positioned on the end surface, a second region positioned on the side surface, and a third region positioned on a ridge portion between the end surface and the side surface. In a case where a maximum thickness of the first region is T1 (?m), a maximum thickness of the second region is T2 (?m), and a minimum thickness of the third region is T3 (?m), the maximum thickness T1 and the maximum thickness T2 satisfy a relation of T2/T1?0.11, and the maximum thickness T1 and the minimum thickness T3 satisfy a relation of T3/T1?0.11.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuichi Nagai, Atsushi Takeda, Takehisa Tamura, Shinya Onodera
  • Patent number: 11145462
    Abstract: A capacitor component includes a body including a dielectric layer, a layering portion in which first and second internal electrodes opposing each other are layered in a first direction, and first and second connecting portions disposed on both surfaces of the layering portion taken in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively; and first and second external electrodes disposed on the first and second connecting portions, respectively, and the first and second external electrodes include metal powder particles, a surface of each of which is coated with at least one of graphene and carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Ho Lee, Jung Tae Park, Hee Ju Son, Min Woo Kim
  • Patent number: 11145468
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, an anode lead frame, a cathode lead frame, and an exterior member. The capacitor element includes an anode part and a cathode part. The cathode lead frame includes a cathode mount, a cathode connection part connected to the cathode mount, and a cathode terminal connected to the cathode connection part. The cathode lead frame bends in one direction at a first boundary between the cathode mount and the cathode connection part, and further bends in another direction at a second boundary between the cathode connection part and the cathode terminal. At least one of the cathode mount and the cathode terminal has a projection at an edge of the at least one of the cathode mount and the cathode terminal. The edge is at a side close to the cathode connection part. The projection projects in a first direction along which the anode part and the cathode part are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Yamada, Masahiro Sato, Yasuyuki Komatsu, Mikio Kobashi, Atsushi Nagatomi
  • Patent number: 11139116
    Abstract: A gel electrolytic capacitor that can further improve withstand voltage is provided. The gel electrolytic capacitor includes: an anode foil; a cathode foil; and a gel electrolyte disposed between the anode foil and the cathode foil. The gel electrolyte consists of a polymer having three-dimensional (3D) network structure and an electrolyte solution held in said polymer. The polymer is formed by polymerizing 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate or methacrylic acid. The electrolyte solution includes amines or quaternary cyclic amidinium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation
    Inventor: Junichi Kawakami
  • Patent number: 11139119
    Abstract: A supercapacitor comprising at least one cell formed of two electrodes of opposite polarity. The cell is formed from a positive electrode and a negative electrode made of activated carbon, between which an electrolyte composition is arranged comprising at least one nitrile solvent, at least one salt and also comprising at least one additive from the family of phosphazenes having at least one fluorine atom. One of the compositions comprises acetonitrile, a tetramethylammonium tetrafluoroborate salt and an additive, hexafluorocyclotriphosphazene at a concentration of 1 to 10%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT À L'ÉNERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ÉNERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Matthieu Le Digabel, Agnés Biller, Nelly Penot
  • Patent number: 11127539
    Abstract: A novel electrode and associated method of manufacturing said novel electrode comprising a porous structure having absorbed polystyrene sulfonate (PSS), a self-assembled polypyrole (PPy) layer adjacent to the PSS absorbed porous structure, a self-assembled polyaniline (PANI) layer adjacent to the PPy layer, an electrochemically deposited PANI layer adjacent to the PPy layer and an electrochemically deposited PANI-molybdenum disulfide (PANI-MoS2) layer adjacent to the electrochemically deposited PANI layer. A supercapacitor and associated method of manufacturing a supercapacitor comprising a first novel electrode and a second novel electrode separated by a polyvinyl gel and a porous separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Turki Sulaiman A. Alamro, Manoj Kumar Ram