Patents Examined by Eric Thomas
  • Patent number: 10115522
    Abstract: A multi-layered dielectric polymer material, a capacitor comprising the multi-layered dielectric polymer material, a use of the multi-layered dielectric polymer material and a method for forming the multi-layered dielectric polymer material are disclosed. The multi-layered dielectric polymer material may comprise a plurality of dielectric layers wherein the plurality of dielectric layers may comprise an identical base material. The base material may be compound with agents for at least one of the plurality of dielectric layers. It may overcome compatible issues for convention multi-layered material. The dielectric polymer material may have increased dielectric strength and excellent thermal properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: ABB Schweiz AG
    Inventors: Lejun Qi, Nan Li, Delun Meng, Sari Laihonen, Francois Delince
  • Patent number: 10109424
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-layer capacitor. The multi-layer capacitor of the present invention includes a main body formed by alternately stacking a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of inner electrode layers, in which all the plurality of dielectric layers are poled in a same direction; a cover layer for covering and protecting the main body from outside; and outer electrodes electrically connected to the inner electrode layers to apply voltage to the inner electrode layers. Since deformation is offset overall in the multi-layer capacitor of the present invention, the piezoelectric effect occurs in an opposite direction in each of adjacent dielectric layers due to the poling process, and thus the present invention has an effect of reducing vibration and noise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION YONSEI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: No Cheol Park, Byung Han Ko, Kyoung Su Park, Sang Geuk Jeong
  • Patent number: 10109426
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a film capacitor, including: a capacitor core; a positive electrode busbar; a negative electrode busbar, superposed with and insulated from the positive electrode busbar; a first electrode terminal, connected to the positive electrode busbar; a second electrode terminal, connected to the negative electrode busbar; a first connection sheet connected to the positive electrode busbar and provided with a first connection terminal connected to the capacitor core; and a second connection sheet, opposed to the first connection sheet, connected to the negative electrode busbar and provided with a second connection terminal connected to the capacitor core, wherein the capacitor core is disposed between the first connection sheet and the second connection sheet; the first connection sheet, the first connection terminal and the positive electrode busbar are integrally formed; and the second connection sheet, the second connection terminal and the negative electrode busbar are integrally
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Zhongzheng Liu, Siyuan Liu
  • Patent number: 10109423
    Abstract: In an electronic component, each of a distance between a first outer electrode and a third outer electrode along a length direction and a distance between a second outer electrode and the third outer electrode along a length direction is about 8% to about 13% of a dimension of the electronic component along the length direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takanobu Katsuyama, Yasunari Nakamura, Naoto Muranishi, Takashi Sawada
  • Patent number: 10102974
    Abstract: Prismatic polymer monolithic capacitor structure including multiple interleaving radiation-cured polymer dielectric layers and metal layers. Method for fabrication of same. The chemical composition of polymer dielectric and the electrode resistivity parameters are chosen to maximize the capacitor self-healing properties and energy density, and to assure the stability of the capacitance and dissipation factor over the operating temperature range. The glass transition temperature of the polymer dielectric is specifically chosen to avoid mechanical relaxation from occurring in the operating temperature range, which prevents high moisture permeation into the structure (which can lead to higher dissipation factor and electrode corrosion). The geometry and shape of the capacitor are appropriately controlled to minimize losses when the capacitor is exposed to pulse and alternating currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: SIGMA TECHNOLOGIES INT'L., LLC
    Inventor: Angelo Yializis
  • Patent number: 10102973
    Abstract: A ceramic capacitor comprising at least a dielectric ceramic layer and at least a graphene electrode layer deposited on the ceramic layer, wherein the graphene electrode layer has a thickness no less than 2 nm and consists of a graphene material or a graphene composite material containing at least 0.1% by weight of a graphene material dispersed in a matrix material or bonded by a binder material, wherein the graphene material is selected from (a) a plurality of single-layer or multi-layer pristine graphene sheets having less than 0.01% by weight of non-carbon elements, or (b) one or a plurality of a non-pristine graphene material having at least 0.01% by weight of non-carbon elements, wherein the non-pristine graphene is selected from graphene oxide, reduced graphene oxide, graphene fluoride, graphene chloride, graphene bromide, graphene iodide, hydrogenated graphene, nitrogenated graphene, doped graphene, chemically functionalized graphene, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Yi-jun Lin, Bor Z Jang, Shaio-Yen Lee, Aruna Zhamu
  • Patent number: 10102975
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a film capacitor, including: a plurality of capacitor cores, including: a first group of capacitor cores connected in parallel, having first and second end surfaces; and a second group of capacitor cores connected in parallel, connected with the first group of capacitor cores in series, having a third end surface opposite to the first end surface of the first group of capacitor cores and a fourth end surface; a positive electrode busbar, connected to the first end surface; a negative electrode busbar, connected to the third end surface; an intermediate busbar, connected to the second end surface and the fourth end surface respectively; a first connection sheet connected to the positive electrode busbar; a second connection sheet connected to the negative electrode busbar; and a third connection sheet connected to the intermediate busbar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Yang, Siyuan Liu, Lusheng Wu
  • Patent number: 10096427
    Abstract: The electronic component includes a substantially rectangular parallelepiped multilayer body formed by laminating a plurality of insulation layers, a capacitor including a plurality of capacitor conductor layers provided on the insulation layers, and a substantially spiral-shaped inductor including one or more inductor conductor layers provided on the insulation layers and having a center axis extending along the lamination direction. A mounting surface of the multilayer body is a surface of the multilayer body located on the end of one side of a first orthogonal direction orthogonal to the lamination direction. The inductor conductor layer and the capacitor conductor layer are provided on the first insulation layer. On the first insulation layer, an end portion of the capacitor conductor layer on the one side of the first orthogonal direction are closer to the mounting surface than an end portion of the inductor conductor layer on the one side of the first orthogonal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Masayuki Yoneda
  • Patent number: 10090106
    Abstract: A laminated ceramic electronic component with a cuboid-shaped element main body having a first main face and a second main face elongating along the length direction and the width direction, a first side face and a second side face elongating along the length direction and the height direction, and a first end face and a second end face elongating along the width direction and the height direction; and a pair of internal electrode layers opposite to each other in the height direction inside the element main body with a dielectric layer interposed therebetween in such a manner that they are exposed at the first end face or the second end face, wherein the thickness of the dielectric layer becomes larger from central portion to the first side face and the second side face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: TDK CORPORATION
    Inventors: Makoto Endo, Keisuke Ishida, Koichi Yamaguchi, Shimpei Tanabe
  • Patent number: 10090108
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor having an external electrode with a glass phase, where an occupation rate of the glass phase is 30% to 60% on an area ratio, and a maximum length c of the glass phase is 5 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kisumi, Toshiki Nagamoto, Yasuhiro Nishisaka, Yoko Okabe
  • Patent number: 10090116
    Abstract: A biological supercapacitor comprising at least one pair of electrodes that comprise immobilized biological materials that includes enzymes. The enzymes are immobilized to the electrodes and may be isolated enzymes, enzyme cascades comprising multiple enzymes, whole cells, organelles from cells, or parts of organelles from cells. An aspect of the disclosed biological supercapacitor is that a byproduct is water. The disclosed biological supercapacitor combines the energy density of a battery with the power density of a supercapacitor in order to reduce the size and weight of the energy storage devices. Methods of fabrication and of use of the biological supercapacitor are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Inventors: Carol Lynn Curchoe, Shelley Minteer
  • Patent number: 10083799
    Abstract: Provided is a rope-shaped supercapacitor having a first and second conductive porous electrode in a rod shape, where the pores are filled with an electrolyte and an electrode active material. The pores of the first electrode may contain activated carbon or isolated graphene sheets. A porous separator encases the first electrode to form a separator-protected electrode. The two electrodes are combined to form a braid or twist yarn, and a protective sheath wrapps around or encases the braid or twist yarn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
    Inventors: Aruna Zhamu, Bor Z. Jang
  • Patent number: 10083795
    Abstract: A multilayer ceramic capacitor includes a ceramic body which is unlikely to be cracked. A dimension in a length direction L is referred to as L0. A distance in the length direction L is referred to as L1 between an end in the length direction L of a portion of a first external electrode located on a first principal surface and an end of a second internal electrode closer to the first end surface. The ratio L1/L0 is about 0.05 to about 0.35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroto Itamura
  • Patent number: 10079105
    Abstract: A multi-layer ceramic capacitor assembly includes a first terminal assembly member formed by arranging first protruded members at specific intervals, a second terminal assembly member formed by arranging second protruded members at specific intervals so that they face the respective first protruded members, insulated heat dissipation members supported by the first protruded members and the second protruded members and disposed therein, and multi-layer ceramic capacitors alternately disposed between the insulated heat dissipation members so that each multi-layer ceramic capacitor comes into contact with one side and the other side of each insulated heat dissipation member in a first direction, the end on one side of the multi-layer ceramic capacitor in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction is connected to the first terminal assembly member, and the end on the other side of the multi-layer ceramic capacitor in the second direction is connected to the second terminal assembly member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: SAMHWA CAPACITOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Joo Oh, Jung Rag Yoon, Young Min Yoo
  • Patent number: 10079094
    Abstract: A capacitor (1) wherein the first voltage layer (11) and the second voltage layer (21) form an overlap region (4) in which the first voltage layer (11) and the second voltage layer (21) are arranged parallel to one another, separated by a gap (5), on a base side (6) of the capacitor (1), directly above one another, and wherein the at least one first pole terminal (12) extends in lateral continuation of the first voltage layer (11) and, in parallel with this, the at least one second pole terminal (22) extends in lateral continuation of the second voltage layer (21) over and beyond the overlap region (4), and in this way form at least one contact lug pair (7) protruding from the base side (6) of the capacitor (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Erik Weissenborn, Martin Kessler
  • Patent number: 10079114
    Abstract: The instant disclosure relates to a stacked-type solid electrolytic capacitor capable of increasing welding effect and a manufacturing method of the same. The stacked-type solid electrolytic capacitor includes a plurality of solid electrolytic capacitor units, each of which has an anode part and a cathode part connected to the anode part, characterized in that the anode part is formed with at least one buffering via-hole in a welding area thereof. When each of the anode parts is compressed in a welding process, the volume of the corresponding buffering via-hole decreases accordingly. Therefore, the soldering performance of the anode part solid electrolytic capacitor is enhanced and the connection stability is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: APAQ TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ming-Tsung Chen, Chien-Wei Lin
  • Patent number: 10074484
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes anode, dielectric layer formed on anode, and conductive polymer layer formed on dielectric layer. A surface of dielectric layer is dotted with coupling particles. Conductive polymer layer covers coupling particles and is also in contact with dielectric layer. This enables to increase a self-repair capability for reducing leak current between the anode and a cathode in the solid electrolytic capacitor having the conductive polymer layer as a solid electrolytic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Ryo Morioka
  • Patent number: 10074485
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body formed with a dielectric layer on a surface thereof, a cathode body formed with a nickel layer on a surface thereof, and a solid electrolyte formed between the anode body and the cathode body. The solid electrolyte contains a conductive polymer. The nickel layer contains a nickel crystal grain whose length in a direction perpendicular to a thickness direction of the nickel layer in a cross section taken in the thickness direction is 50 nm or more.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Tsuda, Junichiro Hiratsuka, Kiyoshi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 10074483
    Abstract: A ceramic electronic component includes a laminated body including ceramic layers and conductor layers stacked alternately; and first and second external electrodes provided on portions of the laminated body. Each of the first and second external electrodes includes a sintered metal layer provided on the laminated body, a conductive resin layer covering the sintered metal layer, and a plated layer covering the conductive resin layer. The maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on the second principal surface is shorter than the maximum length of the sintered metal layer provided on each of the first and second side surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2018
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuki Kurokawa, Hirobumi Adachi
  • Patent number: 10068713
    Abstract: An improved capacitor is described herein. The capacitor comprises a working element wherein the working element comprises an anode comprising a dielectric thereon and an anode conductive polymer layer on the dielectric. The capacitor also includes a cathode comprising a cathode conductive polymer layer and a conductive separator between the anode and said cathode. An anode lead is in electrical contact with the anode and a cathode lead is in electrical contact with the cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: KEMET Electronics Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Andoralov, Ralf Deisenhofer