Patents by Inventor Hideki Ohata
Hideki Ohata 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).
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Patent number: 7046504Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor having a masking structure in which the insulation between the anode part and the cathode part can be ensured without fail, to its production method, to a method for coating a masking agent on a solid electrolytic capacitor substrate, and to apparatus therefore. According to the present invention, the masking material covers the dielectric film on the metal material having valve action and sufficiently infiltrates into the core metal made of a metal having valve action while the solid electrolyte is masked by the masking material without fail, so that a solid electrolytic capacitor can be produced that has a reduced leakage current and a reduced stress generated at the reflow treatment or the like.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2004Date of Patent: May 16, 2006Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Ryuji Monden, Hiroshi Nitoh, Toshihiro Okabe, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane
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Publication number: 20060098394Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor having a masking structure in which the insulation between the anode part and the cathode part can be ensured without fail, to its production method, to a method for coating a masking agent on a solid electrolytic capacitor substrate, and to apparatus therefore. According to the present invention, the masking material covers the dielectric film on the metal material having valve action and sufficiently infiltrates into the core metal made of a metal having valve action while the solid electrolyte is masked by the masking material without fail, so that a solid electrolytic capacitor can be produced that has a reduced leakage current and a reduced stress generated at the reflow treatment or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2005Publication date: May 11, 2006Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Ryuji Monden, Hiroshi Nitoh, Toshihiro Okabe, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane
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Publication number: 20060088972Abstract: An electrode for electrolytic capacitors having a large capacitance and having excellent tan ?, heat resistance, humidity resistance and stability. An electrolytic capacitor using the electrode. An electrode obtained by attaching a compound having a siloxane bond onto the surface of an electrode body comprising a valve-acting metal having formed thereon a dielectric film. The compound having a siloxane bond is attached by coating, dipping or vapor deposition. A solid electrolytic capacitor obtained by forming an electrolyte comprising an electrically conducting polymer on the electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2005Publication date: April 27, 2006Inventors: Ryuji Monden, Atsushi Sakai, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata
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Patent number: 7025795Abstract: An electrode for electrolytic capacitors having a large capacitance and having excellent tan ?, heat resistance, humidity resistance and stability. An electrolytic capacitor using the electrode. An electrode obtained by attaching a compound having a siloxane bond onto the surface of an electrode body comprising a valve-acting metal having formed thereon a dielectric film. The compound having a siloxane bond is attached by coating, dipping or vapor deposition. A solid electrolytic capacitor obtained by forming an electrolyte comprising an electrically conducting polymer on the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2002Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: Showa Denko Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuji Monden, Atsushi Sakai, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata
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Patent number: 6890363Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor having a masking structure in which the insulation between the anode part and the cathode part can be ensured without fail, to its production method, to a method for coating a masking agent on a solid electrolytic capacitor substrate, and to an apparatus therefor. According to the present invention, the masking material covers the dielectric film on the metal material having valve action and sufficiently infiltrates into the core metal made of a metal having valve action while the solid electrolyte is masked by the masking material without fail, so that a solid electrolytic capacitor can be produced that has a reduced leakage current and a reduced stress generated at the reflow treatment or the like.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2000Date of Patent: May 10, 2005Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Ryuji Monden, Hiroshi Nitoh, Toshihiro Okabe, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane
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Publication number: 20040233615Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor having a masking structure in which the insulation between the anode part and the cathode part can be ensured without fail, to its production method, to a method for coating a masking agent on a solid electrolytic capacitor substrate, and to apparatus therefore. According to the present invention, the masking material covers the dielectric film on the metal material having valve action and sufficiently infiltrates into the core metal made of a metal having valve action while the solid electrolyte is masked by the masking material without fail, so that a solid electrolytic capacitor can be produced that has a reduced leakage current and a reduced stress generated at the reflow treatment or the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2004Publication date: November 25, 2004Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Ryuji Monden, Hiroshi Nitoh, Toshihiro Okabe, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane
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Publication number: 20040212951Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor comprising a solid electrolyte layer and an electrically conducting layer comprising metallic powder or an electrically conducting layer comprising an electrically conducting carbon layer and a layer formed thereon and comprising metallic powder in which at least one of said layers contains a rubber-like elastic material; a production process thereof; a solid electrolyte for use in the solid electrolytic capacitor; a production process of the solid electrolyte; an electrically conducting paste for use in the solid electrolytic capacitor; and an electrically carbon conducting paste for use in the solid electrolytic capacitor. The solid electrolytic capacitor of the present invention can be made compact and can be endowed with high-capacitance and low-impedance and is excellent in external force-relaxing properties, productivity, heat resistance and moisture resistance, etc.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2004Publication date: October 28, 2004Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Ryuji Monden, Katsuhiko Yamazaki, Atsushi Sakai, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane, Hiroshi Konuma
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Patent number: 6807049Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a valve acting metal having microfine pores, a dielectric film formed on a surface of the valve acting metal, and a solid electrolyte layer provided on the dielectric film, in which at least a portion of the solid electrolyte layer is of a lamellar structure. In particular, a solid electrolytic capacitor includes an electrically conducting polymer having a specified condensed ring structure containing (1) a solid electrolyte layer containing a sulfoquinone anion having a sulfo anion group and a quinone structure and other anion, and (2) a solid electrolyte layer containing an anthracenesulfonate ion and other anion.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2001Date of Patent: October 19, 2004Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Hiroshi Konuma, Koro Shirane, Ryuji Monden, Atsushi Sakai, Yuji Furuta, Katsuhiko Yamazaki, Toru Sawaguchi, Hideki Ohata, Yoshiaki Ikenoue
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Patent number: 6783703Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor comprising a solid electrolyte layer and an electrically conducting layer comprising metallic powder or an electrically conducting layer comprising an electrically conducting carbon layer and a layer formed thereon and comprising metallic powder in which at least one of said layers contains a rubber-like elastic material; a production process thereof; a solid electrolyte for use in the solid electrolytic capacitor; a production process of the solid electrolyte; an electrically conducting paste for use in the solid electrolytic capacitor; and an electrically carbon conducting paste for use in the solid electrolytic capacitor. The solid electrolytic capacitor of the present invention can be made compact and can be endowed with high-capacitance and low-impedance and is excellent in external force-relaxing properties, productivity, heat resistance and moisture resistance, etc.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Assignee: Showa Denko Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuji Monden, Katsuhiko Yamazaki, Atsushi Sakai, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane, Hiroshi Konuma
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Publication number: 20040136145Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising (1) an electrically conducting polymer composition formed on the surface of an oxide film which is formed on a valve-acting metal, by specifying the viscosity of an oxidizing agent solution and/or a monomer solution, particularly by specifying the viscosity to less than about 100 cp, (2) an electroconducting polymer composition formed on the surface of an oxide film layer which is formed on a valve-acting metal, wherein the electroconducting polymer layer comprising a monomer compound or a derivative thereof as a repeating unit and also containing an anionic dopant is polymerized by setting the humidity in the atmosphere to from about 10% to less than about 60%; (3) an anode body having provided on the outer surface thereof a solid electrolyte formed of an electrically conducting polymer containing a lamellar structure, wherein the solid electrolyte provided on the dielectric film formed on a valve acting metal occupies from about 10 to about 95% of the space in a porType: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2003Publication date: July 15, 2004Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Ryuji Monden, Toru Sawaguchi, Katsuhiko Yamazaki, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata
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Patent number: 6696138Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor comprises a porous valve acting metal having formed thereon a dielectric film and a solid electrolyte formed on the dielectric film. The solid electrolyte occupies from 10 to 95% of the space within a pore of the porous metal.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2002Date of Patent: February 24, 2004Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Ryuji Monden, Toru Sawaguchi, Katsuhiko Yamazaki, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata
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Patent number: 6663796Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor comprising an electrode produced by forming a solid electrolytic layer comprised by a polymer having at least one repeating unit selected from a thiophene-diyl skeleton, an isothianaphthene-diyl skeleton, a pyrrole-diyl skeleton, a furan-diyl skeleton and an iminophenylene skeleton and having a fibril structure on a dielectric film layer of a porous valve-acting metal and its production method, and to a highly electroconductive polymer obtained by chemical oxidative polymerization of a monomer and an oxidizing agent at an interface and its production method.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 1999Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane, Ryuji Monden, Atsushi Sakai
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Patent number: 6660188Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor comprising an electrode produced by forming a solid electrolytic layer comprised by a polymer having at least one repeating unit selected from a thiophene-diyl skeleton, an isothianaphthene-diyl skeleton, a pyrrole-diyl skeleton, a furan-diyl skeleton and an iminophenylene skeleton and having a fibril structure on a dielectric film layer of a porous valve-acting metal and its production method, and to a highly electroconductive polymer obtained by chemical oxidative polymerization of a monomer and an oxidizing agent at an interface and its production method.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2000Date of Patent: December 9, 2003Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane, Ryuji Monden, Atsushi Sakai
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Publication number: 20030148023Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising (1) an electrically conducting polymer composition formed on the surface of an oxide film which is formed on a valve-acting metal, by specifying the viscosity of an oxidizing agent solution and/or a monomer solution, particularly by specifying the viscosity to less than about 100 cp, (2) an electroconducting polymer composition formed on the surface of an oxide film layer which is formed on a valve-acting metal, wherein the electroconducting polymer layer comprising a monomer compound or a derivative thereof as a repeating unit and also containing an anionic dopant is polymerized by setting the humidity in the atmosphere to from about 10% to less than about 60%; (3) an anode body having provided on the outer surface thereof a solid electrolyte formed of an electrically conducting polymer containing a lamellar structure, wherein the solid electrolyte provided on the dielectric film formed on a valve acting metal occupies from about 10 to about 95% of the space in a porType: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2002Publication date: August 7, 2003Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Ryuji Monden, Toru Sawaguchi, Katsuhiko Yamazaki, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata
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Publication number: 20030090859Abstract: An electrode for electrolytic capacitors having a large capacitance and having excellent tan &dgr;, heat resistance, humidity resistance and stability. An electrolytic capacitor using the electrode. An electrode obtained by attaching a compound having a siloxane bond onto the surface of an electrode body comprising a valve-acting metal having formed thereon a dielectric film. The compound having a siloxane bond is attached by coating, dipping or vapor deposition. A solid electrolytic capacitor obtained by forming an electrolyte comprising an electrically conducting polymer on the electrode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2002Publication date: May 15, 2003Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Ryuji Monden, Atsushi Sakai, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata
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Patent number: 6556427Abstract: An object of the present invention is to improve the adhesive property of the solid electrolyte of a solid electrolytic capacitor where a solid electrolyte layer has an electrically conducting polymer to provide a solid electrolytic capacitor favored with mechanical strength, high capacitance, low impedance, good humidity resistance load characteristics and excellent heat resistance. The present invention provides a solid electrolytic capacitor having a dielectric film on the surface of a valve-acting metal having fine pores, a solid electrolyte layer, an electrically conducting carbon paste layer and an electrically conducting metal powder paste layer in order. The binder of the electrically conducting carbon paste is allowed to infiltrate into the solid electrolyte layer formed on the dielectric film on the surface of the valve-acting metal or into the solid electrolyte layer and the inside of the fine pores. The present invention also provides a method for producing the capacitor.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2001Date of Patent: April 29, 2003Assignee: Showa Denko Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Hideki Ohata, Ryuji Monden, Atsushi Sakai
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Patent number: 6517892Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising (1) an electrically conducting polymer composition formed on the surface of an oxide film which is formed on a valve-acting metal, by specifying the viscosity of an oxidizing agent solution and/or a monomer solution, particularly by specifying the viscosity to less than about 100 cp, (2) an electroconducting polymer composition formed on the surface of an oxide film layer which is formed on a valve-acting metal, wherein the electroconducting polymer layer comprising a monomer compound or a derivative thereof as a repeating unit and also containing an anionic dopant is polymerized by setting the humidity in the atmosphere to from about 10% to less than about 60%; (3) an anode body having provided on the outer surface thereof a solid electrolyte formed of an electrically conducting polymer containing a lamellar structure, wherein the solid electrolyte provided on the dielectric film formed on a valve acting metal occupies from about 10 to about 95% of the space in a porType: GrantFiled: May 24, 2000Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Atsushi Sakai, Ryuji Monden, Toru Sawaguchi, Katsuhiko Yamazaki, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata
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Patent number: 6483694Abstract: An electrode for electrolytic capacitors having a large capacitance and having excellent tan &dgr;, heat resistance, humidity resistance and stability. An electrolytic capacitor using the electrode. An electrode obtained by attaching a compound having a siloxane bond onto the surface of an electrode body including a valve-acting metal having formed thereon a dielectric film. The compound having a siloxane bond is attached by coating, dipping or vapor deposition. A solid electrolytic capacitor obtained by forming an electrolyte including an electrically conducting polymer on the electrode.Type: GrantFiled: June 22, 2000Date of Patent: November 19, 2002Assignee: Showa Denko Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Ryuji Monden, Atsushi Sakai, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata
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Patent number: 6466421Abstract: Disclosed are a solid electrolytic capacitor comprising a valve-acting metal, an oxide dielectric layer formed on a surface of the valve-acting metal and a solid electrolyte layer provided on the dielectric film layer, in which the electrically conducting polymer composition layer contains as a dopant at least one anion selected from (1) an alkoxy-substituted naphthalene monosulfonate anion, (2) a heterocyclic sulfonate anion, and (3) an anion of an aliphatic polycyclic compound or a combination thereof with another anion having a dopant ability and a method for producing such a solid electrolytic capacitor. The solid electrolytic capacitor of the invention is excellent in voltage resistance, high frequency property, tan &dgr;, leakage current, heat resistance (reflow property), etc.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2000Date of Patent: October 15, 2002Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.Inventors: Ryuji Monden, Atsushi Sakai, Toru Sawaguchi, Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane, Hiroshi Konuma, Yuji Furuta, Katsuhiko Yamazaki, Yoshiaki Ikenoue
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Publication number: 20020105777Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor comprising a solid electrolyte layer and an electrically conducting layer comprising metallic powder or an electrically conducting layer comprising an electrically conducting carbon layer and a layer formed thereon and comprising metallic powder in which at least one of said layers contains a rubber-like elastic material; a production process thereof; a solid electrolyte for use in the solid electrolytic capacitor; a production process of the solid electrolyte; an electrically conducting paste for use in the solid electrolytic capacitor; and an electrically carbon conducting paste for use in the solid electrolytic capacitor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2002Publication date: August 8, 2002Applicant: SHOWA DENKO K.K.Inventors: Ryuji Monden, Katsuhiko Yamazaki, Atsushi Sakai, Yuji Furuta, Hideki Ohata, Koro Shirane, Hiroshi Konuma