Patents by Inventor Kazuyo Saito

Kazuyo Saito 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).

  • Patent number: 6519137
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a solid electrolytic capacitor having a large capacitance and a higher resistance to heat and adapted as a surface-mount device and a method of producing the same. The invention may include the followings features: (1) a layer containing an electroconductive polymer and a less conductive polymer is provided on a dielectric oxide film on the positive electrode foil; (2) a separator of a polyester resin based unwoven fabric made by span bonding and/or wet processing a resin material is sandwiched between the positive electrode foil and the negative electrode foil and rolled together to form a capacitor element which also include a solid electrolyte; (3) a separator is sandwiched between the positive electrode foil and the negative electrode foil coated with a dielectric oxide film exhibiting a withstand voltage of 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Nitta, Yoshiyuki Mori, Munehiro Morokuma, Yuki Murata, Kazuyo Saito, Tsuyoshi Yoshino, Yoshihiro Watanabe, Hideki Masumi, Takehiko Nakahara, Ichiro Yamashita
  • Patent number: 6409777
    Abstract: A conductive high polymer layer as an electrolyte is formed on the entire surface of fine pores of a dielectric oxide layer of an anode electrode having an undulated surface of fine pores or the like. As a result, a solid electrolytic capacitor having characteristics such as capacitance, impedance, and leak current exactly as designed will be obtained. It comprises a manganese dioxide layer composed of a porous sinter of valve metal or roughened meal foil, placed continuously on the entire surface of the undulated surface of a dielectric oxide layer of an anode electrode having an undulated surface, a conductive high polymer layer formed by electrolytic polymerization, in contact with the surface of the manganese dioxide layer, and a cathode electrode placed on this conductive high polymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kobatake, Yukihiro Nitta, Kazuyo Saito
  • Patent number: 6336944
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing solid electrolytic capacitors by forming an anodized film on a surface of a valve metal anode; forming a capacitor element by adhering an insulating resist tape on said anodized film for separating a negative electrode part and a positive electrode part; forming a MnO2 layer by immersing the capacitor element in a solution containing manganese salts, removing the capacitor element from the solution, and thermally decomposing attached manganese salts; immersing the capacitor element on which the MnO2 layer is formed in an organic polar solvent or aqueous solution thereof; re-anodizing the capacitor element by immersing the capacitor element in an electrolytic solution before the organic polar solvent or its solution dries; and forming a solid electrolyte layer and cathode conductor layer on the base layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukari Shimamoto, Kazuyo Saito
  • Patent number: 6324050
    Abstract: A conductive high polymer layer as an electrolyte is formed on the entire surface of fine pores of a dielectric oxide layer of an anode electrode having an undulated surface of fine pores or the like. As a result, a solid electrolytic capacitor having characteristics such as capacitance, impedance, and leak current exactly as designed will be obtained. It includes a manganese dioxide layer composed of a porous sinter of valve metal or roughened meal foil, placed continuously on the entire surface of the undulated surface of a dielectric oxide layer of an anode electrode having an undulated surface, a conductive high polymer layer formed by electrolytic polymerization, in contact with the surface of the manganese dioxide layer, and a cathode electrode placed on this conductive high polymer layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kobatake, Yukihiro Nitta, Kazuyo Saito
  • Patent number: 6307735
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element having a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid organic conductive material disposed between the positive and the negative electrode, an electrolyte, a case for accommodating the capacitor element and the electrolyte, and a sealing member disposed to cover the opening of the case. The solid organic conductive material has at least one material selected from organic semiconductor and conductive polymer. The electrolytic capacitor having excellent impedance characteristic, small current leak, excellent reliability, and high dielectric strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2001
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyo Saito, Yukihiro Nitta, Hiroshi Tada, Shigeyoshi Iwamoto
  • Publication number: 20010005305
    Abstract: A conductive high polymer layer as an electrolyte is formed on the entire surface of fine pores of a dielectric oxide layer of an anode electrode having an undulated surface of fine pores or the like. As a result, a solid electrolytic capacitor having characteristics such as capacitance, impedance, and leak current exactly as designed will be obtained. It comprises a manganese dioxide layer composed of a porous sinter of valve metal or roughened meal foil, placed continuously on the entire surface of the undulated surface of a dielectric oxide layer of an anode electrode having an undulated surface, a conductive high polymer layer formed by electrolytic polymerization, in contact with the surface of the manganese dioxide layer, and a cathode electrode placed on this conductive high polymer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2000
    Publication date: June 28, 2001
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Kobatake, Yukihiro Nitta, Kazuyo Saito
  • Patent number: 5954650
    Abstract: A display screen of an image display section is divided into an image display area for displaying an image and an operation panel display area, an image (base image) imaged by an X-ray CT apparatus, for example, is displayed on the upper part (base area) of the image display area, an image (match image) imaged by a MRI apparatus is displayed in the middle part (match area), and an operation panel, which is composed of an operation panel display area 2 of the image display section and respective operation keys for aligning the images, is displayed thereon. When the operation panel is operated and fit points are provided to the images or a region of interest (ROI) is set on the base image, a CPU aligns and composes the respective images based on the fit points or ROI, and displays the fusion image on the lower part (fusion area) of the image display area. As a result, both the images can be compared with each other visually.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 21, 1999
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Kazuyo Saito, Yuko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 5671157
    Abstract: A system and a method for displaying a three dimensional image and also a method for displaying a three dimensional image by selecting a ROI on at least two selected reference images from the input images obtained by scanning a body. The method is characterized in that to use distance images based on the reference value along a periphery of a selected ROI on an image slice, an interpolated ROI is used on the interposed slice image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 23, 1997
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Kazuyo Saito