Patents by Inventor Kei Hirota

Kei Hirota 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: 12368005
    Abstract: An anode body, a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the anode body, and a cathode part covering at least a part of the dielectric layer are provided. The cathode part includes a solid electrolyte layer covering the at least the part of the dielectric layer and containing a conjugated polymer. A solid electrolytic capacitor having excellent heat resistance is provided by using a solid electrolytic capacitor element where a full width at half maximum of a first peak is in a range from 35 cm?1 to 80 cm?1 inclusive when the first peak attributed to a CC stretching vibration derived from the conjugated polymer is fitted with a Lorentz function in a Raman spectrum of the solid electrolyte layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takahiro Yoshii, Kei Hirota, Hiromi Ozawa
  • Patent number: 12354812
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor element includes an anode body, a dielectric layer formed on a surface of the anode body, and a cathode part covering at least a part of the dielectric layer. The cathode part includes a solid electrolyte layer covering the at least the part of the dielectric layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes a conductive polymer component containing a conjugated polymer. An oxygen permeability P1 of the solid electrolyte layer after heating at 230° C. for 5 hours is less than or equal to 1.0 cm3/m2·24 h·atm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Hirota, Takahiro Yoshii
  • Publication number: 20250132100
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor element includes an anode body; a dielectric layer formed on a surface of the anode body; a solid electrolyte layer that covers at least a portion of the dielectric layer; and a carbon layer that covers at least a portion of the solid electrolyte layer and contains carbon particles. The carbon layer shows a D/G ratio of 1.5 or less, the D/G ratio being a ratio of an intensity of a D band relative to an intensity of a G band in a Raman spectrum of the carbon layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Keita Uenaka, Kei Hirota, Takahiro Yoshii
  • Patent number: 12283435
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes an anode foil including a base material part and a porous part disposed on a surface of the base material part, a dielectric layer disposed on at least a part of a surface of the anode foil, a solid electrolyte layer covering at least a part of the dielectric layer, and a cathode lead-out layer covering at least a part of the solid electrolyte layer. The anode foil includes an anode section on which the solid electrolyte layer is not disposed, a cathode formation section on which the solid electrolyte layer is disposed, and a separation section located between the anode section and the cathode formation section. A first insulating material is disposed on a surface of the porous part in the separation section. And at least a part of a region of the porous part that is covered with the first insulating material includes a second insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Hirota, Kyohei Iwaoka, Hitoshi Fukui, Daisuke Usa, Kouta Muneyasu, Hiroki Nagayama
  • Publication number: 20250095924
    Abstract: A capacitor element includes an anode body including a first portion including a first end and a second portion including a second end, and a separation part disposed on a part positioned between the first end and the second end of the anode body. The conductive polymer layer includes an inner layer filled in at least a part of the porous part, and an outer layer positioned outside a principal surface of the anode body. The separation part includes an end A and an end B, the end B being positioned closer to the second end than the end A is. A filling proportion in a region C included in a cross section of a portion of the porous part from the end B to 0.05L is more than or equal to 46%, where L represents a length from the end B to an end of the cathode part at the second end side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO YOSHII, KEI HIROTA, YOSHIHARU KATAOKA
  • Patent number: 12205773
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes an anode body, a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the anode body, a solid electrolyte layer covering at least a part of the dielectric layer, and a first layer covering at least a part of the solid electrolyte layer. The first layer is in contact with the solid electrolyte layer. The first layer constitutes at least a part of the cathode lead-out layer. An electrode potential Ps of the solid electrolyte layer is higher than an electrode potential P1 of the first layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Uenaka, Kei Hirota, Hideki Shimamoto, Nao Matsumura
  • Patent number: 12198868
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor element includes an anode body, a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the anode body, a solid electrolyte layer covering at least a part of the dielectric layer, and a cathode lead-out layer covering at least a part of the solid electrolyte layer. The cathode lead-out layer includes a carbon layer that is in contact with the solid electrolyte layer and covers the at least the part of the solid electrolyte layer. The carbon layer includes a carbonaceous material and a transition metal ion component. A content proportion of the transition metal ion component in the carbon layer is 17000 ppm or less on a mass basis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keita Uenaka, Kei Hirota, Yuta Tomimatsu
  • Publication number: 20240412926
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a solid electrolytic capacitor element and an exterior body that seals the solid electrolytic capacitor element. The solid electrolytic capacitor element includes an anode body including a first end part and a second end part that is disposed opposite to the first end part, a dielectric layer covering at least a part of the anode body, and a cathode part covering at least a part of the dielectric layer. The at least a part of the dielectric layer is disposed on a portion of the anode body that is closer to the second end part than to the first end part. The cathode part includes a solid electrolyte layer covering the at least a part of the dielectric layer. A breaking strength of the solid electrolyte layer is 0.55 MPa or more and 45.00 MPa or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO YOSHII, KEI HIROTA, HIROMI OZAWA
  • Patent number: 12154726
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor element includes an anode body including a porous part, a dielectric layer, and a cathode part. The cathode part includes a solid electrolyte layer covering the dielectric layer. The anode body includes a first anode body part on which the solid electrolyte layer is disposed and a second anode body part on which the solid electrolyte layer is not disposed. The solid electrolyte layer includes a first solid electrolyte layer disposed in the porous part and a second solid electrolyte layer disposed outside the porous part. When a length of the first anode body part in a longitudinal direction thereof is defined as a length L, a thickness of the second solid electrolyte layer in a first region is more than or equal to 1 ?m. The first region is a region between boundary between the first anode body part and the second anode body part and a position located away from boundary in a length 0.05 L in the first anode body part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuma Imanishi, Kei Hirota
  • Patent number: 12087514
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor including a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes an anode body, a dielectric layer covering at least a part of the anode body, a solid electrolyte layer covering at least a part of the dielectric layer, and a cathode lead-out layer covering at least a part of the solid electrolyte layer. The cathode lead-out layer includes a conductive layer. An oxygen permeability of the conductive layer at a thickness of 10 ?m is less than or equal to 7 cc/m2·day·atm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Hirota, Keita Uenaka
  • Publication number: 20240212945
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes an anode body, a dielectric layer that covers at least a part of the anode body, a solid electrolyte layer that covers at least a part of the dielectric layer, and a cathode lead-out layer that covers a part of the solid electrolyte layer. The cathode lead-out layer contains a carbon material and a first polymer including an acid group. The acid group includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a sulfone group, a carboxyl group, and a derivative of the sulfone group or the carboxyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: KEI HIROTA, KEITA UENAKA, YUKIHIRO SHIMASAKI, HIROKI IMAMURA
  • Publication number: 20240079184
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes an anode foil including a base material part and a porous part disposed on a surface of the base material part, a dielectric layer disposed on at least a part of a surface of the anode foil, a solid electrolyte layer covering at least a part of the dielectric layer, and a cathode lead-out layer covering at least a part of the solid electrolyte layer. The anode foil includes an anode section on which the solid electrolyte layer is not disposed, a cathode formation section on which the solid electrolyte layer is disposed, and a separation section located between the anode section and the cathode formation section. A first insulating material is disposed on a surface of the porous part in the separation section. And at least a part of a region of the porous part that is covered with the first insulating material includes a second insulating material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Kei HIROTA, Kyohei IWAOKA, Hitoshi FUKUI, Daisuke USA, Kouta MUNEYASU, Hiroki NAGAYAMA
  • Patent number: 11915884
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes an anode body, a dielectric layer that covers at least a part of the anode body, a solid electrolyte layer that covers at least a part of the dielectric layer, and a cathode lead-out layer that covers a part of the solid electrolyte layer. The cathode lead-out layer contains a carbon material and a first polymer including an acid group. The acid group includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a sulfone group, a carboxyl group, and a derivative of the sulfone group or the carboxyl group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Hirota, Keita Uenaka, Yukihiro Shimasaki, Hiroki Imamura
  • Publication number: 20240055191
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor element includes an anode body, a dielectric layer formed on a surface of the anode body, and a cathode part covering at least a part of the dielectric layer. The cathode part includes a solid electrolyte layer covering the at least the part of the dielectric layer. The solid electrolyte layer includes a conductive polymer component containing a conjugated polymer. An oxygen permeability P1 of the solid electrolyte layer after heating at 230° C. for 5 hours is less than or equal to 1.0 cm3/m2·24 h·atm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: KEI HIROTA, TAKAHIRO YOSHII
  • Patent number: 11862406
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes an anode foil including a base material part and a porous part disposed on a surface of the base material part, a dielectric layer disposed on at least a part of a surface of the anode foil, a solid electrolyte layer covering at least a part of the dielectric layer, and a cathode lead-out layer covering at least a part of the solid electrolyte layer. The anode foil includes an anode section on which the solid electrolyte layer is not disposed, a cathode formation section on which the solid electrolyte layer is disposed, and a separation section located between the anode section and the cathode formation section. A first insulating material is disposed on a surface of the porous part in the separation section. And at least a part of a region of the porous part that is covered with the first insulating material includes a second insulating material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kei Hirota, Kyohei Iwaoka, Hitoshi Fukui, Daisuke Usa, Kouta Muneyasu, Hiroki Nagayama
  • Publication number: 20230360859
    Abstract: An anode body, a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the anode body, and a cathode part covering at least a part of the dielectric layer are provided. The cathode part includes a solid electrolyte layer covering the at least the part of the dielectric layer and containing a conjugated polymer. A solid electrolytic capacitor having excellent heat resistance is provided by using a solid electrolytic capacitor element where a full width at half maximum of a first peak is in a range from 35 cm?1 to 80 cm?1 inclusive when the first peak attributed to a CC stretching vibration derived from the conjugated polymer is fitted with a Lorentz function in a Raman spectrum of the solid electrolyte layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: TAKAHIRO YOSHII, KEI HIROTA, HIROMI OZAWA
  • Publication number: 20230282425
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor element includes an anode body, a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the anode body, a solid electrolyte layer covering at least a part of the dielectric layer, and a cathode lead-out layer covering at least a part of the solid electrolyte layer. The cathode lead-out layer includes a carbon layer that is in contact with the solid electrolyte layer and covers the at least the part of the solid electrolyte layer. The carbon layer includes a carbonaceous material and a transition metal ion component. A content proportion of the transition metal ion component in the carbon layer is 17000 ppm or less on a mass basis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: KEITA UENAKA, KEI HIROTA, YUTA TOMIMATSU
  • Publication number: 20230268136
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor element includes an anode foil that includes a porous part in a surface layer of the anode foil, a dielectric layer,and a cathode part. The cathode part includes a solid electrolyte layer that covers the at least a part of the dielectric layer and a cathode lead-out layer that covers at least a part of the solid electrolyte layer. The anode foil includes a first part that is a cathode forming part where the solid electrolyte layer is formed and a second part where the solid electrolyte layer is not formed. And the anode foil includes a dense part in the surface layer in at least one of the first part and the second part. The dense part has a porosity smaller than a porosity of the porous part. The second part includes at least an anode part including an end part of the anode foil opposite to the first part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: TOMOKI SUGIMOTO, KEI HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20230268134
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor element includes an anode body including a porous part, a dielectric layer, and a cathode part. The cathode part includes a solid electrolyte layer covering the dielectric layer. The anode body includes a first anode body part on which the solid electrolyte layer is disposed and a second anode body part on which the solid electrolyte layer is not disposed. The solid electrolyte layer includes a first solid electrolyte layer disposed in the porous part and a second solid electrolyte layer disposed outside the porous part. When a length of the first anode body part in a longitudinal direction thereof is defined as a length L, a thickness of the second solid electrolyte layer in a first region is more than or equal to 1 ?m. The first region is a region between boundary between the first anode body part and the second anode body part and a position located away from boundary in a length 0.05L in the first anode body part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: YUMA IMANISHI, KEI HIROTA
  • Publication number: 20230105494
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element. The capacitor element includes an anode body, a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the anode body, a solid electrolyte layer covering at least a part of the dielectric layer, and a first layer covering at least a part of the solid electrolyte layer. The first layer is in contact with the solid electrolyte layer. The first layer constitutes at least a part of the cathode lead-out layer. An electrode potential Ps of the solid electrolyte layer is higher than an electrode potential P1 of the first layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Inventors: KEITA UENAKA, KEI HIROTA, HIDEKI SHIMAMOTO, NAO MATSUMURA