Patents by Inventor Masatoshi Tasei

Masatoshi Tasei 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: 9214289
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a multilayered-capacitor-elements unit, a pair of positive electrode terminals, a negative electrode terminal, and an outer-package resin. The multilayered-capacitor-elements unit includes multiple capacitor elements of which positive electrodes are oriented oppositely to each other. The positive electrodes are connected to the positive electrode terminals, respectively, and negative electrodes of the capacitor elements are connected to the negative electrode terminal. Each of the positive electrode terminals includes a bottom section and a double-back section on which the positive electrodes of the capacitor element is disposed. The double-back section is formed by doubling over an end section extending toward the negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junichi Kurita, Kazuo Kawahito, Masatoshi Tasei, Kazuaki Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20130329341
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a multilayered-capacitor-elements unit, a pair of positive electrode terminals, a negative electrode terminal, and an outer-package resin. The multilayered-capacitor-elements unit includes multiple capacitor elements of which positive electrodes are oriented oppositely to each other. The positive electrodes are connected to the positive electrode terminals, respectively, and negative electrodes of the capacitor elements are connected to the negative electrode terminal. Each of the positive electrode terminals includes a bottom section and a double-back section on which the positive electrodes of the capacitor element is disposed. The double-back section is formed by doubling over an end section extending toward the negative electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Junichi Kurita, Kazuo Kawahito, Masatoshi Tasei, Kazuaki Aoyama
  • Patent number: 8248758
    Abstract: A coin-type electrochemical element enables the external lead terminal portions to be accurately and reliably attached to a first lid portion and to a second lid portion of the coin-type electrochemical element, and a method of its production. A coin-type electric double layer capacitor includes a first lid portion and a second lid portion. External lead terminal portions, each having a nearly triangular shape, are separately connected to the outer surfaces of the lid portions. Upon providing the external lead terminal portions having the triangular shape, a welded portion is allowed to have an increased area enabling the coin-type electrochemical element of even a small size to be accurately and reliably welded and making it possible to provide the coin-type electrochemical element having excellent reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Tasei, Nario Niibo, Masashige Ashizaki, Yukio Nishioka
  • Publication number: 20110141662
    Abstract: A coin-type electrochemical element enables the external lead terminal portions to be accurately and reliably attached to a first lid portion and to a second lid portion of the coin-type electrochemical element, and a method of its production. A coin-type electric double layer capacitor includes a first lid portion and a second lid portion. External lead terminal portions, each having a nearly triangular shape, are separately connected to the outer surfaces of the lid portions. Upon providing the external lead terminal portions having the triangular shape, a welded portion is allowed to have an increased area enabling the coin-type electrochemical element of even a small size to be accurately and reliably welded and making it possible to provide the coin-type electrochemical element having excellent reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2011
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Inventors: Masatoshi TASEI, Nario Niibo, Masashige Ashizaki, Yukio Nishioka
  • Patent number: 7916452
    Abstract: A coin-type electrochemical element enables the external lead terminal portions to be accurately and reliably attached to a first lid portion and to a second lid portion of the coin-type electrochemical element, and a method of its production. A coin-type electric double layer capacitor includes a first lid portion and a second lid portion. External lead terminal portions, each having a nearly triangular shape, are separately connected to the outer surfaces of the lid portions. Upon providing the external lead terminal portions having the triangular shape, a welded portion is allowed to have an increased area enabling the coin-type electrochemical element of even a small size to be accurately and reliably welded and making it possible to provide the coin-type electrochemical element having excellent reliability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masatoshi Tasei, Nario Niibo, Masashige Ashizaki, Yukio Nishioka, Hirofumi Iwashima, Koichi Morikawa
  • Patent number: 7706132
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a negative terminal, first to fourth capacitor elements coupled to the negative terminal, first and second positive terminals connected to the first to fourth capacitor elements, and a package resin covering the first to fourth capacitor elements. Each of the first to fourth capacitor elements has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and each of the first to fourth capacitor elements includes a negative electrode provided at the first end and a positive electrode provided at the second end. The first to fourth capacitor elements are stacked in this order. The positive electrodes of the first and fourth capacitor elements extend in a first direction from the respective negative electrodes of the first and fourth capacitor elements. The positive electrodes of the second and third capacitor elements extend in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, from the respective negative electrodes of the second and third capacitor elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Kazuo Kawahito, Minoru Oomori, Junichi Kurita, Masatoshi Tasei, Masato Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20090296318
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a negative terminal, first to fourth capacitor elements coupled to the negative terminal, first and second positive terminals connected to the first to fourth capacitor elements, and a package resin covering the first to fourth capacitor elements. Each of the first to fourth capacitor elements has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end, and each of the first to fourth capacitor elements includes a negative electrode provided at the first end and a positive electrode provided at the second end. The first to fourth capacitor elements are stacked in this order. The positive electrodes of the first and fourth capacitor elements extend in a first direction from the respective negative electrodes of the first and fourth capacitor elements. The positive electrodes of the second and third capacitor elements extend in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, from the respective negative electrodes of the second and third capacitor elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: PANASONIC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kazuo Kawahito, Minoru Oomori, Junichi Kurita, Masatoshi Tasei, Masato Ozawa
  • Publication number: 20080089011
    Abstract: A coin-type electrochemical element enabling the external lead terminal portions to be accurately and reliably attached to a first lid portion and to a second lid portion of the coin-type electrochemical element, and a method of its production. Coin-type electric double layer capacitor (11) includes first lid portion (19) and second lid portion (18). External lead terminal portions (28) and (33) having a nearly triangular shape are separately connected to the outer surfaces of the lid portions. Upon providing external lead terminal portions (28) and (33) having the triangular shape, welded portion (35) is allowed to have an increased area enabling the coin-type electrochemical element of even a small size to be accurately and reliably welded and making it possible to provide the coin-type electrochemical element having excellent reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2005
    Publication date: April 17, 2008
    Inventors: Masatoshi Tasei, Nario Niibo, Masashige Ashizaki, Yukio Nishioka, Hirofumi Iwashima, Koichi Morikawa
  • Patent number: 6680841
    Abstract: A disclosure is made on a solid electrolytic capacitor, which facilitates an assembly work with simple construction to lead to a reduction of cost, realizes excellent equivalent series resistance characteristics and makes a thin configuration possible, and a manufacturing method thereof. With the solid electrolytic capacitor of the present invention, a cathode lead frame has a connecting member to connect integrally with a cathode member of a capacitor element stack body on the side surface of a capacitor element extending in the thickness direction thereof. Capacitor elements, each provided with a through hole on an anode member, are stacked on top of each other in layers and connections between capacitor elements are achieved by disposing an anode lead frame between layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuo Tadanobu, Takuhisa Sugimoto, Yukihiro Take, Itsuo Kojima, Kazuya Kawahara, Masatoshi Tasei, Masahiro Yabushita
  • Publication number: 20030039093
    Abstract: A disclosure is made on a solid electrolytic capacitor, which facilitates an assembly work with simple construction to lead to a reduction of cost, realizes excellent equivalent series resistance characteristics and makes a thin configuration possible, and a manufacturing method thereof. With the solid electrolytic capacitor of the present invention, a cathode lead frame has a connecting member to connect integrally with a cathode member of a capacitor element stack body on the side surface of a capacitor element extending in the thickness direction thereof. Capacitor elements, each provided with a through hole on an anode member, are stacked on top of each other in layers and connections between capacitor elements are achieved by disposing an anode lead frame between layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 27, 2003
    Inventors: Kazuo Tadanobu, Takuhisa Sugimoto, Yukihiro Take, Itsuo Kojima, Kazuya Kawahara, Masatoshi Tasei, Masahiro Yabushita
  • Patent number: 6409775
    Abstract: A hoop metal lead frame (1) having, solid electrolytic capacitor elements (5) on its terminal sections (2) is provided with a crosspiece (3) bridging both sides in terms of the width direction disposed along the length direction in a region between the capacitor elements (5), one crosspiece for two capacitor elements (5). The metal lead frame (1) is placed on a molding die so that the region without having the crosspiece is locating at the sub runner (8), which has branched out from the main runner (7). The capacitor elements (5) are encapsulated with a molding resin injected through the sub runner (8). Since the molding resin is not covering the crosspiece (3), the main runner portion (7) and the sub runner portion (8) can be severed from the metal lead frame (1) without effecting unwanted stress on the solid electrolytic capacitors (10). The solid electrolytic capacitors (10) thus manufactured have a superior property in the tight hermetic sealing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2002
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Tasei, Kenji Kuranuki
  • Patent number: D528976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Tasei, Nario Niibo, Masashige Ashizaki, Yukio Nishioka
  • Patent number: D528977
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2006
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masatoshi Tasei, Nario Niibo, Masashige Ashizaki, Yukio Nishioka