Patents by Inventor Takenori Umikawa

Takenori Umikawa 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: 7198733
    Abstract: A formed substrate, wherein the surface of the valve-acting metal having a dielectric film is at least partially covered with an oxide comprising Si, valve-acting metal element and oxygen, preferably, wherein the content of Si in the formed foil having an aluminum oxide dielectric film decreases continuously from the surface of the dielectric film toward the inner part in some regions in the aluminum dielectric film thickness; a method for producing the formed substrate; and a solid electrolytic capacitor comprising a solid electrolyte on the formed substrate. A solid electrolytic capacitor manufactured by using a formed substrate according to the present invention, improved in adhesion to an electrically conducting polymer (solid electrolyte) with its area coverage contacting the polymer being sufficiently large, is increased in the electrostatic capacitance among individual capacitors and improved in the LC yield as compared with capacitors otherwise manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Konuma, Katsuhiko Yamazaki, Takenori Umikawa, Masakazu Yagi, Tamotsu Yamashita
  • Publication number: 20040149961
    Abstract: A formed substrate, wherein the surface of the valve-acting metal having a dielectric film is at least partially covered with an oxide comprising Si, valve-acting metal element and oxygen, preferably, wherein the content of Si in the formed foil having an aluminum oxide dielectric film decreases continuously from the surface of the dielectric film toward the inner part in some regions in the aluminum dielectric film thickness; a method for producing the formed substrate; and a solid electrolytic capacitor comprising a solid electrolyte on the formed substrate. A solid electrolytic capacitor manufactured by using a formed substrate according to the present invention, improved in adhesion to an electrically conducting polymer (solid electrolyte) with its area coverage contacting the polymer being sufficiently large, is increased in the electrostatic capacitance among individual capacitors and improved in the LC yield as compared with capacitors otherwise manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventors: Hiroshi Konuma, Katsuhiko Yamazaki, Takenori Umikawa, Masakazu Yagi