Patents by Inventor Tatsuji Aoyama

Tatsuji Aoyama 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).

  • Publication number: 20250069819
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a winding portion, an anode lead member, and a cathode lead member. The winding portion includes an anode foil and a cathode foil that are wound. The anode lead member is connected to the anode foil and extends in a first direction. The cathode lead member is connected to the cathode foil and extends in the first direction. The winding portion has a shape viewed in the first direction, the shape including a first peripheral region and a second peripheral region that are opposed to each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a third peripheral region and a fourth peripheral region that are opposed to each other in a third direction intersecting the first direction and the second direction. The length of the winding portion in the third direction is larger than the length of the winding portion in the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: YUTA MATSUKI, YOUHEI ASHIMORI, TATSUJI AOYAMA, SHINTARO WAKIYAMA
  • Publication number: 20250062077
    Abstract: A disclosed manufacturing method includes a laminated body formation step of forming a laminated body by laminating an anode foil, a cathode foil, and a separator such that the separator is arranged between the anode foil and the cathode foil, and a polymer layer formation step of impregnating the laminated body with a dispersion liquid containing a conductive polymer and a dispersion medium, and then evaporating at least a portion of the dispersion medium of the dispersion liquid in the laminated body to form a conductive polymer layer containing the conductive polymer in the laminated body. The laminated body formation step further includes a step of surrounding an outer periphery of the laminated body with a binding member. The separator has a protrusion part that protrudes from the binding member. In the polymer layer formation step, the laminated body is impregnated with the dispersion liquid from the protrusion part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Yasuhiro NISHIMURA, Honami SERIZAWA, Miyoko MASUDA, Tatsuji AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20250046528
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a container with an opening, a capacitor element contained in the container, and a sealing body that seals the opening. The capacitor element includes an anode body provided with a dielectric layer on its surface, and a conductive polymer that covers a portion of the dielectric layer. The sealing body includes an elastic polymer. An antioxidant component is present in a space closed by the container and the sealing body. The antioxidant component includes a first antioxidant having no boiling point or a boiling point of 320° C. or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Yuichiro TSUBAKI, Tatsuji AOYAMA, Kazuyo SAITO
  • Patent number: 12205774
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element and a liquid component. The capacitor element includes an anode body that includes a dielectric layer on a surface of the anode body and a conductive polymer that covers a part of the dielectric layer. The liquid component includes a first solvent and a polyalkylene glycol component. The first solvent contains at least a glycerin component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuyo Saito, Yuichiro Tsubaki, Tatsuji Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20250022664
    Abstract: An electrode foil for an electrolytic capacitor includes a metal foil having a first region and a second region other than the first region, in which the second region is a region extending linearly along an edge portion of the metal foil, the thickness of the second region is smaller than the thickness of the first region, and steps are provided between the first region and the second region on both surfaces of the metal foil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Tatsuji AOYAMA, Shumpei MATSUSHITA, Tomoyuki TASHIRO
  • Patent number: 12198867
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor of the present disclosure includes first to third steps. In the first step, a capacitor element is prepared that includes an anode body on which a dielectric layer is formed. In the second step, the capacitor element is impregnated with a first treatment solution containing at least a conductive polymer and a first solvent. In the third step, the capacitor element is, after the second step, impregnated with a second treatment solution that contains a polyol compound having 3 or more hydroxyl groups per molecule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tsubaki, Tatsuji Aoyama
  • Patent number: 12183519
    Abstract: A method for producing an electrolytic capacitor, the electrolytic capacitor including a capacitor element including an anode body and a cathode body each having a foil shape. The anode body includes a dielectric layer on a surface of the anode body. The method includes a step of forming a capacitor element precursor by winding or stacking a separator, the anode body, and the cathode body with the separator interposed between the anode body and the cathode body, a step of impregnating the capacitor element precursor with a treatment liquid containing an acid component, a solvent, and a conductive polymer component, a step of impregnating the capacitor element precursor with a liquid component after the step of impregnating the capacitor element precursor with the treatment liquid, and a step of forming the capacitor element by eluting the acid component into the liquid component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Ishimaru, Takayuki Matsumoto, Tatsuji Aoyama
  • Patent number: 12148579
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element and an electrolytic solution. The capacitor element includes: an anode body including a dielectric layer; a cathode body; and a solid electrolyte in contact with the dielectric layer. The electrolytic solution includes a solvent, a solute, and a polymer component. The solvent includes an ethylene glycol compound. The polymer component includes polyalkylene glycol. The polyalkylene glycol includes at least one of (i) a mixture of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene and (ii) an oxyethylene-oxypropylene copolymer. In the polyalkylene glycol, a molar ratio m/n of oxyethylene units to oxypropylene units is greater than 1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tsubaki, Tatsuji Aoyama, Kazuyo Saito, Yuji Otsuka
  • Patent number: 12112899
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element and electrolytic solution. The capacitor element includes an anode body with an oxide film, and a solid electrolyte contacting the oxide film. The electrolytic solution contains a solvent and a solute. The solvent contains at least one selected from the group consisting of a lactone compound, a glycol compound, and a sulfone compound. The solute includes a first acid component and a base component. The first acid component includes at least one of a benzenedicarboxylic acid and a derivative of the benzenedicarboxylic acid. The base component includes at least one of an amine and an amidine. A concentration of the solute in the electrolytic solution ranges from 15% by mass to 40% by mass, inclusive. A ratio (V/Vw) of a formation voltage V of the oxide film to a rated voltage Vw of the electrolytic capacitor is less than or equal to 1.7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazuyo Saito, Yuichiro Tsubaki, Tatsuji Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20240312726
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor including a plurality of anode bodies and cathode bodies, a plurality of anode tabs connected with the plurality of anode bodies, and an anode lead member connected to the plurality of anode tabs. The plurality of anode tabs include a first anode tab group and a second anode tab group. Each of the first and second anode tab group has a through hole Ha. The anode lead member includes a metal plate-shaped anode connection part, the anode connection part being connected to the first anode tab group and the second anode tab group. Each of the first and second node tab group is connected to the anode connection part using a first fixing structure. The first fixing structure is formed by a portion of the anode connection part extending through the through hole Ha and spreading out to form a crimping structure on the other side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuji AOYAMA, Tomoyuki TASHIRO, Shumpei MATSUSHITA
  • Patent number: 12014884
    Abstract: An electrode foil for an electrolytic capacitor includes an anode electrode body including a base material part having a porous body portion, and a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the porous body portion. The anode electrode body has a first main surface in which pores of the porous body portion are opened, a second main surface opposite to the first main surface, and an end surface connecting the first main surface and the second main surface. In the porous body portion, a first film thickness of the dielectric layer in an end surface vicinity region is larger than a second film thickness of the dielectric layer in a deep inner region, the end surface vicinity region being a region within a predetermined distance from the end surface, the deep inner region being a region located away from the first main surface and at a central portion in a direction parallel to the first main surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mitsuhisa Yoshimura, Tatsuji Aoyama, Naomi Kurihara, Miwa Ogawa
  • Patent number: 11978597
    Abstract: A liquid component for an electrolytic capacitor includes at least one central atom selected from the group consisting of boron, aluminum, and silicon, and a ligand having a plurality of ligand atoms bonded to the central atom. The ligand atoms are at least one selected from the group consisting of oxygen and nitrogen, and are bonded to a carbon atom having no oxo group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., SANYO CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tsubaki, Tatsuji Aoyama, Kazuyo Saito, Liyi Chen, Kengo Uchihashi
  • Publication number: 20240145177
    Abstract: The disclosed manufacturing method includes: a step (i) of preparing an anode substrate having a metal foil exposed at an end surface of the anode substrate; a step (ii) of connecting a plurality of anode lead members to the anode substrate and forming a second dielectric layer on the end surface; a step (iii) of forming a plurality of the anode bodies to which the anode lead members are connected by cutting the anode substrate at a predetermined length; a step (iv) of forming a laminate by laminating the anode body, a cathode body, and a separator; and a step (v) of impregnating the laminate with a conductive polymer and an electrolytic solution. Step (ii) includes: connecting the plurality of anode lead members to the anode substrate; and forming the second dielectric layer on the end surface by immersing the anode substrate in a chemical conversion liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Tatsuji AOYAMA, Tomoyuki TASHIRO, Shumpei MATSUSHITA
  • Patent number: 11972910
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes an electrode foil and a lead member connected to the electrode foil. The electrode foil has a first principal surface and a second principal surface opposite to the first principal surface. The electrode foil and the lead member are connected by a caulking part in an overlapping part in which the first principal surface of the electrode foil and the lead member overlap each other. The caulking part has a through-hole penetrating the electrode foil and the lead member. The electrode foil in the caulking part includes a first folded part that is folded back at a peripheral edge portion of the through-hole to be disposed on the second principal surface. The lead member in the caulking part includes (i) a penetrating part that penetrates the electrode foil and (ii) a second folded part that is folded back at an end portion of the penetrating part to be disposed on the second principal surface. The penetrating part includes an inner wall of the through-hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuji Otsuka, Masahiro Aburaya, Tatsuji Aoyama, Tomoyuki Tashiro
  • Patent number: 11935704
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body having a dielectric layer disposed on a surface of the anode body, a solid electrolyte layer that is in contact with the dielectric layer, and an electrolytic solution. The solid electrolyte layer includes a conductive polymer. The electrolytic solution contains a first base component, a first acid component, and a second acid component. The first base component includes an amidine compound. The first acid component includes a composite compound of an inorganic acid and an organic acid. The second acid component includes at least one selected from a group consisting of boric acid, phosphoric acid, phosphorous acid, hypophosphorous acid, and phosphonic acid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Tsubaki, Kazuyo Saito, Tatsuji Aoyama
  • Publication number: 20230411085
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrolytic capacitor including an anode body, a dielectric layer formed on the anode body, a cathode body, and a separator and an electrolyte that are disposed between the dielectric layer and the cathode body. At least part of the separator is coated with a conductive metal oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Tatsuji AOYAMA, Shumpei MATSUSHITA
  • Publication number: 20230377807
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element and an electrolytic solution. The capacitor element includes: an anode body including a dielectric layer; a cathode body; and a solid electrolyte in contact with the dielectric layer. The electrolytic solution includes a solvent, a solute, and a polymer component. The solvent includes an ethylene glycol compound. The polymer component includes polyalkylene glycol. The polyalkylene glycol includes at least one of (i) a mixture of polyoxyethylene and polyoxypropylene and (ii) an oxyethylene-oxypropylene copolymer. In the polyalkylene glycol, a molar ratio m/n of oxyethylene units to oxypropylene units is greater than 1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Yuichiro TSUBAKI, Tatsuji AOYAMA, Kazuyo SAITO, Yuji OTSUKA
  • Publication number: 20230368982
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element and a liquid component, wherein the capacitor element includes an anode body having a dielectric layer on a surface thereof, and a conductive polymer compound covering at least a portion of the dielectric layer. The liquid component includes an acid component, a base component, a solvent, and an antioxidant. The solvent includes water and a polyol compound. The acid component includes a coordination compound including a central atom, and an organic molecule having a plurality of coordination atoms bonded to the central atom, and at least one of the plurality of coordination atoms is an oxygen atom bonded to a carbonyl group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Yuichiro TSUBAKI, Kazuyo SAITO, Tatsuji AOYAMA
  • Publication number: 20230360860
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor including a capacitor element, and a liquid component. The capacitor element includes an anode body having a dielectric layer at a surface of the anode body, and a conductive polymer component covering part of the dielectric layer. The liquid component contains a first solvent, a base component, and an acid component. The first solvent is at least one selected from the group consisting of a polyol and a derivative thereof. The base component contains a first base a conjugate acid of which has an acid dissociation constant of 5 or more and 10 or less and which has no boiling point or a boiling point of 100° C. or higher.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Kazuyo SAITO, Yuichiro TSUBAKI, Tatsuji AOYAMA, Kengo UCHIHASHI
  • Publication number: 20230360861
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an electrolytic capacitor of the present disclosure includes first to third steps. In the first step, a capacitor element is prepared that includes an anode body on which a dielectric layer is formed. In the second step, the capacitor element is impregnated with a first treatment solution containing at least a conductive polymer and a first solvent. In the third step, the capacitor element is, after the second step, impregnated with a second treatment solution that contains a polyol compound having 3 or more hydroxyl groups per molecule.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Yuichiro TSUBAKI, TATSUJI AOYAMA