Aluminum Or Tantalum Patents (Class 361/509)
  • Patent number: 11569043
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, an aluminum electrolytic capacitor includes an anode, a cathode, and a fiber film. The anode includes a first metal layer and a dielectric layer. The first metal layer includes aluminum. The dielectric layer is formed on the first metal layer. The cathode includes a second metal layer. The second metal layer includes aluminum. The fiber film is provided between the anode and the cathode. The fiber film includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes a first fiber having a first diameter. The first layer is provided between the dielectric layer and the second layer. The second layer includes a second fiber having a second diameter smaller than the first diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventor: Kenichi Ooshiro
  • Patent number: 11244790
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes an element laminate having a first end face and a second end face, a first external electrode on the first end face, and a second external electrode on the second end face. In the element laminate, a first layer and a second layer are stacked. The first layer has a valve-action metal substrate, a dielectric layer on a surface thereof, and a solid electrolyte layer on the dielectric layer. The second layer contains a metal foil. The first layer and the second layer are bonded by an adhesive layer containing a conductive adhesive layer and an insulating adhesive layer that surrounds an outer perimeter of the conductive adhesive layer. The adhesive layer includes a notched part that extends from the first end face or the second end face to the conductive adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kazutoyo Horio, Takeshi Furukawa
  • Patent number: 11217396
    Abstract: A tantalum capacitor includes a tantalum body having a tantalum wire exposed from one surface; a positive electrode terminal including a first electrode portion connected to the tantalum wire and a second electrode portion connected to be perpendicular to the first electrode portion; wherein the first electrode portion includes a first protrusion disposed in a tantalum wire direction, and the tantalum wire includes a first groove disposed in a tantalum body direction, wherein the first groove and the first protrusion are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Kyu Shin, Young June Lee, Yu Jin Choi
  • Patent number: 10755863
    Abstract: An electrolytic capacitor includes an anode body with a dielectric layer; a solid electrolyte layer; and an electrolytic solution. The solid electrolyte layer includes a ?-conjugated conductive polymer and an organic sulfonic acid. The electrolytic solution includes a solvent and an acid component, and the acid component includes a sulfuric acid. A concentration of the sulfuric acid in the electrolytic solution ranges from 2.9 ppm to 532 ppm, inclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tatsuji Aoyama, Yuichiro Tsubaki
  • Patent number: 10475589
    Abstract: A tantalum capacitor includes a capacitor body; a tantalum wire protruding from one surface of the capacitor body; a molded part enclosing the capacitor body and the tantalum wire; an anode lead frame connected to the tantalum wire and exposed to an outer surface of the molded part; and a cathode lead frame disposed on an outer surface of the capacitor body and exposed to the outer surface of the molded part. The anode lead frame includes a bend portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wan Suk Yang, Hong Kyu Shin, Kyoung Sup Choi, Woo Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 10229792
    Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor element that includes a valve metal substrate that has an anode terminal region and a cathode-forming region; a dielectric layer on the cathode-forming region; a solid electrolyte layer on the dielectric layer; a current collector layer on the solid electrolyte layer; a masking member on the anode terminal region, the masking member partitioning between the anode terminal region and the cathode-forming region and insulating the valve metal substrate from opposite polarity; and a hydrophilic member on a surface of the masking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Harada
  • Patent number: 9865766
    Abstract: A method of making an ultraviolet sensor includes applying a metal-containing solution to a substrate using a spin coating technique to form a metal-containing coat. The metal-containing coat is baked and pyrolyzed to form a metal-containing oxide film on the substrate. The metal-containing oxide film has a cubic crystalline structure suitable for ultraviolet photodetectors in flame detection applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Rhonda R. Willigan, Jose L. Santana, Marcin Piech, Joseph V. Mantese
  • Patent number: 9377183
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and apparatuses for low-profile lighting systems. In one aspect, a lighting apparatus can include a lighting apparatus having a light emitter and an electronics substrate including an electrical circuit. An unrolled capacitive film can be attached to the lighting apparatus and electrically coupled to the electrical circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: QUALCOMM MEMS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Robert L Holman, Jeffrey B Sampsell, Matthew B Sampsell, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20150147663
    Abstract: An electrical energy storage device 20 is disclosed as a secondary battery device 22 having an anode 28 containing Aluminum and Indium and a cathode 38 that includes an electroactive layer 42 with a host lattice 44 having a conjugated system with delocalized it electrons. A dopant 48 containing Aluminum is bonded with and intercalated in the host lattice 44. A membrane 34 of cellulose is wetted with a non-aqueous electrolyte 24 containing glycerol and first ions 26 containing Aluminum and having a positive charge and second ions 27 containing Aluminum and having a negative charge, and is sandwiched between the anode 28 and the cathode 38. A method for constructing a secondary battery device 22 is disclosed as well, including steps for producing the electrolyte 24, the anode 28, and the cathode 38 including the dopant 48.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 28, 2015
    Inventor: Alexandre M. Iarochenko
  • Patent number: 9025312
    Abstract: A collector for an electric double layer capacitor including a conductive sheet, and a film adhered on surface of the conductive sheet and including carbon fine particle and polysaccharide and/or cross-linked polysaccharide. An electrode for an electric double layer capacitor including a collector having a conductive sheet and a film adhered on surface of the conductive sheet, and a film including activated carbon and adhered on surface of the film of the collector. The film of the collector includes carbon fine particle and polysaccharide and/or cross-linked polysaccharide. An electric double layer capacitor including an electrode, a separator, and an electrolyte. The electrode includes a collector having a conductive sheet and a film adhered on surface of the conductive sheet, and a film including activated carbon and adhered on surface of the film of the collector. The film of the collector includes carbon fine particle and polysaccharide and/or cross-linked polysaccharide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Showa Denko K.K.
    Inventor: Masahiro Ohmori
  • Patent number: 9013860
    Abstract: An asymmetric supercapacitor includes a first structure and a second structure spaced apart from said second structure. One of the structures comprises an anode, and the other of the first and second structures comprises a cathode, wherein the first structure comprises an activated carbon electrode, and the second structure comprises a nanocomposite electrode. The nanocomposite electrode comprises a first network of nanowires that are interpenetrating with a second network of carbon nanotubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Zheng Chen, Yunfeng Lu
  • Patent number: 9001496
    Abstract: An electrode for electric double-layer capacitor includes a collector with a protective layer containing phosphorous on its surface, and a polarizable electrode layer that is formed on this collector and can adsorb and desorb ions. An amount of a phosphorous compound per unit surface area of the collector, eluted when the collector is immersed into water, is not greater than 1.35 mg/m2 in terms of phosphorous equivalent. An electric double-layer capacitor employs this electrode for at least one of a positive electrode and a negative electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tomohiro Okuzawa, Motonori Morikazu
  • Patent number: 8988859
    Abstract: This document discusses capacitive elements including a first, second and third electrode arranged in a stack. The third electrode is positioned between the first and second electrode. An interconnect includes a unitary substrate shared with the first and second electrodes. The interconnect is adapted to deform to accommodate the stacked nature of the first and second electrodes. The unitary substrate includes a sintered material disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Sherwood, Jay E. Daley, Mary M. Byron, Eric Stemen, Peter Jay Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20150077902
    Abstract: A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains a casing within which is positioned an anode formed from an anodically oxidized sintered porous body and a fluidic working electrolyte is provided. The casing contains a conductive coating disposed on a surface of a metal substrate. The casing contains a metal substrate coated with a conductive coating. The conductive coating contains a conductive polymer layer formed through anodic electrochemical polymerization (“electro-polymerization”) of a colloidal suspension on the surface of the metal substrate. The conductive coating also contains a precoat layer that is discontinuous in nature and contains a plurality of discrete projections of a conductive material that are deposited over the surface of the metal substrate in a spaced-apart fashion so that they form “island-like” structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: AVX Corporation
    Inventors: Jan Petrzilek, Martin Biler, Mitchell D. Weaver
  • Publication number: 20150077901
    Abstract: A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains a casing within which is positioned an anode formed from an anodically oxidized sintered porous body and a fluidic working electrolyte is provided. The casing contains a composite coating disposed on a surface of a metal substrate. The composite coating includes a noble metal layer that overlies the metal substrate and a conductive polymer layer that overlies the noble metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2013
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Applicant: AVX Corporation
    Inventor: Jan Petrzilek
  • Patent number: 8976509
    Abstract: An aluminum material, a dielectric layer and an interposing layer formed in at least one part of a region of the surface of the aluminum material between the aluminum material and the dielectric layer and includes aluminum and carbon, wherein the dielectric layer includes dielectric particles including a valve metal, and an organic substance layer formed on at least one part of a surface of the dielectric particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Toyo Aluminium Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kunihiko Nakayama, Zenya Ashitaka, Hidetoshi Inoue
  • Publication number: 20150022951
    Abstract: A cellulose solution obtained by dissolving cellulose in an amine oxide solvent is formed in a film form, and the resulting cellulose solution is immersed in water or a poor solvent of the amine oxide solvent, so as to coagulate and regenerate the cellulose. The regenerated cellulose is washed with water to remove the amine oxide solvent, and then dried, thereby obtaining a cellulose film that is thin, uniform, and dense and has few impurities. An aluminum electrolytic capacitor, which has been down-sized and/or capacity enlarged, can be constructed by interleaving the obtained cellulose film as a separator between an anode aluminum foil and a cathode aluminum foil and winding them into a capacitor element, immersing the capacitor element in liquid electrolyte so as to impregnate it with the electrolyte, placing it in a case, and then sealing it closed and aging it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2011
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON KODOSHI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kosuke Tanaka, Naoki Fujimoto
  • Patent number: 8913368
    Abstract: A three-dimensional network aluminum porous body in which the amount of aluminum forming a skeleton of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body is uneven in the thickness direction, and a current collector and an electrode each using the aluminum porous body, and a manufacturing method thereof. In such a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector, the amount of aluminum forming a skeleton of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body is uneven in the thickness direction. For example, in the case where a cross section in the thickness direction of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body is divided into three regions of a region 1, a region 2 and a region 3 in this order, each region is configured so that the average of the amounts of aluminum in the region 1 and the region 3 differs from the amount of aluminum in the region 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignees: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., Sumitomo Electric Toyama Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihisa Hosoe, Kazuki Okuno, Hajime Ota, Koutarou Kimura, Kengo Goto, Hideaki Sakaida, Junichi Nishimura
  • Patent number: 8902566
    Abstract: A capacitor has a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a solid electrolyte layer arranged between the electrode layers. At least one of the electrode layers of this capacitor has an Al porous body, and an electrode body held in this Al porous body to polarize the electrolyte. The oxygen content in the surface of the Al porous body is 3.1% by mass or less. The matter that the oxygen content in the surface of the Al porous body is 3.1% by mass or less is equal to the matter that a high-resistance oxide film is hardly formed on the surface of the Al porous body. Thus, this Al porous body makes it possible to make the current collector area of the electrode layer large so that the capacitor can be improved in capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Nobuhiro Ota, Akihisa Hosoe, Masatoshi Majima, Koji Nitta, Tomoyuki Awazu, Kazuki Okuno, Masahiro Kato, Shoichiro Sakai, Shinji Inazawa
  • Patent number: 8848340
    Abstract: An energy storage device includes a first conductor having a first surface and a second surface. The energy storage device also includes a second conductor and a separator assembly that encloses the first conductor and that is disposed between the first and second conductors. The separator assembly also includes a first portion that covers the first surface and a second portion that covers the second surface. The first and second portions are attached to one another, and at least one of the first and second portions includes a first sheet and a second sheet that are attached to one another. The first sheet includes a first material, and the second sheet includes a second material that is different from the first material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Christian S. Nielsen, Timothy T. Bomstad, Frank T. Greenwald
  • Patent number: 8842411
    Abstract: A multi-layer capacitor includes a first capacitor layer and a second capacitor layer adjacent and substantially parallel to the first capacitor layer. The second capacitor layer has a surface area that is less than the surface area of the first capacitor layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2014
    Assignee: Pacesetter, Inc.
    Inventors: Jin Zhang, Wisit Lim, Conor Flannery
  • Publication number: 20140268498
    Abstract: A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains an anode formed from an anodically oxidized sintered porous body and a fluidic working electrolyte is provided. The casing contains a metal substrate coated an electrochemically-active material. Through a unique and controlled combination of features relating to the capacitor configuration and sealing assembly, the present inventor has discovered that good electrical properties (e.g., ESR stability) can be achieved at relatively high temperatures. One unique feature of the wet electrolytic capacitor that can help achieve such good ESR stability is the presence of a dielectric layer on the metal substrate of the cathode within a controlled thickness range. In other embodiments, a sealing assembly may be employed that contains a hermetic seal (e.g., glass-to-metal seal) and an elastomeric barrier seal formed from a high-temperature elastomeric material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: AVX Corporation
    Inventor: Mitchell D. Weaver
  • Publication number: 20140268499
    Abstract: One aspect provides a capacitor feedthrough assembly having an electrically conductive member dimensioned to extend at least partially through a feedthrough hole of a case of the capacitor, the conductive member having a passage therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. O'Phelan, Brian L. Schmidt, James M. Poplett, Robert R. Tong, Richard J. Kavanagh, Rajesh Iyer, Alexander G. Barr, Luke J. Christenson, Brian V. Waytashek, Brian D. Schenk, Gregory J. Sherwood
  • Publication number: 20140268497
    Abstract: A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains electrodes (i.e., anode and cathode) and a working electrolyte is provided. The anode and optionally the cathode include a wire assembly containing two or more individual wires. A particulate material is also disposed in contact with at least a portion of the wire assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: AVX Corporation
    Inventors: Mitchell D. Weaver, Zebbie Lynn Sebald
  • Patent number: 8828261
    Abstract: Provided is an electrolytic solution for an aluminum electrolytic capacitor, which shows a specific conductivity, a high sparking voltage, and a characteristic of causing only a slight expansion of the capacitor in the reflow process, each being comparable with conventional alkyl phosphate anions, and which has high reliability without causing a short circuit. Also provided is an aluminum electrolytic capacitor. The present invention is directed to an electrolytic solution for an aluminum electrolytic capacitor, comprising an electrolyte (C) comprising an alkyl phosphate anion (a) represented by the general formula (1)/(2) and an amidinium cation (b); a borate ester (H) which is obtained by reacting boric acid (d) with diethylene glycol (e) and a polyalkylene glycol (f) having a molecular weight of 130-350 and/or a polyalkylene glycol monoalkyl ether (g) having a molecular weight of 130-350, and which has a boron content of 5-14 wt %; and an organic solvent (J).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignees: Panasonic Corporation, Sanyo Chemical Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoshi Nishitani, Yuichiro Tsubaki, Satoshi Yamashita, Yasuhiro Ueda
  • Patent number: 8810996
    Abstract: An electrical component includes an inkjet-printed graphene electrode. Graphene oxide flakes are deposited on a substrate in a graphene oxide ink using an inkjet printer. The deposited graphene oxide is thermally reduced to graphene. The electrical properties of the electrode are comparable to those of electrodes made using activated carbon, carbon nanotubes or graphene made by other methods. The electrical properties of the graphene electrodes may be tailored by adding nanoparticles of other materials to the ink to serve as conductivity enhancers, spacers, or to confer pseudocapacitance. Inkjet-printing can be used to make graphene electrodes of a desired thickness in preselected patterns. Inkjet printing can be used to make highly-transparent graphene electrodes. Inkjet-printed graphene electrodes may be used to fabricate double-layer capacitors that store energy by nanoscale charge separation at the electrode-electrolyte interface (i.e., “supercapacitors”).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: The Trustees of the Stevens Institute of Technology, The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Woo Young Lee, Linh Le, De Kong, Matthew Henderson Ervin, James L. Zunino, III, Brian E. Fuchs
  • Patent number: 8804311
    Abstract: To provide an electrolyte solution, which contains an electrolyte compound, a molecular structure of which contains a molecular chain containing a repeating unit of alkylene oxide, and contains quaternary ammonium cations at both terminals of the molecular chain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Masaaki Sasa, Tamotsu Yamamoto, Tsutomu Tanaka, Kensuke Yoshida
  • Patent number: 8773842
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrical energy storage device provided with a metallic casing to receive a bare cell and first and second terminals located outside of the metallic casing corresponding to each electrode of the bare cell, including a plate-like member provided on at least one of the first and second terminals, an inner terminal contacting the plate-like member to form the boundary between the inner terminal and the plate-like member, and a laser welded portion formed along the boundary between the inner terminal and the plate-like member to connect the plate-like member with the inner terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Assignee: LS Mtron, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ha-Young Lee, Jun-Ho Kim, Sang-Hyun Bae, Ji-Eun Kang
  • Patent number: 8749954
    Abstract: Electrode foil includes an aluminum alloy having a composition in a region at least 10 ?m deep from a surface of the foil. The composition includes aluminum as a main component and zirconium of at least 0.03 at % and at most 0.5 at %.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventors: Masashi Shoji, Hitoshi Ishimoto, Ayumi Kochi, Tomohiro Maruoka, Naomi Kurihara, Takao Sato
  • Patent number: 8741214
    Abstract: A method of making a sintered article in which a solid object is embedded includes forming a green body of compressed particles with the solid body is partially embedded. The green body includes an opening across which the solid body extends. The green body is sintered to form a sintered body and the opening permits deformation of the solid body in response to stress applied during the sintering process. A sintered article in which a solid body is at least partially embedded includes an opening. The solid body extends across the opening so that the solid body can deform within the opening. The opening in the solid body prevents distortion of the sintered body from a planar configuration during sintering, even when the green body is relatively thin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Evans Capacitor Company
    Inventor: David A. Evans
  • Patent number: 8693168
    Abstract: There is provided an electrochemical capacitor including a lid; a case having a via, and forming a liquid chamber together with the lid; an electric storage element housed in the liquid chamber; an electrolyte housed in the liquid chamber; a wiring having a via part arranged within the via, and connecting an inside to an outside of the liquid chamber; an extraction electrode connected to the via part; an overcoating layer for coating the extraction electrode, and having an opening to expose a partial region of the extraction electrode; and a conductive adhesive layer for fixing the electric storage element to the overcoating layer, and electrically connecting the electric storage element to the extraction electrode through the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignee: Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoto Hagiwara, Katsuei Ishida
  • Patent number: 8675348
    Abstract: A capacitor for an implantable medical device is presented. The capacitor includes an anode, a cathode, a separator therebetween, and an electrolyte over the anode, cathode, and separator. The electrolyte includes ingredients comprising acetic acid, ammonium acetate, phosphoric acid, and tetraethylene glycol dimethyl ether. The capacitor has an operating voltage ninety percent or greater of its formation voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2014
    Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark E. Viste, John D. Norton, Joachim Hossick-Schott, Anthony W. Rorvick
  • Patent number: 8619408
    Abstract: This document discusses capacitive elements including a first, second and third electrode arranged in a stack. The third electrode is positioned between the first and second electrode. An interconnect includes a unitary substrate shared with the first and second electrodes. The interconnect is adapted to deform to accommodate the stacked nature of the first and second electrodes. The unitary substrate includes a sintered material disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Sherwood, Jay E. Daley, Mary M. Byron, Eric Stemen, Peter Jay Kuhn
  • Patent number: 8614878
    Abstract: An electrode material is created by forming a thin coating or small deposits of metal oxide as an intercalation host on a carbon powder. The carbon powder performs a role in the synthesis of the oxide coating, in providing a three-dimensional, electronically conductive substrate supporting the metal oxide, and as an energy storage contribution material through ion adsorption or intercalation. The metal oxide includes one or more metal oxides. The electrode material, a process for producing said electrode material, an electrochemical capacitor and an electrochemical secondary (rechargeable) battery using said electrode material is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Inventor: Fraser W. Seymour
  • Patent number: 8611070
    Abstract: The invention relates to a process for coating nanoparticles with graphene, comprising the steps of (a) providing a suspension comprising a suspension medium and nanoparticles with positive surface charge, (b) adding graphene oxide particles to the suspension from step (a), the graphene oxide particles accumulating on the nanoparticles, and (c) converting the graphene oxide particles accumulated on the nanoparticles to graphene, to graphene-coated nanoparticles comprising at least one metal, a semimetal, a metal compound and/or a semimetal compound, and to the use of these graphene-coated nanoparticles in electrochemical cells and supercapacitors, and to supercapacitors and electrochemical cells comprising these nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignees: BASF SE, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der Wissenschaften e.V.
    Inventors: Sorin Ivanovici, Shubin Yang, Xinliang Feng, Klaus Müllen
  • Patent number: 8559162
    Abstract: A mesoporous carbon material, a fabrication method thereof and a supercapacitor containing the mesoporous carbon material are provided. The mesoporous carbon material includes a plurality of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and/or metal particles and/or metal oxide particles, and a carbon matrix. The mesoporous carbon material has a plurality of mesopores formed by the carbon matrix and the carbon nanotubes and/or the metal particles and/or the metal oxide particles. The plurality of carbon nanotubes, and/or the metal particles and/or the metal oxide particles are formed substantially adjacent to the plurality of mesopores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Bo-Jiun Shen, Duo-Fong Huang, Chi-Chang Chen, Hui-Ling Wen, Rong-Chang Liang
  • Publication number: 20130242467
    Abstract: A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains an anodically oxidized porous anode body, a cathode containing a metal substrate coated with a conductive coating, and a working electrolyte that wets the dielectric on the anode. The conductive coating contains an alkyl-substituted poly(3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene) having a certain structure. Such polymers can result in a higher degree of capacitance than many conventional types of coating materials. Further, because the polymers are generally semi-crystalline or amorphous, they can dissipate and/or absorb the heat associated with the high voltage. The degree of surface contact between the conductive coating and the surface of the metal substrate may also be enhanced in the present invention by selectively controlling the manner in which the conductive coating is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: AVX CORPORATION
    Inventor: Martin Biler
  • Publication number: 20130242466
    Abstract: A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains an anodically oxidized porous anode body, a cathode containing a metal substrate coated with a conductive coating, and a working electrolyte that wets the dielectric on the anode. The conductive coating is formed through anodic electrochemical polymerization (“electro-polymerization”) of a microemulsion on the surface of the metal substrate. The microemulsion is a thermodynamically stable, isotropic liquid mixture that contains a precursor monomer, sulfonic acid, nonionic surfactant, and solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: AVX CORPORATION
    Inventors: David Masheder, Mitchell D. Weaver
  • Publication number: 20130242465
    Abstract: A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains an anodically oxidized porous anode body, a cathode containing a metal substrate coated with a conductive coating, and a working electrolyte that wets the dielectric on the anode. The conductive coating is formed through anodic electrochemical polymerization (“electro-polymerization”) of a precursor colloidal suspension on the surface of the substrate. The colloidal suspension includes a precursor monomer, ionic surfactant, and sulfonic acid, which when employed in combination can synergistically improve the degree of surface coverage and overall conductivity of the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: AVX Corporation
    Inventors: Mitchell D. Weaver, Dirk H. Dreissig, Jan Petrzilek, Martin Biler, David Masheder, Ian Pinwill
  • Publication number: 20130242464
    Abstract: A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains an anodically oxidized porous anode body, a cathode containing a metal substrate coated with a conductive coating, and a working electrolyte that wets the dielectric on the anode. The conductive coating contains a conductive copolymer having at least one thiophene repeating unit, as well as a pyrrole repeating unit and/or aniline repeating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: AVX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Martin Biler, Jan Petrzilek, Dirk H. Dreissig, Mitchell D. Weaver
  • Patent number: 8531815
    Abstract: A capacitor provides a plurality of selectable capacitance values, by selective connection of six capacitor sections of a capacitive element each having a capacitance value. The capacitor sections are provided in a plurality of wound cylindrical capacitive elements. Two vertically stacked wound cylindrical capacitance elements may each provide three capacitor sections. There may be six separately wound cylindrical capacitive elements each providing a capacitor section. The capacitor sections have a common element terminal. A pressure interrupter cover assembly is sealingly secured to the open end of case for the elements and has a deformable cover with a centrally mounted common cover terminal and a plurality of section cover terminals mounted at spaced apart locations. A conductor frangibly connects the common element terminal of the capacitor section to the common cover terminal and conductors respectively frangibly connect the capacitor section terminals to the section cover terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: American Radionic Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert M. Stockman
  • Patent number: 8526166
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium ion capacitor. The lithium anode capacitor includes an anode including an anode active material layer including an anode current collector, first active material particles disposed on at least one surface of the anode current collector, and second active material particles disposed in pores between the first active material particles, increasing energy density of the lithium ion capacitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hyeok Choi, Bae Kyun Kim, Hak Kwan Kim
  • Patent number: 8503164
    Abstract: This document discusses capacitive elements including a first, second and third electrode arranged in a stack. The third electrode is positioned between the first and second electrode. An interconnect includes a unitary substrate shared with the first and second electrodes. The interconnect is adapted to deform to accommodate the stacked nature of the first and second electrodes. The unitary substrate includes a sintered material disposed thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2013
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory J. Sherwood, Jay E. Daley, Mary M. Byron, Eric Stemen, Peter Jay Kuhn
  • Patent number: 8493711
    Abstract: An electrode material is created by forming a thin conformal coating of metal oxide on a highly porous monolithic carbon structure. The highly porous carbon structure performs a role in the synthesis of the oxide coating and in providing a three-dimensional, electronically conductive substrate supporting the thin coating of metal oxide. The metal oxide includes one or more metal oxides. The electrode material, a process for producing said electrode material, an electrochemical capacitor and an electrochemical secondary (rechargeable) battery using said electrode material is disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventor: Fraser W. Seymour
  • Publication number: 20130155581
    Abstract: Recovery of a metal from scrap materials or other source materials containing two or more metals or other materials by iodization of the materials or parts of them to create multiple metal iodides of respective metals, separating the iodides and dissociating at least one of the iodides to recover its metal component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicant: ORCHARD MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Lawrence F. McHugh, Leonid N. Shekhter, Yuri V. Blagoveshchenskiy
  • Patent number: 8465555
    Abstract: The present subject matter includes a method of producing an apparatus for use in a patient, the method including etching an anode foil, anodizing the anode foil, assembling the anode foil, at least one cathode foil and one or more separators into a capacitor stack adapted to deliver from about 5.3 joules per cubic centimeter of capacitor stack volume to about 6.3 joules per cubic centimeter of capacitor stack volume at a voltage of between about 465 volts to about 620 volts, inserting the stack into a capacitor case, inserting the capacitor case into a device housing adapted for implant in a patient, connecting the capacitor to a component and sealing the device housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventor: Gregory J. Sherwood
  • Patent number: 8462483
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of electrical engineering, in particular to multilayer film electrodes for electrolytic capacitors. The proposed multilayer anode is implemented as a substrate with a developed surface on which are sequentially arrayed a conforming layer of a valve metal, which is connected by a heterojunction formed by nanoparticles of the substrate metal and of the valve metal, which are geometrically closed between each other, and an oxide coating. The substrate is connected to the film base through a nanocomposite barrier layer, which comprises a differentiated mixture of the materials being joined, whose content varies relative to each other,[so that] together they amount to 100%, where the working surface is formed in practice by the substrate metal. What is novel is that a metal with a hardness 2-4 times greater than that of the valve metal, preferably titanium, is used as the substrate material, and the pores of the valve-metal layer are limited in size to the range 1-104 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: C-K Group Ltd.
    Inventors: Igor Shcherbakov, Vladimir Sleptsov
  • Publication number: 20130141842
    Abstract: This document discusses capacitive elements including a first, second and third electrode arranged in a stack. The third electrode is positioned between the first and second electrode. An interconnect includes a unitary substrate shared with the first and second electrodes. The interconnect is adapted to deform to accommodate the stacked nature of the first and second electrodes. The unitary substrate includes a sintered material disposed thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
    Inventor: Cardiac Pacemakers, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8451586
    Abstract: A wet electrolytic capacitor that contains an anode and a fluid electrolyte that are positioned within a casing is provided. The capacitor also contains a sealing assembly that employs a bushing having opposing inwardly facing, tapered surfaces between which an orifice is defined. To help inhibit leakage from the orifice, a liquid sealing member is also employed that contains a protrusion having outwardly facing, tapered surfaces that are configured to mate with the inwardly facing surfaces of the bushing. At least one outwardly facing surface of the sealing member is tapered at an angle greater than a respective inwardly facing surface of the bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: AVX Corporation
    Inventor: Frantisek Priban
  • Patent number: 8427811
    Abstract: An electrical double-layer capacitor electrode with excellent capacitance characteristics is obtained together with a manufacturing method therefor. Paper-molded sheet 2 of carbon nanotubes is integrated with etched foil 1 constituting a collector, by means of bumps and indentations 1a formed on the surface of etched foil 1 to prepare an electrical double-layer capacitor electrode. Alternatively, carbon nanotubes 4 grown around core catalyst particles on substrate 3 are integrated with etched foil 1 by means of bumps and indentations 1a formed on the surface of etched foil 1 to prepare an electrical double-layer capacitor electrode. To manufacture these electrodes, this carbon nanotube sheet 2 or substrate 3 with carbon nanotubes grown thereon is laid over bumps and indentations 1a on the surface of etched foil 1, and the sheet or substrate and the foil are pressed under 0.01 to 100 t/cm2 of pressure to integrate the carbon nanotubes with the etched foil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Chemi-Con Corporation
    Inventors: Kenji Machida, Shunzo Suematsu, Kenji Tamamitsu