ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,984, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to KEMET Electronics Portugal, S. A. (Evora, Portugal).

"Electrolytic capacitor components and manufacturing methods" was invented by Bernd Pretzlaff (Mildstedt, Germany), Janosch Lichtenberger (Bremen, Germany), Helge Pretzlaff (Schlotfeld, Germany) and Andreas Fahr (Koldenbuettel, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to methods for manufacturing an energy storage of an electrolytic capacitor, to a method for manufacturing a foil electrode of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor, to a device for manipulating a component of an aluminum electrolytic capacitor, to specifically de...