ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,274, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to KYOCERA AVX Components Corp. (Fountain Inn, S.C.).
"Wet electrolytic capacitor containing a gelled working electrolyte" was invented by Craig Nies (Greenville, S.C.), Hari Kishan Rao Abbaraju (Simpsonville, S.C.), Naomi Lollis (Fountain Inn, S.C.) and Jan Petrzilek (Usti nad Orlici, Czech Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wet electrolytic capacitor is provided. The capacitor contains an anode comprising an anodically oxidized pellet formed from a pressed and sintered powder, a cathode, and a working electrolyte in communication with the anode and the cathode. The working electrolyte is ...