ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,706, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MEIDENSHA Corp. (Tokyo).
"Vacuum capacitor" was invented by Yuichi Nishikiori (Shinagawa-ku, Japan), Takuya Shimokawa (Shinagawa-ku, Japan), Yoshiyuki Tanimizu (Shinagawa-ku, Japan) and Toru Tanimizu (Shinagawa-ku, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum capacitor is provided with a vacuum container accommodating a fixed electrode and movable electrode to ensure capacitance, and a vacuum expansion container communicating with the vacuum container in series. The vacuum container is provided with a movable support part supporting the movable electrode, a movable conductor supporting the mo...