ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,266,483, issued on April 1, was assigned to Nippon Chemi-Con Corp. (Tokyo).
"Cathode and electrolytic capacitor" was invented by Kazuhiro Nagahara (Tokyo), Tatsuru Hatae (Kanagawa, Japan), Kazuya Koseki (Kanagawa, Japan), Atsushi Yoshida (Fukushima, Japan) and Makoto Tominaga (Fukushima, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathode and an electrolytic capacitor including the cathode which can suppress production of hydrogen gas are provided. The cathode of the electrolytic capacitor comprising cathode foil formed of valve action metal, and a conductive layer formed on a surface of the cathode foil. When current in a range of current de...