ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,572, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Pacesetter Inc. (Sylmar, Calif.).
"Electrolytic capacitor" was invented by Troy L. McCurry (West Union, S.C.), R. Jason Hemphill (Sunset, S.C.) and Rodrick B. Sauls (Anderson, S.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A capacitor is provided that includes a capacitor stack including an anode layer, cathode layer, and electrolytic layer electrically coupled together, the capacitor stack including a capacitor stack periphery. The capacitor also includes a first cover portion having a first cover portion periphery that aligns with the capacitor stack periphery, and a second cover portion having a second...