ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,188, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Electrolytic capacitor" was invented by Yuichiro Tsubaki (Kyoto Fu, Japan) and Daisuke Kubo (Osaka Fu, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disclosed electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, and a liquid component. The capacitor element includes an anode body having a dielectric layer at a surface of the anode body, and a conductive polymer compound covering at least part of the dielectric layer. The liquid component contains an acid component, a base component, and a solvent. The solvent includes an organic comp...