ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,296, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Solid electrolytic capacitor" was invented by Hitoshi Fukui (Saga, Japan), Katsuhiro Ogasawara (Kyoto, Japan) and Atsushi Tanaka (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid electrolytic capacitor includes at least one capacitor element including an anode part and a cathode part, an anode lead terminal, a cathode lead terminal, and an exterior body covering the capacitor element. Each of the anode lead terminal and the cathode lead terminal has a main surface and a side surface, and includes a buried part buried in the...