ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,586, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrolytic capacitor" was invented by Kenta Sato (Osaka, Japan), Toshifumi Kadokawa (Osaka, Japan), Junichi Kurita (Osaka, Japan) and Daisuke Kubo (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element that includes an anode part and a cathode part, an exterior body that seals the capacitor element, a first external electrode that is electrically connected to the anode part, and a second external electrode that is electrically connected to the cathode part. At least one of an end ...