ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,644, issued on April 29, was assigned to SHIZUKI ELECTRIC Co. INC. (Nishinomiya, Japan) and MURATA MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).
"Film capacitor" was invented by Satoru Jogan (Nagaokakyo, Japan) and Kimiaki Kikuchi (Nishinomiya, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A film capacitor including a laminate including: a first dielectric film, a second dielectric film, a first metal layer, and a second metal layer, and defining a first end surface and a second end surface opposing each other in a width direction. The first and second dielectric films face each other in a thickness direction. The first and second end surfaces e...