ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,548, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to MEIDENSHA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Vacuum capacitor" was invented by Yoshiyuki Tanimizu (Numazu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A brazing structure for a vacuum container is provided. The vacuum container includes: a fixed conductor on which a fixed electrode is supported; a movable conductor on which a movable electrode is supported; a flange pipe which is bonded to the movable conductor coaxially with the fixed electrode and the movable electrode; and a ceramic pipe which is provided coaxially therewith. One end of the ceramic pipe is bonded to the fixed conductor by brazing, with a linking flange...