ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,136, issued on March 17, was assigned to MURATA MANUFUCTURING Co. LTD. (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

"Solid electrolytic capacitor having a sealing vent structure" was invented by Tomohiro Noda (Nagaokakyo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid electrolytic capacitor that includes: a capacitor element; a sealing material that seals the capacitor element to form a sealing body; and a vent structure embedded in the sealing material such that a portion of the vent structure is exposed on an outer surface of the sealing body, the vent structure being composed of a material that has a self-sealing valve action in which the vent structure t...