ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,273, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Solid electrolytic capacitor" was invented by 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 that covers the least one capacitor element. Each of the anode lead terminal and the cathode lead terminal includes an embedded part embedded in the exterior body. The embedded part of the anode lead te...