ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,996, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrolytic capacitor and seating plate" was invented by Doyu Hachisu (Yamaguchi, Japan) and Tomoyuki Tashiro (Yamaguchi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor body and a seating plate having an attachment surface to which the capacitor body is attached. The seating plate has a pair of through-holes into which a pair of lead terminals is inserted, respectively. A mounting surface of the seating plate has a pair of terminal storage grooves and a projection. Distal end portions of the...