JAPAN CAPACITOR INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130330617 | ELECTRODE FOIL, CURRENT COLLECTOR, ELECTRODE, AND ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE ELEMENT USING SAME - A cathode foil for a solid electrolytic capacitor is designed to increase capacitance, reduce ESR and leakage current, enhance heat resistance, and reduce production costs, while enhancing a power density, realizing rapid charging-discharging, and improving a life property, in an electric energy storage element such as a secondary battery, an electric double layer capacitor and a hybrid capacitor. A cathode foil or a current collector may include a metal foil, a metal layer, a mixed layer containing carbon and a substance composing the metal layer in a mixed state, and a carbon layer consisting substantially of carbon, each formed on the metal foil. The mixed layer is configured to have a composition changing from a state containing substantially only the substance composing the metal layer to a state containing substantially only carbon, in a direction from the metal layer to the carbon layer. | 12-12-2013 |
20120200163 | ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS CAPABLE OF AC OUTPUT - An electric energy storage apparatus can generate an AC output in a low-loss and low-noise manner without using a DC-DC converter or an inverter. The electric energy storage apparatus comprises: an electric energy storage module group formed by connecting in series electric energy storage modules each comprising one or more electric energy storage elements; a balancing circuit electrically connected to the electric energy storage module group and configured to adjust a voltage to be applied to each of the electric energy storage modules; a first switch group comprising switches each in a path connecting a first terminal and a terminal of one of the series-connected electric energy storage modules; and a second switch group comprising switches each in a path connecting a second terminal and a terminal of one of the series-connected electric energy storage modules. The electric energy storage apparatus may perform a switch changeover in the switch groups. | 08-09-2012 |
20120194138 | ELECTRIC ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM WITH BALANCING CIRCUIT - An electric energy storage system is designed to equally utilize electric energy storage banks during charging/discharging, and keep fluctuation of an input voltage from a charger or an output voltage to a load, within an arbitrary range, while equally utilizing the electric energy storage banks during charging/discharging. The electric energy storage system comprises an electric energy storage module, a charger, a balancing circuit, a voltage detection section, taps led out, respectively, from one of opposite terminals of the electric energy storage module and/or the other terminal of the electric energy storage module and/or one or more of series-connection points between the electric energy storage units, through respective switches, and a switch control section for switching the switches such that one of the taps is connected to one of opposite terminals of the charger. The switch control section is operable to sequentially switch the switches according to progress of the charging. | 08-02-2012 |
20090103244 | Solid electrolytic capacitor and process for fabricating same - The invention provides a solid electrolytic capacitor wherein the anode has a dielectric oxide film of a structure less susceptible to damage due to mechanical stresses and which is diminished in leakage current and less prone to short-circuiting, and a process for fabricating the capacitor. The capacitor of the invention comprises an anode of aluminum having a dielectric oxide film formed over a surface thereof from amorphous alumina, and is characterized in that a plurality of tunnel-shaped etching pits are formed in the anode. The process of the invention for fabricating the solid electrolytic capacitor includes the steps of forming a plurality of tunnel-shaped etching pits in an aluminum material, effecting anodic oxidation by immersing the aluminum material in an electrolytic solution containing oxalic acid or the like, and effecting anodic oxidation by immersing the aluminum material in an electrolytic solution containing boric acid or like inorganic acid or a salt thereof or containing adipic acid or like organic acid or a salt thereof and applying a voltage at least three times the rated voltage of the capacitor. | 04-23-2009 |