Electrolytic capacitor having filmed-electrode of spaced layers

Claim 1

A LOW-LOSS ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR HAVING A HIGH CAPACITANCE-TO-VOLUME RATIO, SAID CAPACITOR INCLUDING AT LEAST TWO POROUS ELECTRODES AND A MASS OF ELECTROLYTE, AT LEAST ONE OF SAID ELECTRODES BEING COATED, AT THOSE PLACES WHERE IT COMES INTO CONTACT WITH THE ELECTROLYTE, WITH A METAL OXIDE FILM WHICH CONSTITUTES A DIELECTRIC AND WHICH RENDERS SAID ONE OF SAID ELECTRODES A VALVE METAL ELECTRODE, SAID ONE ELECTRODE BEING A COMPOSITE ELECTRODE OMPRISING: A PLURALITY OF SUPERPOSED INDIVIDUAL ELECTRODE STRIPS OF MATCHED SURFACE CONFIGURATION WHOSE ACTIVE SURFACE AREAS ARE ARTIFICALLY ENLARGED TO A LIQUID-PERMEABLE CONDITION; AND A POROUS LAYER INTERPOSED BETWEEN EACH ADJACENT PAIR OF SAID STRIPS FOR CAUSING DIELECTRIC TO BE COMPLETELY COVERED WITH THE ELECTROLYTE.