Patent ID: 7283352

Claim:
A solid electrolytic capacitor comprising: a capacitor element with a protruding anode lead; an anode lead frame connected to the anode lead; and a cathode lead frame attached to a peripheral surface of the capacitor element, wherein the capacitor element, a portion of the anode lead frame, and a portion of the cathode lead frame are covered by a housing, wherein the anode lead frame has a protruding portion that protrudes within the housing toward the anode lead, the protruding portion includes a first horizontal portion positioned higher than and substantially parallel to the anode lead, a second horizontal portion contacting the anode lead, a linking portion linking the first and second horizontal portions, and an auxiliary bent portion bent upward from an inner end of the second horizontal portion and substantially symmetrical with the linking portion, and a contact surface of the second horizontal portion with the anode lead is flat, and a surface of the second horizontal portion on an opposite side to the contact surface has a rounded curvature.