Capacitor case having flat coupling sections

• US 5,642,255 A
• Filed: 04/19/1996
• Issued: 06/24/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 04/28/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Oku, Mitsumasa, Suzuki, Nobuji
• Primary Examiner(s): Ledynh, Bot L.
• Application Number:
  US08/634,760
• Time in Patent Office: 431 Days
• Field of Search: 361/517, 361/521, 361/535, 361/539, 361/308.2
• US Class Current: 361/535
• CPC Class Codes: H01G 2/103 Sealings, e.g. for lead-in wires; Covers

Abstract

A hollow cylindrical resin case provided at a periphery thereof with an axial opening and a resin terminal plate, one of which has a concave coupling section and the other has a convex coupling section, are coupled together and then filler resin is injected between the capacitor element attached to the terminal plate and the resin case to provide a seal. One or both of the resin case and the resin terminal plate are made of thermoplastic resin, and a space is defined between the coupling sections. A dimension of the space and an inserting force applied to the coupling portions are set to appropriate values, thereby realizing a high quality capacitor free from leakage of filler resin.

Claims

1. A capacitor, comprising:

a hollow cylindrical case provided at a periphery thereof with an axial opening and having a coupling section;

a terminal plate attached to a capacitor element housing in said cylindrical case and having a coupling section, said terminal plate being coupled with said cylindrical case by said coupling sections; and

resin filler injected between said capacitor element and said cylindrical case,

wherein one of said coupling sections of said cylindrical case and said terminal plate has a convex shape and the other has a concave shape, and wherein at least one of said coupling sections is made of thermoplastic resin, wherein said coupling sections extend flat.

2. A capacitor according to claim 1, wherein said terminal plate is coupled with said cylindrical case by means of sliding said terminal plate into said cylindrical case under an inserting force of 1.0 Kgf-5.0 Kgf.

3. A capacitor according to claim 1, wherein a drawing fitting is formed integrally with said terminal plate by means of insertion process.

4. A capacitor according to claim 2, wherein a drawing fitting is formed integrally with said terminal plate by means of insertion process.

5. A capacitor, comprising:

a hollow cylindrical case provided at a periphery thereof with an axial opening and having a coupling section;

a thermal plate attached to a capacitor element housed in said cylindrical case and having a coupling section, said thermal plate being coupled with said cylindrical case by said coupling sections; and

resin filler injected between said capacitor element and said cylindrical case,

wherein one of said coupling sections of said cylindrical case and said terminal plate has a convex shape and the other has a concave shape, and wherein a space is defined between a tip edge of said convex-shaped coupling section and a bottom edge of said concave-shaped coupling section, wherein said coupling sections extend flat.

6. A capacitor according to claim 5, wherein a radial dimension of said concave shape is in a range of 0.5 mm-3.0 mm, and a diametrical dimension of said space is in a range of 0.5 mm-10 mm.

7. A capacitor according to claim 6, wherein said terminal plate is coupled with said cylindrical case by means of sliding said terminal plate into said cylindrical case under an inserting force of 1.0 Kgf-5.0 Kgf.

8. A capacitor according to claim 6, wherein a drawing fitting is formed integrally with said terminal plate by means of insertion process.

9. A capacitor according to claim 7, wherein a drawing fitting is formed integrally with said terminal plate by means of insertion process.

10. A capacitor according to claim 5, wherein said terminal plate is coupled with said cylindrical case by means of sliding said terminal plate into said cylindrical case under an inserting force of 1.0 Kgf-5.0 Kgf.

11. A capacitor according to claim 10, wherein a drawing fitting is formed integrally with said terminal plate by means of insertion process.

12. A capacitor according to claim 5, wherein a drawing fitting is formed integrally with said terminal plate by means of insertion process.