Encapsulated mica capacitor

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION FOR RELATIVELY SMALL MICA CAPACITORS COMPRISING A STACKED CAPACITOR SECTION HAVING ALTERNATE LAYERS OF CONDUCTING METAL FOIL MATERIAL AND MICA DISPOSED IN PREDETERMINED COMPRESSED RELATIONSHIP, SAID CONDUCTING MATERIAL LAYERS EXTENDING BEYOND THE MICA ON TWO SIDES THEREOF TO FORM ELECTRODES, A BONDING MATERIAL FOR HOLDING THE LAYERS OF SAID SECTION TOGETHER IN SAID PREDETERMINED COMPRESSED RELATIONSHIP, TERMINAL CLAMPS HAVING EXTENDING LEAD WIRES DISPOSED IN COMPRESSIVE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID EXTENDING CONDUCTING MATERIAL LAYERS FOR MAKING ELECTRICAL CONTACT THEREWITH, AN OPEN ENDED PREFORMED UNITARY THERMO-SETTING PHENOLIC RESIN CASING SIZED TO CONTAIN SAID CLAMPED PRECOMPRESSED CAPACITOR SECTION WITH THE TERMINAL LEADS EXTENDING FROM THE OPEN END THEREOF AND AN EPOXY RESIN FILLING THE SPACE WITHIN SAID CASING AND SURROUNDING THE CONTAINED CAPACITOR SECTION AND TERMINAL LEAD WIRES IN HERMETIC NON-COMPRESSIVE RELATIONSHIP TO FORM A SUPERIOR MOISTURE-PROOF CAPACITOR ENCASED IN THERMO-PHENOLIC RESIN HAVING SUPERIOR ACCURACY AND INCREASED OPERATING LIFE.