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US3143692A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Capacitor with housing end seal

Assignee: Three Rivers Industries Inc
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Filing: 1961-03-13
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Granted: 1964-08-04
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Expires: 1981-03-13
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 Stanley M Terry

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-10-27 16:41
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01G; H01G4/00; H01G4/002; H01G4/228; H01G4/232; H01G4/224

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 299 words
IN AN ELECTRICAL CONDENSER ASSEMBLY THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A TUBULAR CASE HAVING AN OPEN END, AN APERTURED INSULATING WASHER POSITIONED IN SAID OPEN END OF SAID CASE AND ARRANGED SO THAT SAID CASE PROJECTS AXIALLY SOME DISTANCE BEYOND THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID WASHER, A METALLIC CONNECTOR ELEMENT HAVING AN ANNULAR RADIALLY EXTENDING PORTION DISPOSED ADJACENT THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID INSULATING WASHER AND ALSO HAVING AN AXIALLY EXTENDING TUBULAR PORTION WHICH PROJECTS OUTWARDLY FROM SAID ANNULAR PORTION AND THROUGH AT LEAST AN AXIAL PORTION OF THE OPENING IN SAID INSULATING WASHER, A WIRE LEAD HAVING ONE END POSITIONED IN SAID TUBULAR PORTION OF SAID CONNECTOR ELEMENT AND SOLDERED TO SAID CONNECTOR ELEMENT IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE SOLDER AND WIRE COMPLETELY CLOSE THE BORE OF SAID TUBULAR PORTION, AND A QUANTITY OF SEALING MATERIAL DISPOSED ADJACENT THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID INSULATING WASHER WHICH SEALING MATERIAL COVERS THE ENTIRE EXPOSED OUTER SURFACE OF SAID WASHER AND IS ADHERED TO SAID TUBULAR PORTION OF SAID CONNECTOR ELEMENT, TO SAID OUTER SURFACE OF SAID INSULATING WASHER AND TO SAID PORTION OF SAID CASE WHICH PROJECTS BEYOND SAID OUTER WASHER SURFACE TO PROVIDE A MOISTUREPROOF SEAL BETWEEN SAID WASHER AND SAID CASE AND BETWEEN SAID WASHER AND SAID TUBULAR PORTION OF SAID CONNECTOR ELEMENT, SAID OPENING IN SAID INSULATING WASHER BEING OF A SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER DIAMETER THAN THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID TUBULAR PORTION OF SAID CONNECTOR ELEMENT SO AS TO DEFINE AN ANNULAR RECESS BETWEEN SAID WASHER AND SAID TUBULAR PORTION, AND SAID RECESS BEING FILLED WITH SAID SEALING MATERIAL SO THAT SAID SEALING MATERIAL IS ADHERED TO THE AXIALLY EXTENDING INNER CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACE OF SAID WASHER WHICH SURFACE DEFINES SAID WASHER OPENING AND TO THAT PART OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID TUBULAR PORTION LOCATED IN SAID RECESS.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 299 words
IN AN ELECTRICAL CONDENSER ASSEMBLY THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A TUBULAR CASE HAVING AN OPEN END, AN APERTURED INSULATING WASHER POSITIONED IN SAID OPEN END OF SAID CASE AND ARRANGED SO THAT SAID CASE PROJECTS AXIALLY SOME DISTANCE BEYOND THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID WASHER, A METALLIC CONNECTOR ELEMENT HAVING AN ANNULAR RADIALLY EXTENDING PORTION DISPOSED ADJACENT THE INNER SURFACE OF SAID INSULATING WASHER AND ALSO HAVING AN AXIALLY EXTENDING TUBULAR PORTION WHICH PROJECTS OUTWARDLY FROM SAID ANNULAR PORTION AND THROUGH AT LEAST AN AXIAL PORTION OF THE OPENING IN SAID INSULATING WASHER, A WIRE LEAD HAVING ONE END POSITIONED IN SAID TUBULAR PORTION OF SAID CONNECTOR ELEMENT AND SOLDERED TO SAID CONNECTOR ELEMENT IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE SOLDER AND WIRE COMPLETELY CLOSE THE BORE OF SAID TUBULAR PORTION, AND A QUANTITY OF SEALING MATERIAL DISPOSED ADJACENT THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID INSULATING WASHER WHICH SEALING MATERIAL COVERS THE ENTIRE EXPOSED OUTER SURFACE OF SAID WASHER AND IS ADHERED TO SAID TUBULAR PORTION OF SAID CONNECTOR ELEMENT, TO SAID OUTER SURFACE OF SAID INSULATING WASHER AND TO SAID PORTION OF SAID CASE WHICH PROJECTS BEYOND SAID OUTER WASHER SURFACE TO PROVIDE A MOISTUREPROOF SEAL BETWEEN SAID WASHER AND SAID CASE AND BETWEEN SAID WASHER AND SAID TUBULAR PORTION OF SAID CONNECTOR ELEMENT, SAID OPENING IN SAID INSULATING WASHER BEING OF A SUBSTANTIALLY LARGER DIAMETER THAN THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID TUBULAR PORTION OF SAID CONNECTOR ELEMENT SO AS TO DEFINE AN ANNULAR RECESS BETWEEN SAID WASHER AND SAID TUBULAR PORTION, AND SAID RECESS BEING FILLED WITH SAID SEALING MATERIAL SO THAT SAID SEALING MATERIAL IS ADHERED TO THE AXIALLY EXTENDING INNER CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACE OF SAID WASHER WHICH SURFACE DEFINES SAID WASHER OPENING AND TO THAT PART OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID TUBULAR PORTION LOCATED IN SAID RECESS.

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