Tantalum capacitor with glass-to-metal seal and resilient support for terminal

Claim 1

A SEALED ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR COMPRISING A METAL CAPACITOR CASE CONTAINING A POROUS TANTALUM PELLET ANODE HAVING A TANTALUM RISER EXTENDING THEREFROM AND HAVING A DIELECTRIC OXIDE FILM ON THE SURFACES OF SAID ANODE AND RISER, AN INERT SPACER SEPARATING THE ANODE FROM THE CAPACITOR CASE, AN ELECTROLYTE, AN INERT SPACER DISC POSITIONED ABOUT SAID RISER AND SURMOUNTING SAID ANODE, A RESILIENT GASKET SEAL POSITIONED ABOUT SAID RISER AND ABUTTING SAID SPACER DISC, A GLASS-TO-METAL SEAL POSITIONED AGAINST SAID GASKET SEAL, SAID GLASS-TO-METAL SEAL COMPRISING A MASS OF GLASS SURROUNDING AND FUSED TO A TUBULAR METAL EYELET AND SURROUNDED BY AND FUSED TO A METAL RING, SAID RING BEING SOLDERED AT ITS PERIPHERY TO THE CASE WALL; AND A SOLDERABLE LEAD-WIRE BUTT-WELDED TO SAID RISER AT A POINT WITHIN SAID TUBULAR METAL EYELET AND HELD IN PLACE BY SOLDER.