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US3265934A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Capacitor stacking unit

Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp
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Filing: 1964-01-30
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Granted: 1966-08-09
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Expires: 1984-01-30
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Abstract

No abstract record available.

Inventors

  • 👤 William H Cuttino

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-10-22 18:52
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01G; H01G4/00; H01G4/38

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 193 words
A COMPACT, RIGID, HIGH VOLTAGE CAPACITOR STACKING UNIT COMPRISING A BOX-LIKE FRAME STRUCTURE HAVING A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY SHORT POSTS PHYSICALLY SUPPORTED IN AN UPRIGHT MANNER BY INTERCONNECTING ELONGATED MEMBERS VERTICALLY SPACED APART IN SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL AND PARALLEL PLANE, A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY RECTANGULARLY SHAPED CAPACITORS MOUNTED BETWEEN SAND SECURED TO AT LEAST TWO OF THE VERTICALLY SPACED APART MEMBERS SO THAT ALL CAPACITOR INSULATING BUSHINGS AND TERMINALS FACE IN AN EXPOSED AND OUTWARD DIRECTION FROM THE SIDE OF THE BOX-LIKE FRAME, EACH OF SAID CAPACITORS FURTHER BEING MOUNTED ON A SIDE THEREOF HAVING A NARROW DIMENSION IN PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE VERTICALLY SPACED APART MEMBERS IN FORM A HORIZONTAL AND PARALLEL ARRAY OF CAPACITORS, BUS MEANS FOR INTERCONNECTING THE CAPACITORS IN A GIVEN CIRCUIT PATTERN, SAID BUS MEANS INCLUDING A CONTINUOUS CONDUCTUVE BUS BAR EXTENDING ALONG AT LEAST TWO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE FRAME STRUCTURE, AND HORIZONTAL FRAME EXTENSION MEANS INSULATINGLY SUPPORTING SAID BUS BARS REMOTELY AND HORIZONTALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID FRAME SIDES ADJACENT THE CAPACITOR BUSHINGS AND TERMINALS, AND BUS BARS SUPPORTING A PLUARLITY OF FUSES CONNECTED BETWEEN THE BUS BARS AND CAPACITORS OUTWARDLY OF THE SIDES OF THE FRAME STRUCTURE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 193 words
A COMPACT, RIGID, HIGH VOLTAGE CAPACITOR STACKING UNIT COMPRISING A BOX-LIKE FRAME STRUCTURE HAVING A PLURALITY OF RELATIVELY SHORT POSTS PHYSICALLY SUPPORTED IN AN UPRIGHT MANNER BY INTERCONNECTING ELONGATED MEMBERS VERTICALLY SPACED APART IN SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL AND PARALLEL PLANE, A PLURALITY OF GENERALLY RECTANGULARLY SHAPED CAPACITORS MOUNTED BETWEEN SAND SECURED TO AT LEAST TWO OF THE VERTICALLY SPACED APART MEMBERS SO THAT ALL CAPACITOR INSULATING BUSHINGS AND TERMINALS FACE IN AN EXPOSED AND OUTWARD DIRECTION FROM THE SIDE OF THE BOX-LIKE FRAME, EACH OF SAID CAPACITORS FURTHER BEING MOUNTED ON A SIDE THEREOF HAVING A NARROW DIMENSION IN PHYSICAL CONTACT WITH THE VERTICALLY SPACED APART MEMBERS IN FORM A HORIZONTAL AND PARALLEL ARRAY OF CAPACITORS, BUS MEANS FOR INTERCONNECTING THE CAPACITORS IN A GIVEN CIRCUIT PATTERN, SAID BUS MEANS INCLUDING A CONTINUOUS CONDUCTUVE BUS BAR EXTENDING ALONG AT LEAST TWO OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE FRAME STRUCTURE, AND HORIZONTAL FRAME EXTENSION MEANS INSULATINGLY SUPPORTING SAID BUS BARS REMOTELY AND HORIZONTALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID FRAME SIDES ADJACENT THE CAPACITOR BUSHINGS AND TERMINALS, AND BUS BARS SUPPORTING A PLUARLITY OF FUSES CONNECTED BETWEEN THE BUS BARS AND CAPACITORS OUTWARDLY OF THE SIDES OF THE FRAME STRUCTURE.

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