Rectifier assembly with interconnecting bus-bar supports

Claim 1

A RECTIFIER ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FIRST AND SECOND RECTIFIER DIODE, A FIRST, SECOND AND THIRD BUS BAR, AND FIRST AND SECOND CLAMPING MEANS; SAID FIRST AND SECOND RECTIFIER DIODES EACH COMPRISING A SEMICONDUCTOR WAFER HAVING A RECTIFYING JUNCTION THEREIN, AND UPPER AND LOWER CONDUCTIVE HOUSING PORTIONS ADJACENT THE UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES OF THEIR SAID WAFERS; SAID UPPER AND LOWER CONDUCTIVE HOUSING PORTIONS BEING FLEXIBLE INTO HIGH PRESSURE ENGAGEMENT WITH SAID UPPER AND LOWER SURFACES OF THEIR SAID WAFERS; SAID UPPER HOUSING PORTIONS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND RECTIFIER DIODE POSITIONED ADJACENT A FIRST SURFACE OF SAID FIRST BUS BAR AND BEING SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER ALONG SAID FIRST SURFACE OF SAID FIRST BUS BAR; SAID LOWER HOUSING PORTION OF SAID FIRST RECTIFIER DIODE BEING POSITIONED ADJACENT A FIRST SURFACE OF SAID SECOND BUS BAR; SAID LOWER HOUSING PORTION OF SAID SECOND RECTIFIER DIODE BEING POSITIONED ADJACENT A FIRST SURFACE PORTION OF SAID THIRD BUS BAR; SAID FIRST SURFACES OF SAID SECOND AND THIRD BUS BARS BEING COPLANAR WITH ONE ANOTHER AND BEING IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION WITH SAID FIRST SURFACE OF SAID FIRST BUS BAR; SAID SECOND AND THIRD BUS BARS HAVING FIRST ENDS ADJACENT ONE ANOTHER IN SPACED RELATION TO ONE ANOTHER AND SECOND ENDS DEFINING TERMINALS FOR SAID RECTIFIER ASSEMBLY; SAID FIRST CLAMPING MEANS CONNECTED FROM SAID FIRST BUS BAR TO SAID SECOND BUS BAR AND CLAMPING SAID FIRST AND SECOND BUS BARS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER; SAID SECOND CLAMPING MEANS CONNECTED FROM SAID FIRST BUS BAR TO SAID THIRD BUS BAR AND CLAMPING SAID FIRST AND THIRD BUS BARS TOWARD ONE ANOTHER; SAID RECTIFYING JUNCTIONS OF SAID SEMICONDUCTOR WAFERS EACH PASSING FORWARD CURRENT IN THE SAME DIRECTION BETWEEN SAID TERMINALS.