Rectifier network assembly

Claim 2

Means permanently connecting four diodes with one another in a full wave rectifier network and providing for readily disconnectable connection of the rectifier network with a source of alternating current and with a direct current load circuit, each of the diodes being of the type comprising a body from which wires that comprise terminals extend in opposite directions, said means comprising: A. crimped connector means, each comprising a part of a plug-in terminal element, connecting terminals of the diodes; B. a connector plug body of insulating material having bores therethrough which open to opposite faces thereof and in which said plug-in terminal elements are seated with all of said plug-in terminal elements accessible at one of said faces, the diodes being outwardly adjacent to the other of said faces; C. a metal casing in which the plug body and the diodes are received, the plug body having at least its said one face exposed at the exterior of said casing; and D. a mass of hardened plastic insulating material in the casing securing the plug body therein and insulatingly embedding the diodes and the connector means.

Claim 3

The structure of claim 1 wherein said casing has a pair of holes therethrough in which securement means are receivable for fastening the casing in electrically grounded relationship to structure that carries the casing, further characterized by: one of said crimped connector means comprising a terminal lug which overlies a face of the casing to which one of said holes opens, to be secured to the casing by one of said securement means and to thus ground the rectifier network.

Claim 4

In combination with four diodes, each of the type comprising a body and a pair of wires that extend in opposite directions from the body and serve as terminals for the diode, means permanently connecting the diodes in a full-wave rectifier network and providing for its connection with a source of alternating current and with a direct current load circuit: A. a plurality of plug-in terminal elements each of the type having an integral crimp connector, the crimp connector of each terminal element being connected to one of the wires of each of a pair of diodes to connect them; B. a connector plug body of insulating material having a plurality of bores therethrough that open to top and bottom faces of said body, said terminal elements being seated in said bores and being accessible to mating terminal members at the top face of the body, the diodes being outwardly adjacent to the lower portion of said body; C. a generally cup-like metal casing, the bodies of the diodes being wholly received within said casing and at least the bottom portion of the plug body being received therein; and D. a mass of hardened plastic insulating material in the casing bonding the plug body thereto and embedding the diodes and their connections with the terminal elements.

Claim 5

In combination with four diodes, each of the type comprising a body and a pair of wires that extend in opposite directions from the body and serve as terminals for the diode, means permanently connecting the diodes in a full-wave rectifier network and providing for its connection with a source of alternating current and with a direct current load circuit: A. a plurality of plug-in terminal elements each of the type having an integral crimp connector, the crimp connector of each terminal element being connected to one of the wires of each of a pair of diodes to connect them; B. a connector plug body of insulating material having a plurality of bores therethrough that open to top and bottom faces of said body, said terminal elements being seated in said bores and being accessible to mating terminal members at the top face of the body, the diodes being outwardly adjacent to the lower portion of said body; C. a generally cup-like metal casing, the bodies of the diodes being wholly received within said casing and at least the bottom portion of the plug body being received therein; and D. a mass of hardened plastic insulating material in the casing bonding the plug body thereto and embedding the diodes and their connections with the terminal elements.

Claim 6

The combination of claim 3, in which said metal casing has opposite side walls and opposite end walls, further characterized by: E. the casing having opposite inwardly opening grooves in its side walls that open to its top; F. the plug body having lugs which are received in said grooves and which are overlain by portions of said mass to hold the plug body against displacement out of the casing, said lugs cooperating with the grooves in the casing and with said mass to hold the plug body spaced from one of the end walls of the casing and thus define a compartment in the casing in which diode bodies are received.

Claim 7

The combination of claim 4, in which the metal casing has a bottom wall, further characterized by: G. said grooves terminating a distance above said bottom wall to define upwardly facing shoulders upon which said lugs rest and which cooperate with the lugs to maintain the plug body spaced above the bottom wall, diodes being disposed in the space between the plug body aNd the bottom wall.