Electrolytic capacitor lead terminal configuration

Claim 1

A polar capacitive device comprising a porous valve-metal anode body having (i) a dielectric oxide film formed thereon, (ii) a solid electrolyte layer over the dielectric oxide film, (iii) a conductive counterelectrode covering a major portion of the exterior surface of the anode body, a first pair of relatively closely spaced and adjacent terminal leads and a second pair of terminal leads spaced further apart than said first pair of terminal leads, all of said terminal leads having end portions remote from said anode body, the end portions of each pair being symmetric about an axis lying between the first pair of terminal leads, the axis and the end portions of both pairs of terminal leads being parallel and lying in the same plane and extending in the same direction, one of said pair of terminal leads being connected electrically to said counterelectrode coating on said anode body and the other said pair of terminal leads being connected electrically to the valve-metal anode body such that the order of polarity of the terminal leads is P 1 -P 2 -P 2 -P 1 where P 1 and P 2 represent opposite polarities.