US4168520A
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Monolithic ceramic capacitor with free-flowed protective coating and method for making same
Assignee: MRA Laboratories Inc
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Filing: 1978-01-06
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Granted: 1979-09-18
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Expires: 1998-01-06
Abstract
Abstract A monolithic ceramic capacitor has two lead wires each of which is doubly up-set to form two closely adjacent enlarged portions near one end thereof. The end-most enlarged portion of each wire is butt attached by solder to one of the two metallized terminations on the ceramic body. A conformal free-flowed protective resin coating covers the body and just a portion of the adjacent enlarged portion of each lead wire. The adjacent enlarged portion of each lead wire is spaced from 3/4 to 3 times the lead wire diameter from the end-most enlarged portion. This adjacent portion serves to stop wicking of the resin outwardly on the lead wire during its application in liquid form and serves as a mounting stand-off in radially leaded capacitor structures.
Inventors
- 👤 James H. Coleman
- 👤 Reginald L. Hofmaier
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 22:14
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01G; H01G4/00; H01G4/002; H01G4/228; H01G2/00; H01G2/02; H01G2/06; H01G2/12; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/43; Y10T29/435
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
212 words
A monolithic ceramic capacitor comprising: a ceramic body; a first and second metal film covering one and another spaced regions of the surface of said body; a plurality of spaced sheet electrodes being buried within said body, the alternate of said electrodes extending to one of said metal films and the remainder of said electrodes extending to the other of said metal films. a first and second lead wire, each having an enlarged nail-head portion at one end thereof and an adjacent enlarged portion which is spaced from said nail-head portion a distance ranging from 3/4 to 3 times the diameter of the non-enlarged portions of said each wire, each of said adjacent enlarged portions having at least one angular convex corner extending continuously 360° about the corresponding axis of said lead wires, said nail-head portions of said first and second lead wires being butt-attached to said first and second metal films, respectively, by means of two solid conductive layers, respectively; and a cured solid insulative resin coating encompassing said body and said nail-head portions, and extending over a part of but less than the whole of said adjacent enlarged portions, said coating having been applied in a free flowing liquid state forming a meniscus at each of said adjacent enlarged portions.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
212 words
A monolithic ceramic capacitor comprising: a ceramic body; a first and second metal film covering one and another spaced regions of the surface of said body; a plurality of spaced sheet electrodes being buried within said body, the alternate of said electrodes extending to one of said metal films and the remainder of said electrodes extending to the other of said metal films. a first and second lead wire, each having an enlarged nail-head portion at one end thereof and an adjacent enlarged portion which is spaced from said nail-head portion a distance ranging from 3/4 to 3 times the diameter of the non-enlarged portions of said each wire, each of said adjacent enlarged portions having at least one angular convex corner extending continuously 360° about the corresponding axis of said lead wires, said nail-head portions of said first and second lead wires being butt-attached to said first and second metal films, respectively, by means of two solid conductive layers, respectively; and a cured solid insulative resin coating encompassing said body and said nail-head portions, and extending over a part of but less than the whole of said adjacent enlarged portions, said coating having been applied in a free flowing liquid state forming a meniscus at each of said adjacent enlarged portions.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The capacitor of claim 1 wherein said lead wires extend away from said body in a mutually parallel direction.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
42 words
The capacitor of claim 2 wherein the thickness of said coating in a direction away from said body is greater at said coating menisci by a factor of more than two over said thickness in a central region between said lead wires.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The capacitor of claim 1 wherein said leads extend coaxially in opposite directions from said body.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The capacitor of claim 1 wherein said adjacent enlarged portion has at least a second angular convex corner extending continuously 360° about the corresponding axis of said lead wires.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The capacitor of claim 1 wherein said adjacent enlarged portion has the shape of a circular coin that is concentric with the axis of the corresponding of said lead wires.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
The capacitor of claim 1 wherein said solid conductive layers each have a peripheral portion thereof in the shape of a meniscus.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
194 words
A method for making a monolithic ceramic capacitor comprising forming a ceramic body having a first and second metal film covering one and another spaced region of the surface of said body and having buried in said body a plurality of spaced sheet electrodes, the alternate of said electrodes extending to one of said metal films and the remainder of said electrodes extending to the other of said metal films; attaching in abuttment an enlarged nail-head end portion of a first and of a second lead wire to said first and second metal films, respectively, by means of two solid conductive layers, respectively, each of said lead wires having an adjacent enlarged portion which is spaced from said nail-head portion a distance ranging from 3/4 to 3 times the diameter of the non-enlarged portions of said each wire, each of said adjacent enlarged portions having at least one angular convex corner extending continuously 360° about the corresponding axis of said lead wires; applying a free-flowing liquid resin coating completely over said body and extending over said nail-head portions and over less than the whole of said adjacent enlarged portions; and curing said resin coating.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
194 words
A method for making a monolithic ceramic capacitor comprising forming a ceramic body having a first and second metal film covering one and another spaced region of the surface of said body and having buried in said body a plurality of spaced sheet electrodes, the alternate of said electrodes extending to one of said metal films and the remainder of said electrodes extending to the other of said metal films; attaching in abuttment an enlarged nail-head end portion of a first and of a second lead wire to said first and second metal films, respectively, by means of two solid conductive layers, respectively, each of said lead wires having an adjacent enlarged portion which is spaced from said nail-head portion a distance ranging from 3/4 to 3 times the diameter of the non-enlarged portions of said each wire, each of said adjacent enlarged portions having at least one angular convex corner extending continuously 360° about the corresponding axis of said lead wires; applying a free-flowing liquid resin coating completely over said body and extending over said nail-head portions and over less than the whole of said adjacent enlarged portions; and curing said resin coating.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
52 words
The method of claim 8 wherein said attaching includes positioning said leads to be mutually parallel and extending away from said body in the same direction, said applying being accomplished by holding said leads and dipping said body into a bath of said liquid resin; and withdrawing said body from said bath.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
37 words
The method of claim 9 wherein the level of said bath during said dipping lies between the outermost part of said nail-head portion and the outermost part of said adjacent enlarged portion of each of said leads.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 8 wherein said applying is accomplished by preheating said body and selectively exposing said body to a fluidized bed of partially cured resin particles.
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