High capacitance bus bar including multilayer ceramic capacitors

Claim 1

A bus bar assembly comprising: insulating means, said insulating means being comprised of a flat elongated strip of non-conductive material having oppositely disposed first and second faces, said insulating means being provided with at least a first aperture extending therethrough between said faces; a first bus bar conductor, said first bus bar conductor being bonded to said first face of said insulating means, said first bus bar conductor being provided with at least a first aperture which extends therethrough, said first bus bar aperture being in registration with said first aperture of said insulating means; a second bus bar conductor, said second bus bar conductor being bonded to said second face of said insulating means, said second bus bar conductor being provided with at least a first aperture which extends therethrough, said second bus bar aperture being in registration with said first aperture of said insulating means; said registered apertures of said first and second bus bar conductors having a larger cross-sectional area than the aperture in said insulating means; at least first multilayer capacitor means, said multilayer capacitor means being comprised of a dielectric material having a high dielectric constant, said capacitor means having a plurality of spaced end layers of conductive material on a first pair of oppositely disposed faces of said capacitor means, said capacitor means being positioned within said registered apertures of said insulating means and said first and second bus bar conductors with said end layers of conductive material being oriented substantially transverse to said insulating means first and second faces; first means electrically connecting one of the conductive end layers of said capacitor means to said first bus bar conductor; and second means electrically connecting the other of the conductive end layers of said capacitor means to said second bus bar conductor.