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Electrical component having a resistance element
Assignee: Electrolytics Inc
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Filing: 1982-07-26
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Granted: 1984-06-12
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Expires: 2002-07-26
Abstract
Abstract An electrical component of the type including a housing, a component element located within the housing, and at least a pair of electrical connectors coupled to the component element and electrically accessible from outside of the housing, provides a resistive element electrically contacting both of the connectors and including a predetermined, finite electrical resistance for forming an electrical path of known resistance between the connectors.
Inventors
- 👤 Godfrey R. Pearce
- 👤 William J. Evans
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-08 07:11
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01G; H01G2/00; H01G2/14; H01G4/00; H01G4/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
In an elecrical component of the type including a housing, a component element located within said housing, and at least a pair of electrical connector means coupled to said component element and electrically accessible from outside of said housing, wherein the improvement comprises a resistive element including a mixture of carbon black and an ethylene propylene copolymer integral with said housing and electrically contacting both of said connector means, said resistive element including a predetermined, finite electrical resistance means including the material composition of said resistive element for forming an electrical path of known resistance between said connector means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
In an elecrical component of the type including a housing, a component element located within said housing, and at least a pair of electrical connector means coupled to said component element and electrically accessible from outside of said housing, wherein the improvement comprises a resistive element including a mixture of carbon black and an ethylene propylene copolymer integral with said housing and electrically contacting both of said connector means, said resistive element including a predetermined, finite electrical resistance means including the material composition of said resistive element for forming an electrical path of known resistance between said connector means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The improvement of claim 1, wherein said resistive element includes means for physically positioning said connector means with respect to said housing.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
The improvement of claim 1, wherein said electrical component is a capacitor and the inclusion of said resistive element thereby forms a parallel resistance-capacitance circuit.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
The improvement of claim 1, wherein said housing is elongated having an open end from which said electrical connector means extend and further wherein said resistive element includes means for physically positioning said connector means with respect to said housing and said open end.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The improvement of claim 4, wherein said resistive element is part of a closure of said open end of said housing.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The improvement of claim 4, wherein said housing includes a cover for closing said open end and further wherein said resistive element includes means for mounting said connector means on said cover.
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