Capacitor assembly with laminar bus plate arrangement

A capacitor assembly comprising:

• a laminar bus plate arrangement having a multilayer structure in which a pair of outer first polarity bus plates are interposed by at least one second polarity bus plate, wherein said multilayer structure further includes first and second sheet-like insulators separating said first polarity bus plates from said at least one second polarity bus plate;
• at least one pair of bus terminals having a first polarity bus terminal electrically connected to said first polarity bus plates and a second polarity bus terminal electrically connected to said second polarity bus plate;
• a plurality of capacitor elements each having a first end surface and a second end surface defining a proximal first polarity terminal proximal to the laminar bus plate arrangement and a distal second polarity terminal distal to the laminar bus plate arrangement, respectively;
• a first number of said capacitor elements being mounted to a first side of said laminar bus plate arrangement such that said first polarity terminals thereof are electrically connected to one of the first polarity bus plates and a second number of said capacitor elements being mounted to a second side of said laminar bus plate arrangement such that said first polarity terminals thereof are electrically connected to another one of said first polarity bus plates;
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• said second polarity terminals of said capacitor elements being electrically connected to said at least one second polarity bus plate.

A capacitor assembly comprising:

• a laminar bus plate arrangement having at least one first polarity bus plate and at least one second polarity bus plate separated by a sheet-like insulator;
• at least one pair of bus terminals having a first polarity bus terminal electrically connected to said first polarity bus plate and a second polarity bus terminal electrically connected to said second polarity bus plate;
• a plurality of wound film capacitor elements each having a first end surface and a second end surface defining a proximal first polarity terminal proximal to the laminar bus plate arrangement and a distal second polarity terminal distal to the laminar bus plate arrangement, respectively;
• said first polarity terminal of each of said capacitor elements being electrically connected to the first polarity bus plate;
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• said second polarity terminals of said capacitor elements being electrically connected to said at least one second polarity bus plate,
• wherein the at least one pair of bus terminals is perpendicular to the laminar bus plate arrangement, extends from the laminar bus plate arrangement, and extends between groups of wound film capacitor elements of the plurality of capacitor elements.