Capacitor assembly adapted for circuit board
AssigneeCornell Dubilier Marketing, Inc.
InventorPhillip Eugene Whitmire
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Abstract
A capacitor assembly is providing for adapting a replacement capacitor to an existing circuit board layout. The capacitor assembly has an adapter with a plate and the replacement capacitor affixed thereto, and the adapter has terminals which are connected to the leads of the replacement capacitor. The adapter further has leads, such as pins, extending downward from the plate, to electrically connect the capacitor assembly to the circuit board.
Claims20
An adapter for connecting a capacitor having first and second leads to a circuit board, comprising:
- (a) a plate having an inner face and an outer face;
- (b) a first terminal positioned on the plate and electrically connectable to the first lead of the capacitor;
- (c) a first connector having at least one lead extending outward from the inner face of the plate, for electrically connecting the adapter to the circuit board;
- (d) a first pathway electrically connecting the first terminal to the first connector;
- (e) a second terminal position on the plate and electrically connectable to the second lead of the capacitor;
- (f) a second connector having at least one lead extending outward from the inner face of the plate, for electrically connecting the adapter to the circuit board;
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- (g) a second pathway electrically connecting the second terminal to the second connector.
A capacitor assembly for replacing a capacitor on a circuit board, comprising:
- (a) a plate having an inner face and an outer face;
- (b) a replacement capacitor having first and second leads, wherein the replacement capacitor is affixed to the outer face of the plate;
- (c) a first terminal positioned on the plate and electrically connected to the first lead of the replacement capacitor;
- (d) a first connector having at least one lead extending outward from the inner face of the plate, for electrically connecting the adapter to the circuit board;
- (e) a first pathway electrically connecting the first terminal to the first connector;
- (f) a second terminal position on the plate and electrically connected to the second lead of the replacement capacitor;
- (g) a second connector having at least one lead extending outward from the inner face of the plate, for electrically connecting the adapter to the circuit board;
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- (h) a second pathway electrically connecting the second terminal to the second connector.
A method of replacing a capacitor on a circuit board, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a replacement capacitor having first and second leads;
- (b) providing a plate having (i) an inner face and an outer face;
- (ii) a first terminal positioned on the plate and electrically connectable to the first lead of the replacement capacitor;
- (iii) a first connector having at least one lead extending outward from the inner face of the plate, for electrically connecting the adapter to the circuit board;
- (iv) a first pathway electrically connecting the first terminal to the first connector;
- (v) a second terminal position on the plate and electrically connectable to the second lead of the replacement capacitor;
- (vii) a second connector having at least one lead extending outward from the inner face of the plate, for electrically connecting the adapter to the circuit board;
- and (viii) a second pathway electrically connecting the second terminal to the second connector;
- (c) affixing the capacitor to the outer face of the plate and electrically connecting the first lead of the replacement capacitor to the first terminal of the plate and electrically connecting the second lead of the replacement capacitor to the second terminal of the plate;
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- (d) electrically connecting the leads of the first connector and the pins of the second connector to the circuit board, in place of the capacitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.