Terminal for a capacitor and a method of forming same
AssigneeThe Bendix Corporation
InventorCecil W. FitzGerald
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Abstract
A terminal (2) for a capacitor (1) is formed by making a first fold A (90 degrees) in a metal strip; making a second fold B (180 degrees) in the strip; and making a third fold C (45 degrees) in the strip at an oblique angle to a lateral edge of the strip so that one end of the terminal (2) is laterally spaced from an edge of said strip.
Claims8
In combination with a capacitor of the type having a plurality of layers of foil and insulation wound to form a capacitor and at least one electrically conductive strip projecting beyond an edge of the layers of foil to provide a connecting terminal to an electrical conductor, the improvement wherein said terminal further comprises;
- a first fold in said strip in the direction of one of said outside surfaces of said capacitor;
- a second fold in said strip in a direction toward another portion of the outside surface of said capacitor;
- and
- a third fold at an oblique angle to an edge of said strip.
A method of forming a terminal from one end of an electrically conductive strip connected to a foil capacitor comprising the steps:
- folding the strip in a direction of one of the surfaces of said capacitor;
- folding the strip in a direction of another portion of the outside surface of said capacitor;
- and
- folding the strip at an oblique angle to an edge of said strip so that one end of said strip is spaced from said folds.
A method of forming a terminal from one end of an electrically conductive strip connected to a foil capacitor comprising the steps:
- making a plurality of folds in the strip in opposite directions of each other;
- and
- making an additional fold in a strip at an oblique angle to a lateral edge of said strip so that one end of said terminal is spaced from said folds.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.