Link bar for capacitors of audio system
AssigneeReal Power Cap Company
InventorLiao-Tai Tsai
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a link bar for capacitors of an audio system, comprising a conducting portion and a connecting portion for connecting electrical poles of the capacitors together. The connecting portion stretches between the conducting portion. The link bar can be connected with another link bar by overlapping the connecting portions which will have the same height as the conducting portion after overlapping. In using the link bar, the desired number of capacitors are chosen and the link bars are assembled by mutually contacting the connecting portions. The maker can use one single link bar to connect capacitors instead of several kinds with various specifications of link bars.
Claims13
A set of link bars for capacitors of an audio system comprising:
- a conducting portion having a first height dimension;
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- a plurality of connecting portions, the connecting portions having a second height dimension, the conducting portion extends between the connecting portions, whereby electrical poles of capacitors can be connected by the link bar;
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- means for connecting a plurality of link bars to form a series of link bars whereby more than two capacitors are connectable, the means for connecting including the first height dimension being greater than the second height dimension whereby a connecting portion of a first link bar is directly connectable with a connecting portion of a second link bar in an overlapping relationship, the heights of the connected link bars being generally uniform with a height of an overlapping portion of the connection portions being generally equal to the first height dimension.
A method for connecting a plurality of capacitors, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of link bars, each of the link bars having a conducting portion and first and second connecting portions, the connecting portions being at ends of the conducting portion and having a decreased thickness as compared to the respective conducting portion;
- placing a connecting portion of a first link bar adjacent an electrical pole of a capacitor;
- putting a connecting portion of a second link bar adjacent the connecting portion of the first link bar, the connecting portions of the first and second link bars being in contact and having a combine thickness generally equal to a thickness of the connecting portion of either link bar;
- fastening the connecting portions of the first and second link bars to the capacitor;
- connecting a second connecting portion of the first link bar to a second capacitor;
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- connecting a second connecting portion of the second link bar to a third capacitor to form a series of link bars, whereby the first, second and third capacitors are connected and a top surface of the series of link bars is generally flush.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.