Motor capacitor protective assembly
AssigneeHowell Electric Motors
InventorsDavid A. Segal, Robert M. Hyatt, Jr., Jason D. Diltz
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Abstract
A protective cap or top for a capacitor associated with a dynamoelectric machine is provided in a form which prevents electrical contact with foreign objects or the dynamoelectric machine shell if the capacitor is mechanically disassembled from the dynamoelectric machine. In the preferred embodiment, the cap and capacitor are mounted to one another in a manner that prevents separation without destruction of the capacitor.
Claims21
In an electric motor having a shell, a capacitor can mounted to the shell, and a capacitor positioned in the capacitor can, the capacitor having a casing and terminals projecting outwardly from the casing, the improvement which comprises as separate component, a non conductive protective cap mountable to the casing of capacitor, the cap having at least one terminal channel formed in it for interconnecting the capacitor to an external device, and at least one terminal in said channel, said terminal having first and second ends and a body part there between, the body part forming an oblique angle between the first and second ends.
A protective cap for a capacitor, the capacitor having a casing and at least a pair of terminals extending outwardly from the casing, comprising:
- a body having a top wall and at least one side wall extending downwardly from the top wall, the side wall having a lip formed in it configured to receive the capacitor casing;
- at least a first area in said body sized to accept the terminals of said capacitor;
- first and second channels in said body, respective ones of said first and second channels communicating with said first area:
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- first and second terminals in said channels, said terminals having a male end and female end positioned at an angle with respect to one another.
A replacement capacitor kit for a dynamnoclectric machine comprising:
- a capacitor including an enclosure, the enclosure having at least a first pair of terminals extending outwardly there from;
- a protective cap formed as a separate component mountable to the enclosure and encompassing the at least a first pair of terminals for preventing unintentional electrical contact with the capacitor, the capacitor having said cap attached to it, said protective cap and capacitor being mounted to said dynamoelectric machine in a manner to prevent removal from said machine in normal intended use without destroying the usefulness of the capacitor for its normal intended use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.