Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Electrolytic systems or devices – Liquid electrolytic capacitor
Reexamination Certificate
2000-06-09
2001-10-30
Reichard, Dean A. (Department: 2831)
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Electrolytic systems or devices
Liquid electrolytic capacitor
C361S520000, C361S518000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06310764
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns an electrolytic capacitor in an axial type of construction with a high oscillation load factor, and having:
a cup containing a winding,
a through-contacting lying across from the cup base in the form of a disk which is overlapped by a flanged seam of the cup,
a first connection strip from the winding to the cup, and
a second connection strip from the through-contacting to the winding.
Electrolytic capacitors having, e.g. an aluminum cup, are increasingly employed on printed circuit boards in the automobile industry. Here the electrolytic capacitors are exposed to intensive mechanical stresses so that they must exhibit a high oscillation load factor. In other words, a reliable and safe attaching of the electrolytic capacitors on the printed circuit boards is of great significance.
Up to now, electrolytic capacitors on printed circuit boards that are exposed to high oscillation loads are preferentially mounted using a solder star. Such a solder star assures a certain oscillation load factor of the electrolytic capacitor. This is, however, not adequate for all requirements. In general, the oscillation resistance of an electrolytic capacitor with solder stars is limited by means of the oscillation resistance of the solder stars on the cup and by means of the strength of the internal weld connections in the electrolytic capacitor. Given prolonged acting oscillations of great amplitude, precisely these internal weld connections can be damaged, which leads to impairments of the electrical properties of the electrolytic capacitor.
An electrolytic capacitor is known from DE GM 182 67 07, whereby a current terminal strip is clamped at its end at the housing of the capacitor. This electrolytic capacitor has the disadvantage that the part of the current terminal strip that is not clamped can be moved by vibrations, whereby this part can be slightly damaged given prolonged acting oscillations.
Other possibilities for the attachment of electrolytic capacitors on a printed circuit board lie in a gluing that is carried out specifically for axial electrolytic capacitors and in an attachment using clamps that are primarily used for radial electrolytic capacitors.
Up to now, however, no one has succeeded in attaching electrolytic capacitors on printed circuit boards in a simple fashion such that the electrolytic capacitors exhibit a high oscillation load factor over long periods of time.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
It is an object of the present invention to provide an electrolytic capacitor in an axial type of construction that can be attached on a printed circuit board in a simple fashion and is distinguished by a high oscillation load factor.
According to the invention, this object is achieved for an electrolytic capacitor of the initially cited type in that the first and second connection strips are respectively clamped between the winding and the cup base or the winding and the disk.
Given the axial electrolytic capacitor of the invention, all components that could deploy their own movement in an oscillation event are fixed; namely, the connection strip from the winding to the cup and from the through-contacting to the winding and the winding itself; the connection strips are clamped by means of the winding and the cup base, or respectively, the disk, so that a self-movement of these connection strips is safely avoided in the oscillation event and thus a mechanical loading of the weld seam and the connection strips is avoided. The winding itself is thus also fixed.
In order to more reliably avoid a self-movement between the winding and the cup, the winding can be additionally fixed by means of a center bead in the cup wall.
An electrolytic capacitor is particularly advantageous, whereby the cup base and flanged seam are respectively welded to a connecting plate.
The stresses that act on the cup base and on the disk, or respectively, the flanged seam, are absorbed by the connecting plates that are attached at the cup base and the flanged seam and can be attached to the printed circuit board by means of solder pins. These stresses are thereby passed on to the printed circuit board via the connecting plates.
The electrolytic capacitor is held by the connecting plates at least at two sides, namely at the cup base and at the disk, so that the weld connections in the electrolytic capacitor are not loaded with leverages.
A disadvantage of the existing electrolytic capacitors with solder stars is overcome by means of the electrolytic capacitor of the invention: given the existing electrolytic capacitors, high leverages act on the welding points between the housing of the electrolytic capacitor and the solder star in the oscillation event. These leverages are considerably reduced for the electrolytic capacitor of the invention by means of its horizontal arrangement on the printed circuit board and by means of the two welded-on connecting plates. The center of gravity of the electrolytic capacitor is also lowered by means of the horizontal arrangement of the electrolytic capacitor on the printed circuit board, and its bearing surface on the printed circuit board is enlarged.
In a particularly preferred exemplary embodiment of the invention, the connecting plates are implemented in their length such that the electrolytic capacitor is arranged at a distance above the printed circuit board so that still more components can be attached between the electrolytic capacitor and the printed circuit board. Moreover, additional space on the printed circuit board is saved as a result thereof.
The invention is described in more detail in the following on the basis of the drawings.
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Hebel Rainer
Minihoffer Rudolf
Will Norbert
Epcos AG
Reichard Dean A.
Schiff & Hardin & Waite
Thomas Eric W.
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