Folded surface capacitor in-line assembly
View Patent ↗An in-line capacitor, having a pair of inner conductor segments, each of the inner conductor segments having a mating surface. A dielectric spacer positioned between the mating surfaces, each of the mating surfaces having corresponding folds formed thereon.
1. An in-line capacitor, comprising:
a pair of inner conductor segments, each of the inner conductor segments having a mating surface;
a solid dielectric spacer positioned between the mating surfaces;
each of the mating surfaces having corresponding folds formed thereon; whereby the mating surfaces with the solid dielectric spacer there between is a capacitor; and
the inner conductor segments are each supported by an insulator coaxial within a bore of a surrounding housing.
2. The in-line capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the mating surfaces are coaxial with the inner conductor segments.
3. The in-line capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the folds create a lateral interlock between the mating surfaces.
4. The in-line capacitor of claim 3 , wherein the folds are concentric circles.
5. The in-line capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the folds create a rotational interlock between the mating surfaces.
6. The in-line capacitor of claim 5 , wherein the folds are radial.
7. The in-line capacitor of claim 5 , wherein the folds are concentric polygons.
8. The in-line capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric spacer is a ceramic material.
9. The in-line capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric spacer has folds corresponding to each of the mating surfaces, a gap between the mating surfaces generally equal to a thickness of the dielectric spacer.
10. The in-line capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the folds are concentric about a center of the mating surface.
11. The in-line capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric spacer has corresponding dielectric spacer folds of equal depth, a first generally planar surface passing through a peak dimension of the dielectric spacer folds and a second generally planar surface passing through a valley dimension of the dielectric spacer folds, the first and the second generally planar surfaces parallel to one another.
12. The in-line capacitor of claim 1 , wherein the dielectric spacer has corresponding dielectric spacer folds whereby the dielectric spacer has a generally conical section.
13. The in-line capacitor of claim 1 , further including an inductor coupled between one of the inner conductor segments and the housing.
14. The in-line capacitor of claim 1 , further including a coaxial connection interface at each of a first and a second end of the housing.
15. A method for manufacturing an in-line capacitor, comprising the steps of:
forming a pair of inner conductor segments, each of the inner conductor segments having a mating surface; and
positioning a solid dielectric spacer between the mating surfaces;
each of the mating surfaces having corresponding folds formed thereon; whereby the mating surfaces with the solid dielectric spacer there between is a capacitor; and
forming a housing with a bore and inserting the pair of inner conductor segments and the solid dielectric spacer within the bore.
16. The method of claim 15 , further including the step of forming the dielectric spacer from a ceramic material.
17. The method of claim 15 , further including the step of coupling a surge element between one of the inner conductor segments and the housing.
18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the housing has two portions, the two portions joined together via swaging of one end upon another.
19. An in-line capacitor, comprising:
a pair of inner conductor segments, each of the inner conductor segments having a mating surface; and
a ceramic dielectric spacer positioned between the mating surfaces;
each of the mating surfaces having corresponding folds formed thereon;
the inner conductor segments and the ceramic dielectric spacer surrounded coaxially by a housing having coaxial connection interfaces at a first end and at a second end; whereby the mating surfaces with the ceramic dielectric spacer there between is a capacitor.
20. The in-line capacitor of claim 19 further including a surge element coupled between one of the inner conductor segments and the housing.
21. The in-line capacitor of claim 19 , wherein the folds form a lateral movement interlock between the mating surfaces.