IP Library Granted Patent US 10,957,492
Granted Patent B2
US 10,957,492 · App. 16/090,054 · Granted Mar 23, 2021

Electrolytic capacitor

Inventors: Norbert Will (Heidenheim, DE); Fabio Augusto Bueno de Camargo Mello (Munich, DE); Igor Peretta (Porto Alegre, BR); Emerson Almeida (Porto Alegre, BR); Moisés Coster (Porto Alegre, BR); Thales Machado (Porto Alegre, BR)
Assignee: TDK ELECTRONICS AG
H01G9/10H01G9/008H01G9/04H01G9/08
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Patent No.
US 10,957,492
App. No.
16/090,054
Granted
Mar 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrolytic capacitor is disclosed. In an embodiment an electrolytic capacitor includes a housing having a base and an opening arranged opposite the base and a closure element being at least partly introduced into the opening, wherein the closure element is configured to close the housing, wherein the closure element includes a sealing element for electrically insulating a connection between closure element and housing, and wherein the closure element comprises at least one first contact element for electrically conductive connecting a second contact element.

Claims (27)

1. An electrolytic capacitor comprising:

a housing comprising a base and an opening arranged opposite the base;

a closure element being at least partly introduced into the opening, the closure element being configured to close the housing;

a sealing element of the closure element, the sealing element providing an electrically insulating connection between the closure element and the housing;

at least one first contact element of the closure element, the at least one first contact element providing an electrically conductive connection to

a first contact plate for anodal contacting, the first contact plate being welded to the closure element; and

a second contact plate for cathodal contacting, the second contact plate being welded to the base of the housing,

wherein the first and second contact plates are arranged outside the housing, and

wherein an area of the first and second contact plates is larger than the base of the housing.

2. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the closure element comprises a top side, an underside and a side region, and wherein the sealing element is arranged circumferentially at the side region of the closure element.

3. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 2 , wherein the sealing element is formed at least partly at the top side and/or the underside of the closure element.

4. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the sealing element comprises rubber.

5. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , further comprising a capacitor winding comprising at least one anode strip and at least one cathode strip, wherein the closure element comprises at least one contact region, and wherein the at least one anode strip is electrically conductively connected to the contact region.

6. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 5 , wherein the closure element comprises at least one elevation, wherein the elevation is formed at an underside of the closure element, and wherein the elevation is configured and arranged for axially bracing the capacitor winding.

7. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 6 , wherein the elevation is formed in ring-shaped fashion.

8. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first contact element is formed in ring-shaped fashion, and

wherein the first contact element at least partly projects from the housing.

9. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact plate is connected to the closure element via a plurality of welding points.

10. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the closure element is shaped by a shaping process or by a bending deformation.

11. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the closure element comprises an aluminum sheet.

12. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact plate is electrically conductively connected to an anode strip via the closure element.

13. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact plate is electrically conductively connected to two anode strips by at least two electrically parallel welding connections.

14. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact plate is configured for surface mounting of the electrolytic capacitor on a printed circuit board.

15. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact plate is configured for press-fit mounting of the electrolytic capacitor on a printed circuit board.

16. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact plate is configured for soldering of the electrolytic capacitor to a printed circuit board.

17. The electrolytic capacitor according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact plate is configured for welding of the electrolytic capacitor to a printed circuit board.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jan 21, 2021
From: EPCOS AG
To: TDK ELECTRONICS AG
Reel/Frame 055067/0736 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2020
From: ALMEIDA, EMERSON; PERETTA, IGOR; MACHADO, THALES; BUENO DE CAMARGO MELLO, FABIO AUGUSTO; COSTER, MOISÉS; WILL, NORBERT
To: TDK ELECTRONICS AG
Reel/Frame 052380/0109 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2016 105 696.0 · Mar 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190115161A1 · Apr 18, 2019
Cited By (1)
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