Nichicon Corporation

Denso Corporation

Yasuyuki Murakami

Takashi Mori

Hiroaki Imi

Yuuki Ogawa

Ryota Hiyoshi

A capacitor includes: a capacitor element; a pair of bus bars; a capacitor case; and a sealing member. The capacitor element includes a pair of electrode surfaces. Each of the pair of bus bars is connected to a corresponding one of the pair of electrode surfaces. The capacitor element and the pair of bus bars are arranged in the capacitor case. The sealing member is charged in the capacitor case. The sealing member seals the capacitor element. The capacitor case includes a rib extended from a part of the capacitor case to an inside of the capacitor case. One of the pair of bus bars serves as a fixing bus bar, the fixing bus bar includes a direct fixing portion to be directly fixed to the rib.

Capacitor with fixing bus bar and capacitor case including rib for securing strength of the capacitor

A capacitor includes a capacitor element, a pair of bus bars, and an insulating member. The capacitor element includes a positive electrode surface and a negative electrode surface. The pair of bus bars includes a positive electrode bus bar that is connected to the positive electrode surface of the capacitor element and a negative electrode bus bar that is connected to the negative electrode surface, A plate-shaped insulating member is disposed between the positive electrode bus bar and the negative electrode surface. A part of the insulating member is inserted into a bus bar through-hole provided in the positive electrode bus bar.

Capacitor

The insulating plate has a swelling protruding in a first direction that is a direction a first plate portion toward a second plate portion. The swelling is formed integral with the insulating plate. The first plate portion has a first fitting part protruding in the first direction and formed integral with this plate portion. The first fitting part is fitted, in the first direction, onto one surface side of the swelling of the insulating plate. The second plate portion has a second fitting part protruding in the first direction and formed integral with this plate portion. The second fitting part is fitted, in a second direction opposite to the first direction, onto the other surface side of the swelling.

Busbar structure for capacitor

The insulating member is integrated with only one of the busbars by insert molding in which one of opposing plate members in either one of the busbars is used as an insert target. The insulating member includes an insulation active portion, a reinforcing portion and a connecting portion. The insulation active portion is disposed on a back-surface side of one of the opposing plate portions and is interposed between the back-surface side and the other one of the opposing plate portions. The reinforcing portion is disposed on the front-surface side of the one of the opposing plate portions. The connecting portion serves to connect the insulation active portion and the reinforcing portion into an integral unit. In the insulating member, lower end regions of the insulation active portion, reinforcing portion and connecting portion, which are close to the capacitor element and extending from an upper-surface side to a lower-surface side of a side plate portion, are embedded in a mold resin that covers the side plate portion.

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Yasuyuki Murakami