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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2002
Filed:
May. 23, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tibor Kormendy, Kennebunk, ME (US);
Michel J. Richard, Kennebunk, ME (US);
John Y. Cadwallader, Kennebunk, ME (US);
Kyle E. Clark, Milford, CT (US);
Assignee:
Vishay Sprague, Inc., Sanford, ME (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 9/00 ; H01G 2/10 ; B29C 1/300 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 9/00 ; H01G 2/10 ; B29C 1/300 ;
Abstract
A capacitor includes a pellet molded within a protective material and having a cathode termination surface at one end and an anode wire extending from the other end. The cathode termination surface is centered with respect to the longitudinal axis of the capacitor. The method includes centering the pellet body and a tear drop shaped conductive cathode element within a mold and molding a protective coating around them. After the molding is complete a portion of the tear drop shaped member is removed to create a cathode termination.