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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:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph Connolly, Spital, GB;
Tommy Holmgren, Ludvika, SE;
Martin Carlen, Niederrohrdorf, CH;
Dennis Young-Cannon, Upton by Chester, GB;
Assignee:
ABB Corporate Research Ltd., Dattwil, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 4/005 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01G 4/005 ;
Abstract
A capacitor electrode includes a film base member having connection means located thereon so that the capacitor electrode may be connected to an external component, and a segmented metallized layer connected to the connection means, the metallized layer being made of metallized segments interconnected by current gates. The segmented,metallized layer has a thickness which varies or differs continuously along a length thereof, and the current gates have a width which increases as the thickness of the segmented metallized layer decreases.