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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 24, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 06, 2002
David Ditlya, Wyckoff, NJ (US);
Voltronics Corporation, Denville, NJ (US);
Abstract
A variable electronic component in the nature of a trimmed capacitor has a very low cost and simple design. A dielectric housing has an open end that a plug may be press fit into. The plug grips an upper region of the dielectric housing with at least one projection. A conductive body acts as a variable electrode, moving axially within the dielectric housing. A stator, acting as a fixed electrode, is securely affixed to an outer portion of the dielectric housing opposite the open end by crimping the top of the stator over a protrusion on an outer surface of the dielectric housing. The total press fit design reduces the number of steps normally required to make a trimmed capacitor, thereby reducing the cost of manufacture.