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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2004
Werner Erhardt, Ballendorf, DE;
Hubertus Goesmann, Auernheim, DE;
Werner Erhardt, Ballendorf, DE;
Hubertus Goesmann, Auernheim, DE;
EPCOS AG, Munich, DE;
Abstract
A device includes a base plate, a first cell, a second cell, and a housing in which the-first cell and the second cell are arranged. The first cell and the second cell each include at least one capacitor. The device also includes a first metal plate configured connected to a capacitor in the first cell and second metal plate connected to a capacitor in the second cell. The first and second metal plates each having at least one hole configured to receive the conductive fastening element. The device also includes an electrically conductive fastening element connected through the hole in the first metal plate and the hole in the second metal plate such that the first metal plate and the second metal plate are-electrically connected to one another and mechanically attached to one another and to the base plate.