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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Lili Zhang, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Daniel Qi Tan, Rexford, NY (US);
Jeffrey S Sullivan, Rexford, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Niskayuna, NY (US);
Abstract
A capacitor assembly is disclosed. The capacitor assembly includes a housing. The capacitor assembly further includes a plurality of capacitors disposed within the housing. Furthermore, the capacitor assembly includes a thermally conductive article disposed about at least a portion of a capacitor body of the capacitors, and in thermal contact with the capacitor body. Moreover, the capacitor assembly also includes a heat sink disposed within the housing and in thermal contact with at least a portion of the housing and the thermally conductive article such that the heat sink is configured to remove heat from the capacitor in a radial direction of the capacitor assembly. Further, a method of forming the capacitor assembly is also presented.