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Title: Capacitor assembly and related method of forming

Patent ·
OSTI ID:1414406

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.

Research Organization:
GE Global Research, Niskayuna, New York (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
EE0006433
Assignee:
General Electric Company (Niskayuna, NY)
Patent Number(s):
9,847,174
Application Number:
14/964,120
OSTI ID:
1414406
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: 2015 Dec 09
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

References (8)

Electrostatic Condenser Housing patent August 1949
Mounting device for power capacitor banks patent September 1998
Electrolytic capacitor and heat sink assembly patent April 1999
Heat sink module and an arrangment of heat sink modules patent March 2004
Modular heat sink decoupling capacitor array forming heat sink fins and power distribution interposer module patent June 2007
System and method of film capacitor cooling patent January 2011
Case-molded capacitor and method for using the same patent July 2012
Energy Storage Device Assembly patent-application December 2014

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