Patent ID: 9572993
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: A61N,H01G,H01R,H05K,Y10T

Claim:
1. An implantable medical device, comprising: a connector enclosure including a base plate having an aperture, the connector enclosure housing at least one electrical connector; a can coupled to the base plate, the can housing electrical circuitry; a filter capacitor coupled to the base plate, the filter capacitor having an aperture and having capacitor forming plates including a ground plate, the ground plate being electrically coupled to the can; a feedthrough pin electrically coupled to the electrical connector within the connector enclosure, the feedthrough pin extending through the aperture in the base plate and being present in the vicinity of the aperture in the filter capacitor; a conductor with a first end being present in the vicinity of the aperture within the filter capacitor and with a second end extending into the can and electrically coupled to the electrical circuitry; and a body of electrically conductive bonding material being present within the aperture of the filter capacitor and creating an electrically conductive bond among the conductor, the feedthrough pin, and at least one of the capacitor forming plates other than the ground plate.