Patent ID: 6300564
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: H02K,H05K

Abstract:
Apparatus for alternatively mounting either a large cylindrical capacitor having a given length and a given diameter or a small cylindrical capacitor having a given length and a given diameter, each of said capacitors having a longitudinal axis, comprising:a substantially planar support wall;two or more substantially U-shaped support walls extending substantially perpendicularly from said support wall, said U-shaped support walls being parallel to one another and being spaced from one another by a distance such that at least two of said U-shaped walls will span said given length of either of said capacitors when either of said capacitors is positioned with its said longitudinal axis extending perpendicular to said U-shaped support walls, each of said two or more U-shaped support walls defining an upwardly facing support surface;each of said support surfaces having a lower arcuate section extending between left and right end points thereof, said lower arcuate sections having an effective diameter substantially equal to said given diameter of said small capacitor;each of said support surfaces having two upper arcuate support sections, one of each of said upper arcuate support sections extending from said left and right end points of said lower arcuate section, and, each of said upper sections having an effective diameter substantially equal to said given diameter of said large capacitor;whereby when a small capacitor is placed in contact with said U-shaped support walls, it is supported by at least two of said lower arcuate sections, and when a large capacitor is placed in contact with two or more of said U-shaped support walls, it is supported by said upper arcuate support sections of each of said U-shaped walls.