Patent ID: 6559529
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: H01L

Abstract:
A press-fit semiconductor device which is adapted to be force-fitted into an opening of uniform diameter in a conductive bus bar;said device comprising a housing having a tubular conductive wall and a conductive base enclosing one end of said tubular wall, and an insulation cap extending across and sealing the other end of said tubular wall; an elongated lead wire fixed in the center of said insulation cap and extending coaxially with and longitudinally away from said tubular wall; and the upper and lower peripheral edges of said tubular wall and base being tapered to enable the centering of a selected one of the top or bottom respectively of said housing concentrically with an opening in a bus bar before said housing is driven into said opening by pressure applied to said base or to the top of respectively said tubular wall respectively.