Patent ID: 6529103
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: A61N,H01G

Abstract:
A feedthrough filter capacitor assembly, comprising:at least one conductive terminal pin; a feedthrough filter capacitor having first and second sets of electrode plates and a first passageway through which the terminal pin extends in conductive relation with the first set of electrode plates; a conductive ferrule through which the terminal pin passes in non-conductive relation; a conductive ground plane including a plate substantially spanning and supporting an adjacent face of the feedthrough filter capacitor, the ground plane having a grounded terminal pin which extends into a second passageway through the feedthrough filter capacitor in conductive relation with the second set of electrode plates, the plate being conductively coupled to the ferrule at an outer periphery of the plate in discontinuous arcs; and a washer for electrically insulating the feedthrough filter capacitor from the conductive ferrule except for the conductive relation between the grounded terminal pin and the second set of electrode plates.