Patent ID: 7440261

Claim:
A power regulator with a bypass and splice capability comprising a case; at least one phase member being mounted in the case, and each one of the at least one phase member comprising a first cooling fin being conductive and having an upper edge; a lower edge; a first face; a second face; an inner edge; an outer edge; and a first transverse recess being defined in one of the faces of the first cooling fin; a second transverse recess being defined in one of the faces of the first cooling fin; a second cooling fin being conductive, being arranged side-by-side to the first cooling fin and having an upper edge; a lower edge; a first face corresponding to and being aligned with the first face of the first cooling fin; a second face corresponding to and being aligned with the second face of the first cooling fin; an inner edge facing and being adjacent to the inner edge of the first cooling fin; an outer edge; and a first transverse recess being defined in one of the faces of the second cooling fin and corresponding to the second transverse recess in the first cooling fin; a second transverse recess being defined in one of the faces of the second cooling fin and corresponding to the first transverse recess in the first cooling fin; a first SCR thyristor being mounted on the first cooling fin and second cooling fin and having an anode base being metal and being mounted in the first transverse recess on the first cooling fin; and a cathode tab being metal and having a proximal end; a distal end extending to and being mounted in the second transverse recess on the second cooling fin; a second SCR thyristor being inversely connected in parallel with the first SCR thyristor to the first cooling fin and the second cooling fin and having an anode base being metal and being mounted in the first transverse recess on the second cooling fin; and a cathode tab being metal and having a proximal end; a distal end extending to and being mounted in the second transverse recess in the first cooling fin; a conductive resilient tab being attached to the first cooling fin, extending over the second cooling fin, extending beyond the outer edge of the second cooling fin and having a distal end extending beyond the outer edge of the second cooling fin; and a moveable contact being formed on the conductive resilient tab and facing the second cooling fin; and a conductive rigid tab being attached to the second cooling fin and having a stationary contact being formed on the conductive rigid tab and aligning with the movable contact on the conductive resilient tab; and a driver being mounted in the case, driving the distal end of the conductive resilient tab back and forth to connect and disconnect the moveable contact to and from the stationary contact.