Patent ID: 8675339

Claim:
A feedthrough device, comprising: (a) a grounded outer electrode shaped to define an enlarged interior cavity, (b) an inner electrode extending through the outer electrode, the inner electrode being adapted to carry electric current, (c) a dielectric material disposed between the outer and inner electrodes, and (d) a capacitor assembly for bypassing electric current carried by the inner electrode that falls above a predefined threshold to the grounded outer electrode, the capacitor assembly comprising, (i) one or more capacitors, each capacitor having a first terminal and a second terminal, (ii) a first array of spring fingers conductively coupled to the first terminal of each of the one or more capacitors, the first array of spring fingers being conductively coupled to the outer electrode, and (iii) a second array of spring fingers conductively coupled to the second terminal of each of the one or more capacitors, the second array of spring fingers being conductively coupled to the inner electrode.