Patent ID: 8593781

Claim:
A metalized film capacitor, comprising a capacitor element formed by winding up or stacking one or more metalized films in which an vapor-deposited electrode is laid on at least one surface of a dielectric film, and an electrode-leading-out metallikon connected to each of both end faces of the capacitor element, wherein the metalized film comprises at least three electrode sections, including one or more split electrode sections in which the vapor-deposited electrode is divided by plural insulating slits arranged in the longitudinal direction of the metalized film to form a split electrode, and one or more non-split electrode sections in which the vapor-deposited electrode is continuous in the longitudinal direction are arranged in the width direction of the metalized film, wherein the one or more split electrode sections and the one or more non-split electrode sections forming at least three electrode sections are arranged so as to alternate each split electrode section with each non-split electrode section in a width-wise direction; and wherein for each one of the at least one split electrode sections, each of the split electrodes, which correspond to segments of said one split electrode section, is connected to the non-split electrode section through a fuse formed between an end region of one of any adjacent two of the insulating slits and an end region of the other.