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Capacitor apparatus with an individual discharge damping device for each capacitor unit

US4405963A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 11, 1981
Grant dateSep 20, 1983
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Expiry dateAug 11, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02H7/16
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An individual capacitor unit has an individual discharge damping circuit, which may be contained within the unit housing, that is connected between a capacitor stack connection and a terminal of the unit. The damping device includes a predominantly resistive circuit path in parallel with a predominantly inductive circuit path.

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