Patents by Inventor Michael E. Cox

Michael E. Cox has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Polymer-encased electrical capacitor with pressure sensitive circuit interrupter
    Patent number: 5148347
    Abstract: A polymer-encased capacitor with a nicked-wire interruption system has a capacitor element assembled onto a longitudinally-telescoping support member and installed in a polymer case so that one longitudinal end of the assembly rests on a surface of the case and the other longitudinal end is adjacent a retainer disk spaced at a predetermined longitudinal dimension between a point on the case and the cover of the case. A nicked-wire is attached to the capacitor element, protrudes through the retainer disk and is attached to an electrical terminal on a movable portion of the cover responsive to overpressure conditions in the case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: Aerovox Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael E. Cox, Corrado Albertazzi, Heinz H. Findeisen, Russell E. Minkwitz, Jr.