An electrical junction box includes: a connector housing that is to be fitted to a mating connector housing; a terminal held by a terminal holding portion provided in the connector housing; a first board connected to an end portion on an extension portion side of the terminal, the extension portion extending from the terminal holding portion toward a direction opposite to a fitting direction; a second board facing the first board; and a heat-generating component installed on the second board in the vicinity of the extension portion.

A system for mounting at least one cylindrical electrolytic capacitor on a heat sink, the heat sink having at least one bore for at least partially receiving a cylindrical electrolytic capacitor, and the bore partially or fully encompassing the cylindrical electrolytic capacitor once it has been received, wherein lateral surfaces of the cylindrical electrolytic capacitor are mechanically and thermally connected to surfaces forming the bore. The system providing thermal cooling of the electrolytic capacitor and enabling substantially uniform thermal cooling of the capacitor. A method for producing a connection between the at least one cylindrical electrolytic capacitor and the heat sink, and to a connection, obtainable by the method, between the at least one electrolytic capacitor and the heat sink.

A layer of the mixture that contains polymer and conductive particles is applied over a first surface, when the mixture has a first viscosity that allows the conductive particles to rearrange within the layer. An electric field is applied over the layer, so that a number of the conductive particles are aligned with the field and thereafter the viscosity of the layer is changed to a second, higher viscosity, in order to mechanically stabilise the layer. This leads to a stable layer with enhanced and anisotropic conductivity.

The object of the invention is an electrical assembly, in particular a capacitive block, comprising a capacitive element, at least one electric connector secured to said capacitive element and a casing having a bottom, a side wall and an aperture through which the capacitive element is inserted, said casing comprising at least one shoulder on the side of the aperture, said shoulder forming a stop configured to receive in abutment said at least one electric connector, so as to support said capacitive element.

A method for heating an energy storage device having a core with an electrolyte, the method including: providing the energy storage device having inputs and characteristics of a capacitance across the electrolyte and the core and internal surface capacitance between the inputs which can store electric field energy between internal electrodes of the energy storage device that are coupled to the inputs; switching between a positive input voltage and a negative input voltage provided to one of the inputs at a frequency sufficient to effectively short the internal surface capacitance of the energy storage device to generate heat and raise a temperature of the electrolyte; and discontinuing the switching when the temperature of the electrolyte is above a predetermined temperature that is considered sufficient to increase a charging efficiency of the energy storage device.

A method for heating an energy storage device having a core with an electrolyte, the method including: providing the energy storage device having inputs and characteristics of a capacitance across the electrolyte and the core and internal surface capacitance between the inputs which can store electric field energy between internal electrodes of the energy storage device that are coupled to the inputs; switching between an input voltage and a grounding input provided to one of the inputs at a frequency sufficient to effectively short the internal surface capacitance of the energy storage device to generate heat and raise a temperature of the electrolyte; and discontinuing the switching when the temperature of the electrolyte is above a predetermined temperature that is considered sufficient to increase a charging efficiency of the energy storage device.

A heating circuit for an energy storage device having a core with an electrolyte, the energy storage device having inputs, characteristics of a capacitance across the electrolyte and the core, and internal surface capacitance between the inputs which can store electric field energy between internal electrodes of the energy storage device that are coupled to the inputs, the battery heating circuit including: a controller configured to switch between a positive input voltage and a negative input voltage provided to one of the inputs at a frequency sufficient to effectively short the internal surface capacitance of the energy storage device to generate heat and raise a temperature of the electrolyte, the controller being further configured to discontinue the switching when the temperature of the electrolyte and/or the energy storage device is above a predetermined temperature that is considered sufficient to increase a charging efficiency of the energy storage device.

An aluminum electrolytic capacitor includes: an exterior case of a bottomed cylindrical shape for accommodating a capacitor element in which an anode foil and a cathode foil are wound in an overlapping manner with a separator interposed therebetween; and an elastic sealing member for sealing an opening of the exterior case, wherein the exterior case is formed with, on an outer circumferential surface, a plurality of tapered concave portions whose depth in the radial direction becomes shallow from the bottomed cylindrical bottom toward the opening side, whereby a tapered raised portion, which is raised toward the center side in the radial direction, is formed on an inner circumferential surface located on the back surface of the concave portion, and the capacitor element is abutted and supported by the raised portion.

In a capacitor element of a solid electrolytic capacitor, a solid electrolytic layer has an edge portion near a root of a lead-out portion. An anode terminal is connected to the lead out portion at a position away from the root of the lead out portion. An ion trapping member includes a first resin and an ion trapping agent dispersed in the first resin. The ion trapping member covers the whole periphery of at least a part of the lead out portion directly or via the dielectric layer between the edge portion of the solid electrolytic layer and the anode terminal. An external insulation member includes a second resin having a high affinity for the first resin. The external insulation member envelops the capacitor element and covers at least a part of the ion trapping member, a part of the anode terminal and a part of a cathode terminal.

Disclosed is a solid electrolytic capacitor 1 including capacitor elements 2A to 2C, an anode terminal 4, and a resin package body enclosing at least the capacitor elements, the capacitor elements 2A to 2C each including an anode body 6 having a porous portion as a surface layer, a dielectric layer 7, and a cathode part 8 covering at least part of the dielectric layer 7. The anode body 9 has a cathode forming portion and an anode thin-thickness portion adjacent to the cathode forming portion. The dielectric layer 7 covers at least part of a surface of the porous portion in the cathode forming portion. The porous portion is removed in the anode thin-thickness portion or is thinner in the anode thin-thickness portion than in the cathode forming portion. The anode body is connected to the anode terminal 4 at the anode thin-thickness portion.