1. A capacitor assembly comprising:
a first and second bracket, each of the first and second brackets having a bracket arcuate section disposed between a pair of bracket L-shaped sections, each of the pair of bracket L-shaped sections having a capacitor seating surface and an assembly conducting surface, the capacitor seating surface adjacent to the bracket arcuate section and substantially perpendicular to the assembly conducting surface, and
at least two capacitive elements, each of the at least two capacitive elements having a first and a second end, the first ends of the at least two capacitive elements making electrical contact with the capacitor seating surfaces on the first bracket, the second ends of the at least two capacitive elements making electrical contact with the capacitor seating surfaces on the second bracket.
2. The capacitor assembly of claim 1 further comprising a hole in each of the capacitor seating surfaces, and a first fastener inserted into each of the holes of the capacitor seating surfaces to keep the first or second ends of the at least two capacitive elements in contact with its adjacent capacitor seating surface.
3. The capacitor assembly of claim 1 further comprising a hole in each of the capacitor seating surfaces, and a through fastener inserted through the center spool passage of one of the at least two capacitive elements and adjacent holes in the capacitor seating surfaces to keep the first or second ends of the one of the at least two capacitive elements in contact with its adjacent capacitor seating surface.
4. The capacitor assembly of claim 2 further comprising a through fastener inserted through the center spool passage of one of the at least two capacitive elements and adjacent first fasteners to keep the first or second ends of the one of the at least two capacitive elements in contact with its adjacent capacitor seating surface.
5. The capacitor assembly of claim 1 further comprising a solder connection between each end of the at least two capacitive elements and its adjacent capacitor seating surface.
6. The capacitor assembly of claim 1 further comprising a first connecting fastener inserted in the region formed by the bracket arcuate section in the first bracket and connected to a first bus bar, and a second connecting fastener inserted in the region formed by the bracket arcuate section in the second bracket whereby the assembly conducting surfaces of the first and second brackets make contact with the first and second bus bars respectively.
7. The capacitor assembly of claim 1 further comprising a hole in each of the capacitor seating surfaces, a first connecting fastener inserted in a first bus bar and each of the holes in the first bracket, and a second connecting fastener inserted in a second bus bar and each of the holes in the second bracket whereby the capacitor seating surfaces of the first and second brackets make contact with the first and second bus bars respectively.
8. A capacitor assembly comprising:
a first and second bracket, each of the first and second brackets having a bracket L-shaped section disposed between a pair of bracket arcuate sections, the bracket L-shaped section having a capacitor seating surface and an assembly conducting surface, the capacitor seating surface adjacent to the pair of bracket arcuate sections and substantially perpendicular to the assembly conducting surface, and
at least one capacitive element, each of the at least one capacitive elements having a first and a second end, the first end of each of the at least one capacitive elements making electrical contact with the capacitor seating surface of the first bracket, the second end of each of the at least one capacitive elements making electrical contact with the capacitor seating surface of the second bracket.
9. The capacitor assembly of claim 8 further comprising a hole in each of the capacitor seating surfaces, and a first fastener inserted into each of the holes of the capacitor seating surfaces to keep the first or second ends of the at least one capacitive elements in contact with its adjacent capacitor seating surface.
10. The capacitor assembly of claim 8 further comprising a hole in each of the capacitor seating surfaces, and a through fastener inserted through the center spool passage of one of the at least one capacitive elements and adjacent holes in the capacitor seating surfaces to keep the first or second ends of the one of the at least one capacitive elements in contact with its adjacent capacitor seating surface.
11. The capacitor assembly of claim 9 further comprising a through fastener inserted through the center spool passage of one of the at least one capacitive elements and adjacent first fasteners to keep the first or second ends of the one of the at least two capacitive elements in contact with its adjacent capacitor seating surface.
12. The capacitor assembly of claim 8 further comprising a solder connection between each end of the at least two capacitive elements and its adjacent capacitor seating surface.
13. The capacitor assembly of claim 8 further comprising a first connecting fastener inserted in each of the regions formed by the bracket arcuate sections in the first bracket and connected to a first bus bar, and a second connecting fastener inserted in each of the regions formed by the bracket arcuate sections in the second bracket whereby the assembly conducting surfaces of the first and second brackets make contact with the first and second bus bars respectively.
14. The capacitor assembly of claim 8 further comprising a hole in each of the capacitor seating surfaces, a first connecting fastener inserted in a first bus bar and each of the holes in the first bracket, and a second connecting fastener inserted in a second bus bar and each of the holes in the second bracket whereby the capacitor seating surfaces of the first and second brackets make contact with the first and second bus bars respectively.
15. A method of forming a capacitor assembly, the method comprising the steps of:
removing at least one cutout rectangular section from the bottom of a first and a second electrically conductive rectangular stock;
forming an arcuate section in the first and second electrically conductive rectangular stock above each of the removed at least one cutout rectangular sections;
bending the first and second electrically conductive rectangular stock along a horizontal line extending along the bottom of the arcuate section to form an assembly conducting section approximately perpendicular to a capacitor seating section adjacent to the arcuate section; and
electrically connecting at least one capacitive element between the capacitor seating sections on the first and second electrically conductive rectangular stock.
16. The method of claim 15 further comprising the step of inserting a fastener in the regions formed by the arcuate sections in the first and second electrically conductive rectangular stock and connecting the fastener associated with the first and section electrically conductive rectangular stock to a first and second bus bar, respectively, so that the assembly conducting surfaces of the first and second electrically conductive rectangular stock make contact with the first and second bus bars, respectively.
17. The method of claim 15 further comprising the steps of inserting a first fastener through a first bus bar and the capacitor seating section of the first electrically conductive rectangular stock, and inserting a second fastener through a second bus bar and the capacitor seating section of the second electrically conductive rectangular stock, so that the capacitor seating surface of the first electrically conductive rectangular stock makes contact with the first bus bar, and the capacitor seating surface of the second electrically conductive rectangular stock makes contact with the second bus bar.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A power management system for use with a wireless LAN terminal unit, the system having:
a CPU having a suspendresume function,
a RAM;
a power supply;
a switch for causing said CPU to be placed in the suspend state or a resume state; and
a wireless LAN communication LSI; and
roaming processing means for, when the wireless LAN terminal unit travels, performing a roaming process in which a wireless LAN bridge communication with the wireless LAN terminal unit is switched to another wireless LAN bridge,
wherein when said CPU is placed in the suspend state, the wireless LAN communication LSI and the roaming processing means are operated by the power supplied by the power supply, and
wherein when the CPU is placed is the suspend state, the roaming processing means performs the roaming process.
2. The power management system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:
power supply controlling means for controlling the power supplied to said wireless LAN communication LSI and said roaming processing means,
wherein said RAM has an area for storing information representing whether or not the power should be supplied to said wireless LAN communication LSI and said roaming processing means when said CPU is placed in the suspend state, and
wherein said CPU determines whether or not to supply the power to said wireless LAN communication LSI and said roaming processing means through said power supply controlling means corresponding to said information when said CPU is placed in the suspend state.
3. The power management system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said roaming processing means is built in said wireless LAN communication LSI.
4. The power management system as set forth in claim 1, further comprising:
power supply controlling means for controlling the power supplied to the roaming processing means; and
a timer,
wherein the power supply controlling means uses said timer to supply the power to said roaming processing means in synchronism with the reception time of beacon data periodically transmitted from the wireless LAN bridge so that the roaming processing means performs the roaming process.
5. The power management system as set forth in claim 4,
wherein said roaming processing means, said power supply controlling means, and said timer are built in said wireless LAN communication LSI.
6. The power management system as set forth in claim 1,
wherein the roaming process is a process for executing a wireless LAN bridge connection switching protocol when the reception intensity of newly received beacon data from a new wireless LAN bridge is stronger than the reception intensity of older beacon data from a previous wireless LAN bridge, said reception intensity of older beacon data being stored in said RAM.