US 12,260,991 B2
Hard start kit for multiple replacement applications
Jerry Lee Waldrop, Bunnell, FL (US); and Jonathan Coburn Charles, Ormond Beach, FL (US)
Assigned to AmRad Manufacturing, LLC, Universal City, TX (US)
Filed by AmRad Manufacturing, LLC, Universal City, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/155,862.
Application 18/155,862 is a continuation of application No. 17/731,419, filed on Apr. 28, 2022, granted, now 11,575,298.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/282,965, filed on Nov. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/182,540, filed on Apr. 30, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0261549 A1, Aug. 17, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01G 2/16 (2006.01); H01G 2/10 (2006.01); H02K 11/00 (2016.01)
CPC H01G 2/16 (2013.01) [H01G 2/10 (2013.01); H02K 11/0094 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hard start capacitor unit, comprising:
a capacitor container having a cover;
a plurality of capacitors received within the container, each of said capacitors having a capacitance value;
a common cover terminal mounted on the cover and electrically connected to a common terminal of each of said plurality of capacitors;
a plurality of capacitor cover terminals mounted on the cover spaced apart from the common cover terminal and from each other, each capacitor cover terminal is respectively electrically connected to one of the plurality of capacitors;
a relay having contacts and being capable of opening and closing said contacts in response to a condition, the relay having relay terminals, the relay being positioned external to the capacitor container;
a fuse electrically connected to a first relay terminal of the relay terminals by a first wire, wherein the fuse electrically disconnects the hard start capacitor unit upon a failure, the fuse being positioned external to the capacitor container;
a second wire electrically connecting the common terminal and the first relay terminal;
a third wire electrically connecting one or more capacitor cover terminals to a second relay terminal of the relay terminals; and
wherein the contacts of the relay close to electrically connect one or more capacitors of the plurality of capacitors to a motor, and the contacts of the relay open to electrically disconnect the one or more capacitors of the plurality of capacitors from the motor.