Patent attributes
A film capacitor includes: two adjacent capacitor elements, each of which has end-face electrodes at two end faces, respectively, and an insulating film at a lateral surface, each of the adjacent capacitor elements having dielectric films and metal layers that are alternately disposed; and a bus bar for connecting the end-face electrodes of the adjacent capacitor elements on one side. The lateral surfaces of the adjacent capacitor elements are disposed to be opposite to each other. The bus bar includes a tongue piece. The tongue piece is disposed between the lateral surfaces of the adjacent capacitor elements. With this arrangement, the film capacitor can dissipate heat generated during charging and discharging and thus have improved heat-dissipating performance.
