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Cut-off chamber of a lightning protector

US4058848A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 11, 1976
Grant dateNov 15, 1977
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Expiry dateFeb 11, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01T1/04
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Cut-off chamber of a lightning protector, characterized in that on the one hand, it comprises a wall made of a porous ceramic substance, ensuring the discharge and the cooling of the gases at the periphery of the chamber, at the time of the ignition of an arc between two elctrodes combined in that chamber and that on the other hand, a means for reinforcing the dielectric strength of the wall is arranged perpendicular to the zones subjected to the highest potential gradients.

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