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Vacuum discharge device

US4896008A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 27, 1988
Grant dateJan 23, 1990
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Expiry dateSep 27, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2033/66292
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A vacuum discharge device comprising an insulating envelop having metallic layers formed by a metallizing process respectively on the opposite ends thereof, electrodes disposed within the insulating envelop, and sealing members brazed respectively to the metallic layers. The insulating envelop is a hollow, cylindrical ceramic member having a substantially uniform wall thickness between each wavy inner ridges, or each crest of wavy ridges. The inner creeping length and outer creeping length of the insulating evelop are greater than the distance between the sealing members or between the metallic layers.

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