Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Safety and protection of systems and devices – High voltage dissipation
Patent
1976-08-31
1980-07-08
Salce, Patrick R.
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Safety and protection of systems and devices
High voltage dissipation
361119, 337 32, 337 33, H02H 322
Patent
active
042120470
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed herein are surge arrester configurations employing non-metallic and preferably plastic fusible elements which normally insulate biased short circuiting members from shorting the surge arrester but which, in the event of certain forms of excessive overloads, fuse to thereby permit the shorting elements to short circuit the arrester gap. In addition, the embodiments include integral backup air gaps to provide additional backup protection covering certain gas tube failure modes. In the illustrated embodiments, the shorting elements each take the form of a conductive clip with one set of spring fingers in electrical contact with the line (end) electrode and another set urged in the direction of the ground electrode but separated therefrom by an annular plastic fusible sleeve coaxially coupled to the center body housing. Fusion of the sleeve in the presence of a sustained overload causes it to yield, thereby permitting the respective spring fingers to move into contact with the ground electrode, causing a short circuit.
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Salce Patrick R.
TII Corporation
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