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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2023
Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co. KG, Blomberg, DE;
Thomas Meyer, Ottenstein, DE;
Rainer Durth, Horn-Bad Meinberg, DE;
PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO. KG, Blomberg, DE;
Abstract
A multi-spark gap having both a high power-follow current extinguishing capacity as well as a relatively low protective level in which a distance xbetween a first electrode and an adjacent second electrode, which together form a first individual spark gap, is larger than respective distances xbetween other adjacent electrode pairs of additional individual spark gaps. The distance xis at least 0.5 mm and the distances xof the additional individual spark gaps are at most 0.2 mm. Additionally, an ignition aid for igniting the first individual spark gap is provided, which aid has at least a resistive ignition element and a voltage-limiting element, wherein the ignition element is connected to an electric-arc combustion chamber of the first individual spark gap and is electrically connected on the one side to the first electrode and on the other side via the voltage-limiting element to the second contact element.