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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2023
Applicant:
Nidec Motor Corporation, St. Louis, MO (US);
Inventors:
James L. Skinner, Collinsville, IL (US);
Steven Faust, St. Louis, MO (US);
Jeffrey Scott Sherman, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Chetan O. Modi, Valley Park, MO (US);
Assignee:
Nidec Motor Corporation, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/02 (2006.01); H01T 1/14 (2006.01); H02H 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/026 (2013.01); H01T 1/14 (2013.01); H02H 9/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
A spacing-assured gas discharge tube assembly is installed on a printed circuit board, which may be part of a motor controller. The discharge tube assembly includes a tube body and an electrostatic spacing shield disposed at least partially around the tube body. The shield is configured to prevent close physical proximity of adjacent structures having electrostatic fields that may alter the breakdown voltage of the tube body.