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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1976
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles H Huebner, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Allen G Schroeder, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1231 / ; 200 / ;
Abstract
To reduce the potential magnitude necessary to break down the distributor arc gap between the distributor movable output electrode carried by the distributor rotor and each of the stationary output electrodes of the distributor cap, a distributor movable output electrode of an electrically conductive material having a cross-sectional area so selected that the output tip is heated to incandescence by arc current is employed and is located within a surrounding thermal shield member of an electrically nonconductive and heat insulating material.