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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:
Jun. 15, 1976
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tsen-Chung Cheng, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Gerald L Wilson, Wayland, MA (US);
David C Jolly, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1741 / ; 1741 / ;
Abstract
An electrical insulator composed of one or more electrical insulating skirts or sheds or shells at least some of which skirts or sheds or shells have a plurality of discrete conductive regions at one surface thereof, the discrete conductive regions being appropriately arranged and sufficient in number to intercept an arc in the event of incipient flashover from proceeding radially past the discrete conductive regions, thereby to prevent said flashover.