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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:
Nov. 13, 1979
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
James S Kresge, Pittsfield, MA (US);
Eugene C Sakshaug, Lanesborough, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, , US;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361127 ; 361120 ; 315 36 ;
Abstract
Voltage surge arrester devices having predetermined shunt gap sparkover voltages are provided by the series combination of high- and low-exponent varistors. In one embodiment the high-exponent varistor comprises zinc oxide and the low-exponent varistor comprises silicon carbide.