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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 1984
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tapan K Gupta, Monroeville, PA (US);
William G Carlson, Murrysville, PA (US);
Andrew S Sweetana, Bloomington, IN (US);
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252518 ; 252519 ; 252521 ; 338 20 ; 338 21 ;
Abstract
A sintered nonlinear resistor body, useful in gapless lightning arresters comprises a major amount of ZnO and additional metal oxides including at least Al.sub.2 O.sub.3 and an amount of selected alkali metal oxide of from about 0.003 mole % to about 0.2 mole %.