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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1987
Filed:
Nov. 20, 1985
Michael R Kling, Lycoming, PA (US);
Emery G Audesse, Beverly, MA (US);
GTE Products Corporation, Danvers, MA (US);
Abstract
A glow discharge starter having an hermetically sealed, thin-walled envelope of vitreous material, a press seal located at one end thereof and containing an ionizable medium. A pair of non-segmented electrical conductors extend through the press seal and terminate in a spaced relationship to form a pair of electrodes within the envelope. The electrodes are held in the spaced relationship substantially by the press seal. At least one of the electrodes has a bimetallic element secured thereto. The bimetallic element is deformable by heat into engagement with the other electrode. Preferably, the envelope has a wall thickness in the range of from about 0.015 inch to less than about 0.025 inch.