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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. 23, 1987
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Guenter Ott, Schwanberg, AT;
Franz Zettl, Deutschlandsberg, AT;
Assignee:
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Berlin and Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338 21 ;
Abstract
A voltage-dependent resistor or varistor is composed of a monolithic ceramic body made up of a plurality of layers of varistor material containing zinc oxide, alternating with layers of precious metal serving as coatings on the layers and which are alternatingly electrically connected to separate locations on the exterior surfaces of the body. The porosity of the layers of varistor material does not exceed 5%; the proportion of bismuth is at most 1 mol %; and the precious metal coatings include 50-80% by weight of palladium.