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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. 26, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 28, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
Loucas G Christophorou, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Scott R Hunter, Oak Ridge, TN (US);
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J / ; H05B / ; H05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
315150 ; 3152 / ; 313637 ;
Abstract
An improvement to the gas mixture used in diffuse glow discharge closing switches is disclosed which includes binary and ternary gas mixtures which are formulated to exhibit decreasing electron attachment with increasing temperature. This increases the efficiency of the conductance of the glow discharge and further inhibits the formation of an arc.