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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1993
Lisa C Sletson, Waterford, WI (US);
Robert C Olen, Oak Creek, WI (US);
Gary A Gauger, Franklin, WI (US);
Ross S Daharsh, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Jeffrey J Kester, Olean, NY (US);
Sherri J Cuthbertson, Racine, WI (US);
Cooper Industries, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A composition for an insulating collar of a metal oxide varistor, with the composition being applied as a slurry to a green varistor in an unfired state along its periphery for enhancing the varistor's energy handling capability in a fired state, the composition having, in various combinations, a plurality of oxide compounds, including manganese dioxide, cobaltic-cobaltous oxide, nickel oxide, tin dioxide, chromic oxide, bismuth oxide, antimony trioxide, and zinc oxide. Moreover, a method of applying the slurry onto the unfired varistor and firing the coated green varistor in a single step.