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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:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
NGK Insulators, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01B / ; H01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1741 / ;
Abstract
A corona control ring has a corona control ring main body and a water discharge hole having an elongated shape like a racetrack. The corona control ring main body includes a bottom portion and an inner wall portion and an outer wall portion respectively arranged at an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion of the bottom portion. The water discharge hole is arranged in the bottom portion. A depression portion is formed in the corona control ring main body by the inner wall portion, the outer wall portion and the bottom portion. Accordingly, the present invention provides a corona control ring which can suppress a corona discharge even during rain fall.