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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:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
EPCOS Aktiengesellschaft, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 5/32 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 5/32 ;
Abstract
In order to be able to produce an electrically conductive, positive connection between an end electrode of a gas-filled discharge path and a lead more simply in fabrication-oriented terms, the raised terminal region, which is provided at the end electrode, is provided with a blind hole into which the one end of the lead is introduced and joined thereat to the terminal region with a laser welding.