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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2003
Applicant:
Kazuhiko Machida, Nagano, JP;
Inventor:
Kazuhiko Machida, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01J 61/54 (2006.01); H01J 17/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A discharge tube includes a cylinder having first and second end planes, first and second discharge electrodes coupled to the respective first and second end planes, the first and second discharge electrodes having respective upper and lower discharge planes forming therebetween a discharge gap, and one or more discharge trigger wires disposed in a portion of the cylinder that encompasses the discharge gap.