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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2011
Applicants:
Peter Bobert, Falkensee, DE;
Thomas Westebbe, Berlin, DE;
Inventors:
Peter Bobert, Falkensee, DE;
Thomas Westebbe, Berlin, DE;
Assignee:
EPCOS AG, Munich, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A surge arrester includes a short-circuit device. The short-circuit device includes at least one first base element. The first base element is rigidly connected in an electrically conducting and mechanical manner to a first electrode of the surge arrester. The short-circuit device also includes at least one spring arm arranged on the base element. The free end of the spring arm has a distance to the base element, and the spring arm extends over at least two adjoining electrodes of the surge arrester.