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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5850125 | Pseudospark switch having an insulator between electrodes A pseudospark switch including an insulator which can withstand high temperature plasma and is arranged between both electrodes thereof, thereby being capable of preventing the electrodes from being damaged while allowing a large amount of charge to flow ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5739637 | Cold cathode vacuum discharge tube A cold cathode vacuum discharge tube, and method for making same, with an interior surface of the trigger probe coated with carbon deposited by carbon vapor deposition (CVD) or diamond-like carbon (DLC) deposition. Preferably a solid graphite insert is em... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5563471 | Discharge tube This invention provides a discharge tube which is small and easy to manufacture, which prevents the discharge characteristics from being disturbed by a grounded body located nearby, and which makes creeping discharges unlikely to occur and at the same tim... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5552669 | Deuterium gas discharge tube A gas discharge tube of the present invention has an envelope for accommodating an anode for receiving thermoelectrons emitted from a thermionic cathode, a focusing electrode for focusing a path of the thermoelectrons from the thermionic cathode to the an... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5550430 | Gas discharge closing switch with unitary ceramic housing A gas discharge closing switch, such as a thyratron, has a one-piece ceramic housing containing an anode, a cathode, and a control electrode. The anode and cathode form fluid-tight seals with opposite ends of the housing. The control electrode is mounted ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5545947 | Multiple surface high voltage structure for a gas discharge closing switch A gas discharge closing switch has a high voltage anode structure containing a plurality of surface elements facing substantially toward a cathode and spaced from each other to define gaps therebetween. In a preferred embodiment, a control electrode struc... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5517081 | Gas-filled discharge tube A gas-filled discharge tube includes a cylindrical casing (11, 31), a terminal member (12, 13; 32, 33) for closing an open end of the casing, an inert gas sealed within the casing, a gas sealing tube (16, 38) connected to an outside of the terminal member... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5491381 | Discharge tube A discharge tube which assures stabilized discharging, is reduced in overall size and easy to manufacture is disclosed. The discharge tube comprises a cylindrical envelope made of an insulating substance, discharge gas enclosed in the envelope, and a pair... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5477106 | Cathode placement in a gas discharge closing switch In a closing switch having a control electrode and a cathode within a gas-filled cavity, the cathode has a distal portion spaced from the control electrode by a distance corresponding to the minimum breakdown voltage of the closing switch. Thus, the catho... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5473220 | Discharge tube A discharge tube according to the present invention is constructed such that it comprises a cylindrical container made of an insulation tube, a pair of discharge electrodes provided at opposite ends of the cylindrical container, a plurality of insulation ... | 12/05/1995 |
| 5418423 | Capacitively coupled trigger for pseudogap cold cathode thyratrons An improved gas discharge trigger for a pseudogap cold cathode thyratron. Electrical trigger pulses are capacitively coupled through the vacuum envelope wall (16) causing a gas discharge adjacent to the rear of the hollow cathode (26). Coupling apertures ... | 05/23/1995 |
| 5229688 | Method of operating a gas discharge switch and an arrangement for carrying out the method The invention relates to a gas discharge switch with a low-pressure gas discharge segment, which is provided with an anode and at least one main cathode, and arranged in an ionizable working gas. It is provided with a control unit for flow discharge, whic... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5225743 | High voltage switch A switch includes a housing forming a cavity, a first electrode, and a second electrode. The first electrode has an inner surface having a generally circular cross-section perpendicular to an axis and extending along the cavity in a first direction along ... | 07/06/1993 |
| 5191260 | Gas discharge tube providing improved flow line of electrons A gas discharge tube having an outer envelope in which deuterium gas is filled. In the envelope, an anode, a cathode and a first shield cover for surrounding these electrodes are disposed. A second shield cover is disposed within the first shield cover an... | 03/02/1993 |
| 4954748 | Thyratron gas discharge device with magnetic field for improved ionization In a thyratron gas discharge device, magnetic material is located coaxially with the anode to produce a magnetic field between the anode and cathode which is substantially parallel to a discharge established between them. This causes electrons emitted fro... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4910431 | Hydrogen discharge ultraviolet light source or lamp, and method of its manufacture To protect the quartz of a quartz glass bulb (2) from attack by alkaline earth oxides emitted from electrodes (6) of the lamp, and prevent deterioration of the quartz in use of the lamp with respect to transmission of ultraviolet (UV) radiation, particula... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4896076 | Binary and ternary gas mixtures for use in glow discharge closing switches Highly efficient binary and ternary gas mixtures for use in diffuse glow discharge closing switches are disclosed. The binary mixtures are combinations of helium or neon and selected perfluorides. The ternary mixtures are combinations of helium, neon, or ... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4746838 | Ink for forming resistive structures and display panel containing the same An ink for use in forming resistive structures for use in a gas discharge display panel containing mercury vapor to inhibit cathode sputtering, the ink comprising a mixture of silver and nickel with the nickel being controllably oxidized to impart the des... | 05/24/1988 |
| 4620135 | Electric circuit interrupting devices A thyratron utilizable as a circuit interrupting protective device is provided. The thyratron includes an apertured grid between anode and cathode which is divided transversely into two parts separated by an insulating layer. Both surfaces of the composit... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4501991 | Low breakdown voltage, high current glow lamp A glow lamp includes electrodes having both elements and oxides formed with a portion of the elements applied thereto to provide a glow lamp which can be used as a switch and which has a relatively low breakdown voltage but a relatively large current-hand... | 02/26/1985 |
| 4490650 | Gas mixture for diffuse-discharge switch Gaseous medium in a diffuse-discharge switch of a high-energy pulse generator is formed of argon combined with a compound selected from the group consisting of CF4, C2 F6, C3 F8, n-C4 F | 12/25/1984 |
| 4257905 | Gaseous insulators for high voltage electrical equipment Gaseous insulators comprise compounds having high attachment cross sections for electrons having energies in the 0-1.3 electron volt range. Multi-component gaseous insulators comprise compounds and mixtures having overall high electron attachment cross se... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4027186 | Gas discharge display device having plural groups of cathodes A gas-discharge display device having a number of cathodes connected in groups and at least one common anode. The cathodes are arranged in a row extending parallel to the anode, each group consisting of spaced portions of a respective elongate conductor, ... | 05/31/1977 |
| 3991341 | Plasma discharge shift registers A planar plasma discharge shift register includes a plurality of electrodes of a first polarity and a unitary electrode of the opposite polarity. Multi-phase clock signals applied in succession to each of the pluralities of electrodes cause a plasma disch... | 11/09/1976 |
