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Apparatus for detecting degradation of characteristics of arresters
Assignee: Toshiba Corp
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Filing: 1979-11-19
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Granted: 1981-03-31
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Expires: 1999-11-19
Abstract
Abstract In an arrester comprising a characteristic element made up of a stack of a plurality of metal oxide resistors, parallelly connected capacitor and a linear resistor are connected between the characteristic element and ground, and voltage drop across the linear resistor is used to light a neon lamp or to operate an alarm device for detecting deterioration of the characteristic element. To protect the capacitor and the linear resistor at the time when the arrester operates, a nonlinear resistor may be connected in parallel with the capacitor and the linear resistor.
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeru Takahashi
- 👤 Iwao Ohshima
- 👤 Masaki Honda
- 👤 Mizuho Yamashita
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-11-07 09:48
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01C; H01C7/00; H01C7/10; H01C7/12; G; G01; G01R; G01R31/00; G01R31/12; G01R31/1227; G01R31/1236
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
108 words
Apparatus for detecting deterioration of characteristics of an arrester utilizing a characteristic element made of metal oxide type nonlinear resistor, said apparatus comprising a linear resistor and a capacitor which are connected in parallel between said characteristic element and ground, the impedances of said linear resistor and said capacitor being predetermined such that the product of the resistance of said characteristic element and an electrostatic capacitance in parallel therewith will be equal to the product of said impedances when resistive leakage current through said characteristic element reaches a predetermined value, and means responsive to a voltage drop across said linear resistor to display degradation of said characteristic element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
108 words
Apparatus for detecting deterioration of characteristics of an arrester utilizing a characteristic element made of metal oxide type nonlinear resistor, said apparatus comprising a linear resistor and a capacitor which are connected in parallel between said characteristic element and ground, the impedances of said linear resistor and said capacitor being predetermined such that the product of the resistance of said characteristic element and an electrostatic capacitance in parallel therewith will be equal to the product of said impedances when resistive leakage current through said characteristic element reaches a predetermined value, and means responsive to a voltage drop across said linear resistor to display degradation of said characteristic element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
22 words
The apparatus according to claim 1 which further comprises a nonlinear resistor connected in parallel with said capacitor and said linear resistor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
13 words
The apparatus according to claim 2 wherein said nonlinear resistor comprises zinc oxide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The apparatus according to claim 1 wherein said display means comprises a neon lamp.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1988-03-30 | 1988-09-29 | 1989-03-31 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
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