Transient energy reducing apparatus

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE MAGNITUDE OF ENERGY PULSES INCIDENT TO SWITCHING CIRCUITRY UTILIZING CAPACITANCE MEANS COMPRISING, IN COMBINATION: FIRST AND SECOND SWITCHING MEANS EACH HAVING FIRST AND SECOND ENERGIZATION CONDITIONS AND EACH INCLUDING A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CONTACTING MEANS, SAID SECOND SWITCHING MEANS BEING CONTROLLED BY SAID FIRST SWITCHING MEANS AND BEING ADAPTED TO CHANGE FROM SAID FIRST CONDITION TO SAID SECOND CONDITION AFTER SAID FIRST SWITCHING MEANS CHANGES FROM SAID FIRST CONDITION TO SAID SECOND CONDITION; FIRST AND SECOND CAPACITANCE MEANS; MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AN INPUT; OUTPUT MEANS FOR RECEIVING AN OUTPUT SIGNAL FROM THE SWITCHING CIRCUITRY; MEANS CONNECTING SAID FIRST CAPACITANCE MEANS BETWEEN SAID MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AN INPUT SIGNAL AND SAID AMPLIFIER MEANS AND CONNECTING SAID SECOND CAPACITANCE MEANS TO A GROUND CONNECTION WHEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SWITCHING MEANS ARE IN THE FIRST CONDITION; MEANS CONNECTING SAID SECOND CAPACITANCE MEANS BETWEEN SAID MEANS FOR SUPPLYING AN INPUT SIGNAL AND SAID AMPLIFIER MEANS AND CONNECTING SAID FIRST CAPACITANCE MEANS TO THE GROUND CONNECTION WHEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND SWITCHING MEANS ARE IN THE SECOND CONDITION; AND MEANS FOR CONNECTING RESISTANCE MEANS IN SERIES CONNECTION WITH SAID CAPACITANCE MEANS FOR THE PERIOD OF TIME DELAY BETWEEN OPERATION OF SAID FIRST SWITCHING MEANS AND OPERATION OF SAID SECOND SWITCHING MEANS.