Enclosed lightning arrester

Claim 2

An enclosed lightning arrester device comprising, in combination, a grounded metal enclosure, a high voltage conductor adapted to be connected to an electric power device to be protected and extending into said grounded metal enclosure, a cylindrical high voltage conductor connected to the end of said high voltage conductor located within said grounded metal enclosure and coaxial with said high voltage conductor, a plurality of nonlinear resistors disposed within said grounded metal enclosure and series connected between said cylindrical high voltage conductor and said grounded metal enclosure, each of said nonlinear resistors having an excellent nonlinear resistance characteristic and having a high electrostatic capacity, said plurality of nonlinear resistors being divided into a plurality of units, a shield disc interposed between each pair of adjacent units of said nonlinear resistors, and a plurality of hollow cylindrical electrical conductors disposed in radially spaced relationship around said cylindrical high voltage conductor and coaxially encircling the latter, each of said hollow cylindrical electrical conductors being electrically connected to a different one of said shield discs.

Claim 3

An enclosed lightning arrester device as claimed in claim 1 wherein each of said nonlinear resistors is formed of sintered zinc oxide.

Claim 4

An enclosed lightning arrester device as claimed in claim 2 wherein an electric lead electrically connects each of said hollow cylindrical electrical conductors to an associated one of said shield discs.

Claim 5

An enclosed lightning arrester device as claimed in claim 2 wherein each of said hollow cylindrical electrical conductors is directly structurally connected to the associated shield disc.

Claim 6

An enclosed lightning arrester device as claimed in claim 2 wherein at least one of said hollow cylindrical electrical conductors is integral with a corresponding one of said shield discs and the other of said hollow cylindrical electrical conductors and the corresponding shield discs are connected by an electrical lead.

Claim 7

An enclosed lightning arrester device as claimed in claim 2 wherein said plurality of said hollow cylindrical electrical conductors coaxially disposed in spaced relationship around said cylindrical high voltage conductor is equal to the number of said units minus one, the shield discs successively more distant from said cylindrical high voltage conductor being electrically connected to respective cylindrical high voltage conductors which are successively more radially distant from said cylindrical high voltage conductor.

Claim 8

An enclosed lightning arrester device as claimed in claim 5 wherein a first one of said hollow cylindrical electrical conductors is disposed adjacent to said cylindrical high voltage conductor, a second one of said hollow cylindrical electrical conductor is disposed adjacent to said first hollow hollow cylindrical electrical conductor and radially outwardly thereof, and said first and second hollow cylindrical conductors each have a dimension and position selected to meet the requirements C.sub.2 =C.sub.3 and C.sub.1 =C.sub.2 +2C.sub.4 wherein C 1 is the electrostatic capacity developed between said cylindrical high voltage conductor and said first hollow conductor, C 2 the electrostatic capacity developed between said first and second hollow cylindrical conductors, C 3 the electrostatic capacity developed between said second hollow cylindrical conductor and said grounded metal enclosure, and C 4 the electrostatic capacity developed between the first hollow cylindrical conductor and said grounded metal enclosure.

Claim 9

An enclosed lightning arrester device comprising, in combination, a grounded metal enclosure, a high voltage conductor adapted to be connected to an electric power device to be protected and extending into said grounded metal enclosure, a cylindrical high voltage conductor connected to the end of said high voltage conductor located within said grounded metal enclosure and coaxial with said high voltage conductor, a plurality of nonlinear resistors disposed within said grounded metal enclosure and series connected between said cylindrical high voltage conductor and said grounded metal enclosure, each of said nonlinear resistors having an excellent nonlinear resistance characteristic and having a high electrostatic capacity, said plurality of nonlinear resistors being divided into at least three units, and a first hollow cylindrical shield member and at least one second hollow cylindrical shield member including respective bottom plates interposed between at least two pairs of units of said nonlinear resistors, said first hollow cylindrical shield member including a first hollow cylindrical conductor portion integral with said bottom plate thereof and coaxial with and adjacent to said cylindrical high voltage conductor and encircling said cylindrical high voltage conductor, said at least one second hollow cylindrical shield member including a second hollow cylindrical conductor portion integral with said bottom plate thereof and coaxial with said cylindrical high voltage conductor and adjacent to said first hollow cylindrical conductor portion located immediately above said second hollow cylindrical shield member and encircling at least one part of said hollow cylindrical portion.

Claim 10

An enclosed lightning arrester device comprising, in combination, a grounded metal enclosure, a high voltage conductor adapted to be connected to an electric power device to be protected and extending into said grounded metal enclosure, a cylindrical high voltage conductor connected to the end of said high voltage conductor located within said grounded metal enclosure and coaxial with said high voltage conductor, a plurality of nonlinear resistors disposed within said grounded metal enclosure and series connected between said cylindrical high voltage conductor and said grounded metal enclosure, each of said nonlinear resistors having an excellent nonlinear resistance characteristic and having a high electrostatic capacity, said plurality of nonlinear resistors being divided into at least three units, and a first hollow cylindrical shield member and at least one second hollow cylindrical shield member including respective bottom plates interposed between at least two pairs of units of said nonlinear resistors, said first hollow cylindrical shield member including a first hollow cylindrical conductor portion integral with said bottom plate thereof and coaxial with and adjacent to said cylindrical high voltage conductor and encircling said cylindrical high voltage conductor, said at least one second hollow cylindrical shield member including a second hollow cylindrical conductor portion integral with said bottom plate thereof and coaxial with said cylindrical high voltage conductor and adjacent to said first hollow cylindrical conductor portion located immediately above said second hollow cylindrical shield member and encircling at least one part of said hollow cylindrical portion.

Claim 11

An enclosed lightning arrester device as claimed in claim 8 further comprising a third hollow cylindrical shield member including a bottom plate connected to said high voltage conductor that extends centrally through said bottom plate, and a hollow cylindrical portion integral with said bottom plate and extending coaxially with said cylindrical high voltage conductor and adjacent said first hollow cylindrical conductor portion and encircling at least one part of said first hollow cylindrical portion.