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Gas injected vacuum switch

Patent ·
OSTI ID:862813

The disclosure relates to a gas injected vacuum switch comprising a housing having an interior chamber, a conduit for evacuating the interior chamber, within the chamber an anode and a cathode spaced from the anode, and a detonator for injecting electrically conductive gas into the chamber between the anode and the cathode to provide a current path therebetween.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Albuquerque, NM, and Livermore, CA
DOE Contract Number:
AT(29-1)-789
Assignee:
United States of America as represented by United States Energy (Washington, DC)
Patent Number(s):
US 4019079
OSTI ID:
862813
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English