US 12,244,123 B2
Spark gap arrangement
Thomas Meyer, Ottenstein (DE); and Viktor Okel, Blomberg (DE)
Assigned to PHOENIX CONTACT GMBH & CO KG, Blomberg (DE)
Filed by Phoenix Contact GmbH & Co. KG, Blomberg (DE)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/307,140.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2022 110 329.3 (DE), filed on Apr. 28, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0352914 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01T 4/02 (2006.01)
CPC H01T 4/02 (2013.01) 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A spark gap arrangement, comprising:
at least three electrodes and
at least two holding frames which are arranged flat one on top of the other, wherein the holding frames in each case have an edge, which surrounds a recess for accommodating at least one electrode,
wherein at least one receptacle opening is made in the edge of at least one holding frame, in which opening a control element is arranged, and
wherein each holding frame is arranged offset relative to another holding frame around a central axis thereof, which is arranged perpendicular to a main plane of the holding frame, in such a way that the receptacle opening of a first of the holding frames is located above an electrode accommodated in a second of the holding frames arranged underneath the first of the holding frames, so that the control element arranged in the receptacle opening of the first of the holding frames makes contact with the electrode that is accommodated in the second of the holding frames.