Ion generation apparatus and electrical equipment
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsHiromu Nishida, Koichi Izu, Nobuyuki Ohe
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Abstract
In an ion generation apparatus, induction electrodes are formed on a surface of a substrate, holes are provided inside the induction electrodes, respectively, needle electrodes are disposed in a substrate, and tip end portions of the needle electrodes are inserted into the holes, respectively. Furthermore, a part of each of the induction electrodes is removed, thereby reducing the size of the substrate for entire size reduction. By such a configuration, it becomes possible to provide an ion generation apparatus that can stably generate ions even in a high humidity environment and that can be mounted also in small-sized electrical equipment.
Claims5
An ion generation apparatus including an induction electrode and a needle electrode, and generating ions in air, the ion generation apparatus comprising:
- a first substrate provided with a hole;
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- a second substrate provided so as to face a surface of the first substrate on one side, wherein
- the induction electrode is provided around the hole of the first substrate and formed such that a part of a basic shape of the induction electrode is removed,
- the needle electrode includes a base end portion disposed in the second substrate and a tip end portion inserted into the hole,
- the basic shape of the induction electrode is formed so as to extend annularly around the hole of the first substrate, and
- a part of the basic shape and a part of the first substrate corresponding thereto are removed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.