# US 11,451,040 B2 · Lightning suppression type lightning discharger and arrester > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,451,040 B2 - Document ID: US11451040B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/759,662 - Filed: 2018-04-06 - Published: 2020-09-10 - Granted: 2022-09-20 - Earliest claimed: 2017-10-31 - Assignees: Lightning Supression Systems Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Lightning Suppression Systems Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Toshio Matsumoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11451040B2 ## CPC - H02G 13/40: {Connection to earth} - H02G 13/80: {Discharge by conduction or dissipation, e.g. rods, arresters, spark gaps} - H05F 3/04: by means of spark gaps or other discharge devices (devices providing for corona discharge per se H01T19/00) - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES - H05F: STATIC ELECTRICITY; NATURALLY-OCCURRING ELECTRICITY ## Abstract A region of a positive charge formed around an arrester is made as small as possible to effectively suppress generation of an upward streamer. An inner electrode body to be grounded, an outer electrode body provided to surround the inner electrode body with a predetermined gap, an electrical insulating layer provided in the gap to hold the inner electrode body and the outer electrode body in an electrically insulated state, and a support that supports at least one of the inner electrode body and the outer electrode body are included, in which the inner electrode body is formed in a rod shape, and the outer electrode body is formed in a cylindrical shape. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A lightning suppression type lightning discharger comprising: an inner electrode body to be grounded; an outer electrode body provided to surround the inner electrode body with a predetermined gap; an electrical insulating layer provided in the gap to hold the inner electrode body and the outer electrode body in an electrically insulated state; and a support that supports at least one of the inner electrode body and the outer electrode body, wherein the inner electrode body is formed in a rod shape or a cylindrical shape, and the outer electrode body is formed in a cylindrical shape, wherein the support radially penetrates the outer electrode body to protrude to an inside thereof and is coupled to the inner electrode body positioned inside the outer electrode body in an electrically conductive state, and a spacer made of an electrically insulating material for supporting the outer electrode body on the support is interposed in a penetrating portion between the support and the outer electrode body. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The lightning suppression type lightning discharger according to claim 1, wherein the electrical insulating layer is formed by spacers made of an electrically insulating material interposed between both ends of the inner electrode body and the outer electrode body, and a space portion formed by the spacers, the inner electrode body, and the outer electrode body. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The lightning suppression type lightning discharger according to claim 1, wherein a through-hole is formed in a side wall of the outer electrode body to communicate an inside and an outside thereof. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The lightning suppression type lightning discharger according to claim 1, wherein a through-hole is formed in a side wall of the outer electrode body to communicate an inside and an outside thereof. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The lightning suppression type lightning discharger according to claim 2, wherein a through-hole is formed in a side wall of the outer electrode body to communicate an inside and an outside thereof. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The lightning suppression type lightning discharger according to claim 1 wherein a through-hole is formed in a side wall of the outer electrode body to communicate an inside and an outside thereof. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A lightning suppression type arrester formed by fixing the lightning suppression type lightning discharger according to claim 1 at a position where lightning is to be suppressed via the support and grounding the inner electrode body via the support. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) A lightning suppression type arrester formed by fixing the lightning suppression type lightning discharger according to claim 1 at a position where lightning is to be suppressed via the support and grounding the inner electrode body via the support. ### Claim 9 (depends on 2) A lightning suppression type arrester formed by fixing the lightning suppression type lightning discharger according to claim 2 at a position where lightning is to be suppressed via the support and grounding the inner electrode body via the support. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) A lightning suppression type arrester formed by fixing the lightning suppression type lightning discharger according to claim 3 at a position where lightning is to be suppressed via the support and grounding the inner electrode body via the support. ### Claim 11 (depends on 4) A lightning suppression type arrester formed by fixing the lightning suppression type lightning discharger according to claim 4 at a position where lightning is to be suppressed via the support and grounding the inner electrode body via the support. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) A lightning suppression type arrester formed by fixing the lightning suppression type lightning discharger according to claim 5 at a position where lightning is to be suppressed via the support and grounding the inner electrode body via the support. ### Claim 13 (depends on 6) A lightning suppression type arrester formed by fixing the lightning suppression type lightning discharger according to claim 6 at a position where lightning is to be suppressed via the support and grounding the inner electrode body via the support.