High voltage control devices
AssigneeGTE Laboratories Incorporated
InventorsJoseph M. Proud, James J. Auborn, Richard A. Bessett
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
High voltage control devices are provided comprising a housing, an aprotic liquid contained within said housing, means for effecting heat exchange with said liquid, at least two spaced electrodes contained within said liquid and each of said electrodes extending from said housing. These devices find utility as variable resistors, circuit breakers, theremostats, optical triggering devices, acoustic pulse generators and the like.
Claims4
An acoustic pulse generator comprising an acoustically transparent housing, an aprotic liquid contained within said housing, means for effecting heat exchange with said liquid, at least two spaced electrodes contained within said liquid and each of said electrodes extending from said housing, a matching medium coupled to said housing, means for generating a spark across the spaced electrodes to produce a pressure pulse in the aprotic liquid and means for transmitting the pulse from the liquid to the matching medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.