Lightning arrester
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ยท United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- LEE TECH KOREA CO LTD
- Publication Date
- 2005-03-24
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ยท inactive patent
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Abstract
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a lightning arrester installed at an uppermost part of a building to be protected, and more particularly to a lightning arrester capable of safely discharging charge, which is charged in an atmosphere adjacent to a building as thundercloud approaches the building, to the earth.
[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0004] As generally known in the art a lightning arrester is installed at an uppermost part of a building to be protected in order to safely discharge charge charged in a thundercloud to the earth by forming a discharge path between the thundercloud and the earth. In a fine day, an electric field in the earth is about 100V / m. However, if the thundercloud approaches, the electric field in the earth is about 10000V / m, and a potential difference between the earth and the thundercloud is about 100 million volts.
[0005] At this time, air existing in an atmospheric layer may ac...