Modular Horn Spark Gap Enclosure for Stable Low-Gas-Flow Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing module housings for horn spark gaps are not miniaturized and fail to effectively minimize gas flows between components, lacking a stable overall arrangement for multiple horn spark gaps with integrated deion chambers.
Innovation Solution
A module housing with a carrier part and cover part, featuring guide rails and dovetail guides for stability, and conductive bridges for interconnection, along with a deion chamber and metallic reinforcement for gas flow management and electrical connections.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Volume of moving object
If existing module housings are used for horn spark gaps, then the housing can accommodate the spark gaps, but the housing is not miniaturized and gas flows between components are not minimized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the deion chamber directly into the housing structure, nesting it within the same housing that accommodates the horn spark gaps. This eliminates the need for separate external housings and minimizes gas flow paths by containing all components within a single integrated housing volume.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent reconfigures the housing to accommodate horn spark gaps arranged in parallel planes rather than sequential arrangement. This spatial reconfiguration in multiple dimensions enables miniaturization while maintaining electrical isolation and minimizing gas flow interference between adjacent spark gaps.
2Quantity of substance
If multiple horn spark gaps are accommodated in a housing, then the housing provides support and receiving body, but a stable overall arrangement is not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The housing is divided into separate chambers, each accommodating individual horn spark gaps. This segmentation provides structural support for multiple spark gaps while maintaining their electrical isolation and mechanical stability through defined spatial separation within the integrated housing.
3Volume of moving object
If horn spark gaps are miniaturized, then the housing volume is reduced, but electrical connections and deion chamber integration become more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the deion chamber and horn spark gap housings into a single integrated housing structure. This merging eliminates the need for separate connection interfaces and simplifies the overall assembly, allowing miniaturization without increasing connection complexity.
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AI summary
The invention relates to a modular enclosure for receiving multiple, miniaturized horn spark gaps with a multi-part insulating material housing as a supporting and receiving body for the horn electrodes and integrated deion chamber. The modular enclosure consists of a carrier part, which is open on one side, comprises chambers and can be closed by a cover part, wherein the inner sides of the carrier part and the walls of the chambers have guide rails, which are formed to complement guiding grooves in the respective insulating-material housing of the respective horn spark gap that can be pushed into the respective chamber from the open side of the carrier part, in such a way that a rail or dovetail guide is realized, and a force coupling with an altogether stabilizing effect is produced between the insulating-material housings and the carrier part substantially perpendicularly to the pushing-in direction.