Patents by Inventor Jiangnan Tan

Jiangnan Tan has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11025037
    Abstract: An arrester such as an arrester for protection against overvoltages is disclosed. In an embodiment an arrester includes a housing configured to act as an external electrode, a central electrode arranged completely within an inner region of the housing, a discharge region arranged between the central electrode and the housing, a ceramic body separating the housing and the central electrode, wherein the ceramic body is arranged in an offset manner relative to the discharge region and a shielding element arranged on an inside of the housing, and wherein the shielding element extends over an entire longitudinal extent of the central electrode along the inside of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: TDK ELECTRONICS AG
    Inventors: Eduard Dorsch, Frank Werner, Yu Zhang, Jiangnan Tan
  • Publication number: 20200127443
    Abstract: An arrester such as an arrester for protection against overvoltages is disclosed. In an embodiment an arrester includes a housing configured to act as an external electrode, a central electrode arranged completely within an inner region of the housing, a discharge region arranged between the central electrode and the housing, a ceramic body separating the housing and the central electrode, wherein the ceramic body is arranged in an offset manner relative to the discharge region and a shielding element arranged on an inside of the housing, and wherein the shielding element extends over an entire longitudinal extent of the central electrode along the inside of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Eduard Dorsch, Frank Werner, Yu Zhang, Jiangnan Tan