Compositions Patents (Class 174/137B)
  • Patent number: 6140590
    Abstract: A stator winding insulation for improving the dielectric and thermal properties of a main insulation of a conductor bar of an electric machine. The stator winding insulation includes a mica band having at least one layer-like carrier composed of longitudinal threads and transverse threads and a mica-containing layer fixed to at least one face of the carrier with the aid of a binder. In the layer-like carrier, the volume ratio of the longitudinal threads to the transverse threads is greater than or equal to 2.5:1 and a weight ratio of the mica in the mica-containing layer to the layer-like carrier in the mica band is greater than or equal to 6:1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: ABB Research Ltd.
    Inventors: Thomas Baumann, Jorg Oesterheld, Roland Schuler
  • Patent number: 6118079
    Abstract: A polymer insulator having a core member, an insulation overcoat member arranged on an outer surface of the core member, and a securing metal fitting fixed to an end portion of the core member in such a manner that the end portion is contacted with the insulation overcoat member is disclosed. The disclosed polymer insulator further includes a seal portion arranged at a boundary between the insulation overcoat member and the securing metal fitting, which is made of a sealing agent in which 80-250 parts by weight of ATH (Alumina trihydrate, Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.3H.sub.2 O) is included with respect to 100 parts by weight of a polymer component. Therefore, the polymer insulator according to the invention has an improved tracking-erosion resistance performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2000
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yukihiro Koshino, Takanori Kondou
  • Patent number: 6106954
    Abstract: A silicone rubber composition is obtained by blending (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane composition of the addition reaction curing type with (B) about 30-400 parts by weight of aluminum hydroxide which has been surface treated with an organosilane or organosilazane substantially free of an aliphatic unsaturated group or a partial hydrolyzate thereof so that the aluminum hydroxide has 0.01-2% by weight of carbon affixed thereto. The composition maintains silicone rubber properties even though it is loaded with large amounts of aluminum hydroxide. It cures into a silicone rubber having improved high-voltage electrical insulating properties and thus suited for use as high-voltage electrical insulators.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Noriyuki Meguriya, Syuuichi Azechi, Susumu Sekiguchi, Takeo Yoshida
  • Patent number: 6040528
    Abstract: An electrically insulating supporting structure for a high voltage electric apparatus having a high voltage charging part and a ground potential part, the structure being adapted to be disposed between the high voltage charging part apparatus and the ground potential part. The structure includes an organic insulating structure formed in a predetermined shape, and an inorganic insulating layer formed on a surface of the organic insulating structure and an intermediate layer consisting essentially of an organic and an inorganic powder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2000
    Assignee: Fuji Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tadao Kitamura, Hisaji Shinohara
  • Patent number: 5990610
    Abstract: This invention secures the breakdown voltage between stem pins or the like for high voltage service in a cathode ray tube. This insulator is formed of a clay-like silicone compound having a tip-throughhole and pin-throughholes or a stem base with the electric insulator mounted to the stem base. An inter-stem electric insulation device is structured by mounting either one of the electric insulator or the stem base with the electric insulator to the stem of a cathode ray tube and by pressing to fix together. This structure does not allow bubble generation caused by the electric insulator, and makes the handling easy, and furthermore, allows an automatic mounting of the electric insulator to a stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Shigeo Matsumoto, Takashi Setsuda, Haruo Ito, Kazuyuki Ota
  • Patent number: 5977280
    Abstract: A method of thickening solvents involves reacting (A) an .ident.Si--H containing polysiloxane with (B) an alkene such as an alpha, omega-diene; conducting the reaction in the presence of a platinum catalyst and (C) a solvent; continuing the reaction until a gel is formed by crosslinking and addition of .ident.Si--H across double bonds in the alpha, omega-diene; adding additional solvent and a post cure terminating agent to the gel; and subjecting the solvent, the post cure terminating agent, and the gel to shear force until a paste is formed. The post cure terminating agent is an amino acid ester, preferably a sulfur containing amino acid ester, such as methionine methyl ester, methionine ethyl ester, cysteine methyl ester, cysteine ethyl ester, and cystine dimethyl ester.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventors: Donald Anthony Kadlec, William James Schulz, Jr., Shizhong Zhang
  • Patent number: 5977487
    Abstract: The invention relates to a high voltage insulator of ceramic material, which includes a longitudinal shank having molded sheds and to whose ends of the shank metal caps are shrink-fitted. The ends of the longitudinal shank are enlarged so that the diameter of the enlarged ends is at least 1.05 times the diameter of the longitudinal shank. The cylindrical surface, and the end face of the enlarged ends of the longitudinal shank are machined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Hoechst CeramTec Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Martin Kuhl
  • Patent number: 5962569
    Abstract: A non-tacky electrical stress control material comprisinga) about 100 parts of a resin component containing1) from about 20% to about 80% of an epihalohydrin polymer, and2) correspondingly, from about 80% to about 20% of an insulating silicone polymer having a tan .delta. of less than one,b) from about 10 to about 200 parts of a filler, said filler being nonconductive at room temperature, selected from the group consisting of barium titanate and hydrated aluminum silicate, andc) from 0 to 30 parts of a plasticizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. D. Heyer, Robert A. Wandmacher
  • Patent number: 5804630
    Abstract: A non-tacky electrical stress control material comprisinga) about 100 parts of a resin component containing1) from about 20% to about 80% of an epihalohydrin polymer, and2) correspondingly, from about 80% to about 20% of an insulating silicone polymer having a tan .delta. of less than one,b) from about 10 to about 200 parts of a filler, said filler being nonconductive at room temperature, selected from the group consisting of barium titanate and hydrated aluminum silicate, andc) from 0 to 30 parts of a plasticizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Thomas J. D. Heyer, Robert A. Wandmacher
  • Patent number: 5723813
    Abstract: The present invention provides an insulating spacer for a high-voltage conductor constructed with a plastic made of an epoxy resin composition so that the volumetric specific resistance of the shield electrode increases toward the median point between a container and the conductor and a method for manufacturing shield electrode used therein. The insulating spacer according to the present invention can lessen the concentration of electric fields in the boundary areas between the shield electrode and the insulating member with the result that reliability is improved and service life is lengthened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1998
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiromi Ito, Kenji Mimura, Hirofumi Fujioka, Etsuro Tomonaga, Hiroshi Aoki, Hiroyuki Hama
  • Patent number: 5677052
    Abstract: Aluminium nitride ceramics improved in heat radiation property used as a substrate for integrated circuits and package material, comprising a sintered article consisting mainly of aluminium nitride and having a thermal conductivity higher than 100.multidot.W/m.multidot.K at room temperature and a surface layer consisting mainly of aluminium nitride or oxide glass deposited on the sintered article.A paste of aluminium nitride powder or oxide glass powder is coated on a surface of the sintered article of aluminium nitride and then is sintered to prepare a dense smooth surface layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1997
    Assignee: Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kouhei Shimoda, Kazuya Kamitake, Hirohiko Nakata, Kazutaka Sasaki, Masuhiro Natsuhara, Harutoshi Ukegawa
  • Patent number: 5654047
    Abstract: An explosion-proof porcelain housing for use in a gas-filled insulating apparatus, comprising a porcelain housing body, and a first and second films. The first film is made of a first insulating material having low hardness and high elasticity, and is bonded to an inner surface of the porcelain housing body. The second film is made of a second insulating material having high hardness and high mechanical strength, and is bonded to an inner surface of the first film. A process for producing such an explosion-proof porcelain housing is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Assignee: NGK Instulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Akihiro Watanabe, Keiichi Asai, Yasunori Matsuura, Nagahiro Kawano, Masafumi Sugi
  • Patent number: 5496619
    Abstract: Conductive paste for via connection of a multilayer ceramic substrate, comprising: an inorganic component which consists of 30.0 to 70.0% by weight of powder of conductive material and the remainder being one of glass powder having a softening point higher than a starting point of sintering of insulating material and crystalline glass ceramic powder having a glass transition point higher than the starting point of sintering of the insulating material; and an organics vehicle component which consists of at least organic binder and solvent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1996
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Minehiro Itagaki, Kazuyuki Okano, Suzushi Kimura, Seiichi Nakatani, Yoshihiro Bessho, Satoru Yuhaku, Yasuhiko Hakotani, Kazuhiro Miura
  • Patent number: 5374780
    Abstract: A composite link and insulator, and method of construction, includes a fiberglass body. The body is formed by coating glass fibers with a liquid resin and winding the fibers around a plurality of tubular fittings or bushings in two layers, a first extending longitudinally of the body and the second transversely and around the first. A polymer shield layer and weathersheds are injection molded over the fiberglass body to create an insulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1994
    Assignee: MacLean Fogg Company
    Inventor: Jiri Pazdirek
  • Patent number: 5330809
    Abstract: An electrical cable having a wire bundle core surrounded by a thermal protection sleeve, the thermal protection sleeve consisting of a sandwich structure of outer acrylic adhesive layer and a silicone foam core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 1990
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Mickey A. Williamson
  • Patent number: 5236973
    Abstract: An electrical insulator including a thermosetting matrix and a filler composed primarily of powdered material embedded in the thermosetting matrix. The insulator has a high service life in spite of severe mechanical stressing at temperatures of up to 105.degree. C. This is achieved as a result of the thermosetting matrix having a glass transition temperature exceeding 140.degree. C. and the inclusion of a powdered filler, which has a reduced rigidity compared with the thermosetting matrix, embedded in the thermosetting matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1993
    Assignee: Asea Brown Boveri Ltd.
    Inventors: Anton Demarmels, Leopold Ritzer
  • Patent number: 5011717
    Abstract: A hollow porcelain insulator including an elastic insulating layer having a tensile strength of at least 150 kg/cm.sup.2 and a thickness of at least 2 mm for improving an explosion preventing property.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignee: NGK Insulators, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsutomu Moriya, Yasunori Matsuura, Takao Nakamura
  • Patent number: 4931515
    Abstract: An epoxy resin composition comprising a novolak type epoxy resin which is produced from a substituted-phenol novolak and epihalohydrin, and is 0.15 or less in a maximum absorbance of a 3% (W/V) dichloromethane solution of the epoxy resin, the absorbance being measured at a wave number of between 3570 and 3600 cm.sup.-1 with an infrared spectrophotometer having a cell of 2 mm length, which is useful particularly in encapsulating and laminating applications in electronic fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 5, 1990
    Assignee: Sumitomo Chemical Company, Limited
    Inventors: Hisao Takagishi, Shuichi Kanagawa, Kunimasa Kamio, Kazuo Sumiyoshi
  • Patent number: 4757162
    Abstract: Rigid electrical insulator including a soda-lime glass dielectric with an average thickness of 10 to 15 mm, exhibiting a substantially parabolic stress curve, wherein the maximum value of the surface compression stresses at any point in the part falls within the range of 30 to 80 MPa, while the maximum value of the internal tensile stresses at any point in the part falls within the range of 15 to 40 MPa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: Ceraver
    Inventors: Denis Dumora, Jean-Paul Parant, Laurent Pargamin
  • Patent number: 4748209
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for improving impulse destructive strength of an electrical insulating material which is characterized by employing, as the electrical insulating material, a random copolymer of a styrene series monomer and ethylene or a combination of ethylene and another ethylenic unsaturated monomer, or a composition in which the copolymer is blended with an ethylene series polymer, the copolymer being prepared by introducing, into a reaction system, the styrene series monomer selected from the group of styrene and single-ring substituted styrenes, ethylene or the combination of ethylene and the ethylenic unsaturated monomer and a polymerization initiator, the latter being introduced thereinto separately from at least the styrene series monomer, and subjecting these monomers to a high-pressure radical copolymerization under a polymerization pressure of 500 to 4,000 kg/cm.sup.2 at a polymerization temperature of 50.degree. to 400.degree. C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: Nippon Petrochemicals Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuichi Orikasa, Shinji Kojima, Takashi Inoue, Kaoru Yamamoto, Atsushi Sato, Shigenobu Kawakami
  • Patent number: 4745457
    Abstract: An electronic substrate is provided in the form of a sintered body of polycrystalline alumina ceramic which further contains up to approximately 4% glass forming oxide selected from SiO.sub.2, MgO and ZrO.sub.2 along with about 0.4-2.0% refractory metal oxide to substantially reduce visible transmission in said substrate. In a preferred embodiment, said substrate comprises an elongated member of the ceramic material such as a flat layer which further includes a central cavity region housing an integrated circuit component such as a chip in which may be further provided with cover means for the central cavity in said member that can be formed with the same ceramic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 17, 1988
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Charles G. Morgan
  • Patent number: 4576856
    Abstract: A reconstituted mica material produced by sheet forming a slurry containing mica flakes prepared by disintegrating unfired mica and comprising (i) mica flakes having a particle size of 1.7 mm or more and an aspect ratio of 150 or more, (ii) mica flakes having a particle size of 1.0 mm or more and less than 1.7 mm and an aspect ratio of 150 or more, (iii) mica flakes having a particle size of 0.25 mm or more and less than 1.0 mm and an aspect ratio of 100 or more, and (iv) mica flakes having a particle size of less than 0.25 mm and an aspect ratio of 100 or more, in definite ranges, gives reconstituted mica prepreg materials, reconstituted mica products and insulated coils having excellent mechanical and electrical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1986
    Assignee: Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hideji Kuwajima, Takeyoshi Watanabe
  • Patent number: 4476155
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing an improved electrical high voltage coated insulator is described. The method involves applying and curing a one-part, room temperature curable silicone composition to the surface of an insulator, the insulator surface having a minimum designated arc resistance. The silicone composition is the product obtained by mixing in the substantial absence of moisture a specified polydimethylsiloxane fluid containing hydroxyl radicals, finely divided aluminum hydroxide filler, a silane of the formula R.sub.b Si(ON.dbd.X).sub.4-b and an optional condensation catalyst. The coating cures on exposure to atmospheric moisture to produce a surface adhered onto the insulator that resists the development of leakage currents and flashover failure upon exposure to electrical stress, moisture, contamination, and other outdoor weathering stresses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1983
    Date of Patent: October 9, 1984
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventor: Randolph G. Niemi
  • Patent number: 4471024
    Abstract: A tempered glass dielectric material for use as an electrical insulator is thermally tempered to produce surface compression between 200 MPa and 400 MPa. At least part of the material is then chemically tempered under conditions of temperature and duration such that the surface compression due to the thermal tempering is reduced by between 50% and 80%. The chemical tempering is effected by applying to the relevant part of the material, at ambient temperature, a solution containing alkaline salts. This solution is dried and the material then heated for several hours at a temperature between 300.degree. C. and 500.degree. C. The solution has the following composition (in percentage by weight):______________________________________ H.sub.2 O 70% to 90% Starch 2% to 10% KNO.sub.3 4% to 12% K.sub.2 HPO.sub.4 + KCl + K.sub.2 SO.sub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1984
    Assignee: Ceraver
    Inventors: Laurent Pargamin, Jean-Paul Parant, Henri Sa/i/ sse, Michel Cornebois
  • Patent number: 4431578
    Abstract: A particular dielectric fluid, having a composition with a specific gravity of at least 1.02 and consisting essentially of a silicone fluid and an additive, soluble in said silicone fluid, selected from the group consisting of trimethylsilyl treated (CH.sub.3).sub.3 SiO.sub.1/2 /SiO.sub.2 resin copolymer, dipropyleneglycoldibenzoate, dixylylethane, phenylxylylethane, and a mixture of [(CH.sub.3).sub.3 Si].sub.2 O treated silica and a silica aerogel, is employed to encapsulate and insulate an electrical cable splice. The same particular dielectric field composition is also used to fill an electrical cable's conductor interstices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: Dow Corning Corporation
    Inventor: Eugene D. Groenhof
  • Patent number: 4431579
    Abstract: The anti-inflammability of dimethyl silicone oil for use in static electric apparatuses is improved by reacting the dimethyl silicone oil with a cerium chelate compound so as to bind thereto a predetermined amount of the cerium chelate compound. This binding suppresses the generation of the cyclic oligomer components to be produced by the decomposition of dimethyl silicone oil, thereby elevating the flash point of the dimethyl silicone oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1984
    Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Sachio Yasufuku
  • Patent number: 4426549
    Abstract: Track and erosion resistant electrical insulating materials are disclosed comprising (a) a base insulating material comprising a polymer of ethylene and additives necessary to allow the polymer to function as electrical insulation, and (b) hydrated zinc borate as an anti-tracking and anti-erosion additive. The hydrated zinc borate functions to increase the track and erosion resistance of the electrical insulating material in concentrations of as little as 1% by weight of the entire material with its maximum effect being achieved at concentrations of about 25% by weight of the entire material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 17, 1984
    Assignee: High Voltage Engineering Corporation
    Inventor: Gary S. Natwig
  • Patent number: 4415674
    Abstract: Sheathed electrical heating elements containing MgO heat conductive, electrical insulating material having an additive of fine particles of spherically shaped fused ZrO.sub.2 to increase the electrical resistivity and maintain favorable tap density and flow properties. The spherically shaped ZrO.sub.2 particles are formed by gravitationally separating the ZrO.sub.2 particles from ground fused zircon (ZrO.sub.2.SiO.sub.2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 1982
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1983
    Assignee: Combustion Engineering, Inc.
    Inventor: Walter R. Johnson
  • Patent number: 4377404
    Abstract: This invention relates to a manufacturing method and a hermetic glass-to-metal seal suitable for a component in an electric circuit such as a liquid tantalum electrolytic capacitor. The method comprises the steps of fusing a raw material glass in order to form a glass tube; setting a bead, obtained by cutting the glass tube across the axis, in the opening to be sealed, for example, the opening of a member which forms a circuit component; and heating the assembly of the members which composes the circuit component including the bead, above the melting temperature of the bead, with a longitudinal conductor piercing through the bead. This simplified method of manufacturing a hermetic glass-to-metal seal accomplishes a perfect sealing since the sealing glass includes no undesirable impurities such as binder, and since the thermal expansion coefficient of the sealing glass is close to that of the metals used to construct the circuit components, and the sealing glass is stable to electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1983
    Assignees: Matsuo Electric Company Limited, Osaka City
    Inventors: Takeshi Hoshikawa, Iwao Takinami
  • Patent number: 4301042
    Abstract: A resistance material comprising a mixture of a permanent binder, a temporary binder and a bismuth-strontium rhodate having a composition defined by the formula Bi.sub.x Sr.sub.1-x Rh.sub.2.5 O.sub.5-5.5 wherein 1/2>x>O as a resistance determining component. This component has a linear positive temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR). A resistor having a very low TCR may be made using a mixture of this resistance-determining material with a resistance-determining component having a negative TCR. The resistor is produced by firing this resistance material on a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 17, 1981
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander H. Boonstra, Cornelis A. H. A. Mutsaers
  • Patent number: 4223071
    Abstract: New high voltage insulating compositions are disclosed. The compositions comprise a polymer (e.g. a polysiloxane, epoxide resin or a polymer of one or more olefins or substituted olefins), an antitracking additive (e.g. an alumina hydrate), and certain phosphorus-containing compounds which have been found to provide the compositions with greatly improved resistance to erosion by high voltage stress. The phosphorus-containing compounds include phosphonates, phosphates, phosphites, phosphinates, phosphonites, phosphinites, phosphine oxides and sulfides, and phosphines, and salts and complexes thereof. The phosphorus-containing compound can react in situ with the polymer or other ingredients of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1980
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Nicodemus E. Boyer, Travers K. Cammack, II, David D. Nyberg
  • Patent number: 4219607
    Abstract: New high voltage insulating compositions are disclosed. The compositions comprise a polymer (e.g. a polysiloxane, epoxide resin or a polymer of one or more olefins or substituted olefins), an antitracking additive (e.g. an alumina hydrate), and certain phosphorus-containing compounds which have been found to provide the compositions with greatly improved resistance to erosion by high voltage stress. The phosphorus-containing compounds include phosphonates, phosphates, phosphites, phosphinates, phosphonites, phosphinites, phosphine oxides and sulfides, and phosphines, and salts and complexes thereof. The phosphorus-containing compound can react in situ with the polymer or other ingredients of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 26, 1980
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Travers K. Cammack, II, David D. Nyberg
  • Patent number: 4216406
    Abstract: An improved electric lamp of the type wherein a transparent bulb is sealed to a terminal socket cap and contains a foamed cap cement which substantially fills the interior of said terminal cap. The foamed cap cement contains a small amount of a halogen-containing material and functions to extinguish electric arcs generated in the cap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1980
    Assignee: Lumalampan Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Karl A. G. Bjorkman, Gunther Jonsson
  • Patent number: 4206066
    Abstract: An arc track resistant, high voltage, filled synthetic resin insulator is disclosed which exhibits a wide range of desirable qualities heretofore unobtainable with any single type of prior insulator. The insulator hereof unexpectedly gives excellent arc track and flame resistance, along with a flexibilized yet rugged construction having good weatherability properties. These qualities are achieved through use of a relatively critical selection of components and proportions which also facilitate cast construction of the insulators by giving a pourable, yet highly filled liquid casting composition during the fabrication stage. The insulators include critical quantities of hydrated alumina (from about 60 to 75% by weight) and a synthetic resin matrix having expoxidized castor oil (18 to 24% by weight) and a glycidyl rigidizer therein, along with a curing agent and accelerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1980
    Assignee: A. B. Chance Company
    Inventor: William M. Rinehart
  • Patent number: 4198310
    Abstract: New high voltage insulating compositions are disclosed. The compositions comprise a polymer (e.g. a polysiloxane, epoxide resin or a polymer of one or more olefins or substituted olefins), an antitracking additive (e.g. an alumina hydrate), and certain organic polymerizable phosphorus-containing compounds which have been found to provide the compositions with greatly improved resistance to erosion by high voltage stress. The phosphorus-containing compounds include phosphonates, phosphates, phosphites, phosphinates, phosphonites, phosphinites, phosphine oxides and sulfides, and phosphines, and salts and complexes thereof. The phosphorus-containing compound can react in situ with the polymer or other ingredients of the composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1978
    Date of Patent: April 15, 1980
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Bernard J. Lyons, Travers K. Cammack, II, David D. Nyberg
  • Patent number: 4189392
    Abstract: An electrical insulating material having anti-tracking properties has incorporated therein an erosion inhibiting fluorine-substituted compound. The electrical insulating material comprises a polymeric material having an anti-tracking filler and the fluorine-substituted compound is a hydrophobic, non-ionic compound having a fluorine-substituted aliphatic carbon chain linked to a group having an affinity for the polymeric material and/or the anti-tracking filler. The electrical insulating material may be used in high voltage applications where it is necessary to resist erosion and/or control leakage currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 1977
    Date of Patent: February 19, 1980
    Inventors: Richard J. Penneck, John M. Senior
  • Patent number: 4126597
    Abstract: Polyvinyl formal dissolved in a solvent comprising certain monoalkyl ethers of diethylene glycol and triethylene glycol or the monophenyl ether of ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, tetraethylene glycol or propylene glycol. In some cases it is necessary to have a diluent such as an aromatic hydrocarbon present.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: November 21, 1978
    Assignee: Schenectady Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: George A. Walrath, John T. Keating
  • Patent number: 4112193
    Abstract: The invention relates to an electrical insulator coated with a semi-conducting tin oxide system glaze layer wherein the glaze layer contains 0.05 to 10 percent by weight of at least one metal oxide selected from the group consisting of niobium oxide, tantalum oxide, titanium oxide, zirconium oxide, yttrium oxide and tungsten oxide. The additional metal oxide reduces the dependance of resistance on the environmental temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 1976
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1978
    Assignee: Nippon Gaishi Kabushiki Kaishi
    Inventors: Noboru Higuchi, Takayuki Ogasawara, Shoji Seike
  • Patent number: 4100089
    Abstract: An improved high voltage insulating material comprising one or more polymers and an anti-tracking and erosion inhibiting composition comprising a hydrate of alumina and one or more compounds selected from the groups consisting of nickel phosphate, phosphinic acid or a derivative thereof, phosphonous acid or a derivative thereof, and phosphonic acid or a derivative thereof. The composition functions to prevent failure by tracking and to substantially retard failure by erosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventors: Travers Kregg Cammack, II, David Dolph Nyberg
  • Patent number: 4091124
    Abstract: An improved electrical grade concrete insulator is prepared by immersing a self-supporting concrete body impregnated with an uncured polymer in a liquid curable resin bath, curing said polymer, separating said body from said resin bath whereby said body has a secondary impregnation filling the voids produced when the primary impregnation shrinks on curing. The residual resin on the outside also forms a thin sealant coating on the surface of said body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1976
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1978
    Assignee: Gould Inc.
    Inventor: David H. Reighter
  • Patent number: 4038491
    Abstract: A fluid, filled, resinous casting composition, having a viscosity below about 20,000 cp. at 100.degree. C, is made from liquid resin, resin curing agent, and as high as 85 weight percent of a glassy filler comprising about 50 to about 60 weight percent of SiO.sub.2, about 12 to about 22 weight percent of Al.sub.2 O.sub.3, about 5 to about 15 weight percent of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, about 4 to about 14 weight percent of MgO and about 2.5 to about 12.5 weight percent of CaO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1977
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Gamble, James W. Chapman
  • Patent number: 4001128
    Abstract: A filler system for polymers is disclosed which provides high voltage insulation which is resistant to tracking. The filler system utilizes a combination of alumina trihydrate and a chemically treated silica filler. The silica-treated filler results from the exposure of an inorganic silicon-containing filler having a specific surface area of at least 40 square meters per gram to one or more silanes. Preferred silanes are substituted silanes having the formula R.sub.n Si X.sub.4.sub.-n where n is 1, 2 or 3, R is an organic radical bonded to the silicon atom by a Si--C bond and X is a radical bound to the silicon atom via an atom other than a carbon atom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1972
    Date of Patent: January 4, 1977
    Assignee: Raychem Corporation
    Inventor: Richard John Penneck
  • Patent number: 3963632
    Abstract: An insulating coating composition is described which prevents deterioration of the insulating ability of newly fabricated material and when applied will also restore insulation characteristics to material presently in use. The composition comprises a mixture of1. a main resinous coating of a thermoplastic resin;2. a cation exchange resin which may be either strongly acidic, i.e., one containing sulfur type, sulphonic acid radicals or weakly acidic, i.e., one containing carboxyl groups or phenolic hydroxyl groups; and3. an anion exchange resin which may be either strongly basic, i.e., one containing quaternary ammonium radicals or weakly basic, i.e., one containing amine radicalsA method of arresting or preventing deterioration of insulating coatings is also disclosed by the use of the above materials which when applied will remove disassociated ions which, in turn, prevent formation of an electroconductive film on the surface of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1974
    Date of Patent: June 15, 1976
    Assignee: Tokyo Shibaura Denki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Koji Tanaka
  • Patent number: 3950452
    Abstract: A weather-resistant high-voltage electrical insulator appliance, or at least a portion thereof which is exposed to the atmosphere, is formed of a solvent-free aliphatic polyurethane which is at least substantially free of aromatic groups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1972
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1976
    Assignee: Dr. Beck & Co. AG
    Inventors: Karl Schmidt, Gerhard Boockmann
  • Patent number: 3941707
    Abstract: A method of producing an aluminum oxide and tungstate powder for insulating cathode heaters includes mixing a finely divided aluminum oxide powder with ammonium tungstate, rinsing out excess ammonium tungstate, drying the mixture and heating in a nitrogen-hydrogen atmosphere to about 700.degree.C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 1973
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1976
    Assignee: International Standard Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Eberhard Weiss
  • Patent number: 3935157
    Abstract: A polycarbonate plastic having improved electrical tracking resistance is provided by including in the polycarbonate a substance which is normally an oxidation or combustion catalyst such as a transition metal having a positive oxidation potential of >+0.2 volt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 27, 1976
    Assignee: Bayer Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Paul Schiller, Hugo Vernaleken