US Patent Issued to Nidec Motor on Nov. 18 for "Spacing-assured electric field shield for gas discharge tube of motor control" (Illinois, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,477,650, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Nidec Motor Corp. (St. Louis).

"Spacing-assured electric field shield for gas discharge tube of motor control" was invented by James L. Skinner (Collinsville, Ill.), Steven Faust (St. Louis), Jeffrey Scott Sherman (Creve Coeur, Mo.) and Chetan O. Modi (Valley Park, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spacing-assured gas discharge tube assembly is installed on a printed circuit board, which may be part of a motor controller. The discharge tube assembly includes a tube body and an electrostatic spacing shield disposed at least partially around the tube body. The shield is configured to prevent c...