Title:
【発明の名称】安全な避雷針および警報システム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2002530038
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A lightning rod system including both methods and specific types of lightning rod protection apparatus, which address the need for lightning rod safety features to deter impalement and minimize injury when humans inadvertently fall upon or strike the projecting air terminal through use of a hebetative contiguous impact surface (10) on an end cap(s). The system involves lightning rod system components such as humanized quantal rod (3) or coil spring coupler (13) engineered to be responsive within the range of forces achieved when a human of average size and weight falls onto the projecting air terminal from a standing surface level with that on which the lightning rod system is mounted to. The lightning rod system also involves a method and engineered components to retrofit existing lightning rod assemblies. Additionally, the system components address the need for a safety warning air terminal system to prevent impalement and injury from projecting air terminals that are not designed to be conducive to a lightning strike.
Inventors:
Rap, Robert W.
Application Number:
JP2000580284A
Publication Date:
September 10, 2002
Filing Date:
September 01, 1999
Export Citation:
Assignee:
National Lighting Protection Corporation
International Classes:
H02G1/02; H02G13/00; H05F3/04; (IPC1-7): H02G13/00; H02G1/02; H05F3/04
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shusaku Yamamoto