TWM555578U - Lightning device and transmission module thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

A lightning protection device comprises: a carrier module and a transmission module. The carrier module includes a housing unit and an ion generating unit. The outer casing unit defines an accommodating space, a first vent opening facing downward and communicating with the accommodating space, and a plurality of fixing portions facing upward. The ion generating unit is disposed in the accommodating space and is located between the first vent and the fixed portion, and the ion generating unit is configured to generate positive and negative ions. The transmission module includes a plurality of transmission units, each of which has a transmission rod and an induction probe. The transmission rod has a lower end fixed to the corresponding fixing portion, and an upper end opposite to the lower end, the transmission rod defines a guiding groove extending between the lower end and the upper end, and the guiding groove is used for guiding the positive and negative ions toward the upper end flow. The sensing probe is connected to the upper end.

Description

Lightning protection device and transmission module thereof

The present invention relates to a lightning protection device, and more particularly to a lightning protection device and a transmission module thereof for neutralizing charges in a thundercloud through ions.

Over the years, when thunderclouds were formed, the accompanying lightning strikes often seriously affected human life and property safety. However, through technological advancement, several different types of lightning rods have been developed (known as "lighting rods"). Each of the lightning strikes is introduced into the earth, and the ambient electric charge is collected to eliminate the low electric field. However, in any of the foregoing manners, there is still a probability of occurrence of a lightning strike in the protection area of the lightning rod, and The scope of protection is too narrow and so on.

On the other hand, in general, the lightning rod must be installed at the top of the building, and good grounding works can achieve the maximum effect, but it also makes maintenance extremely difficult.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a lightning protection device that avoids the formation of lightning strikes and expands the protective area.

Therefore, another object of the present invention is to provide a transmission module that effectively avoids the formation of lightning strikes.

Therefore, the transmission module of the present invention is suitable for being disposed on a carrier module, wherein the carrier module is configured to generate positive and negative ions, the transmission module comprises: a plurality of transmission units, each of the transmission units includes a transmission rod and an induction Probe. The transmission rod includes a lower end fixed to the carrying module, and an upper end opposite to the lower end, the transmission rod defines a guiding slot extending between the lower end and the upper end, the guiding slot is used for guiding The positive and negative ions are directed toward the upper end. The sensing probe is coupled to the upper end.

In some embodiments, the guiding groove is a spiral groove.

In some embodiments, the transfer rod further defines a plurality of grooves in communication with the guide slot.

In some embodiments, the transfer rod further includes a helicoid surface defining the guide groove, the spiral surface being recessed to form the grooves spaced apart from each other.

Therefore, the lightning protection device of the present invention comprises: a carrier module and a transmission module. The carrying module includes a housing unit and an ion generating unit. The outer casing unit defines an accommodating space, a first vent opening facing downward and communicating with the accommodating space, and a plurality of fixing portions facing upward. The ion generating unit is disposed in the accommodating space and located between the first vents and the fixing portions, and the ion generating unit is configured to generate positive and negative ions. The transmission module includes a plurality of transmission units, each of which has a transmission rod and an induction probe. The transmission rod has a lower end fixed to the corresponding fixing portion, and an upper end opposite to the lower end, the transmission rod defines a guiding slot extending between the lower end and the upper end, the guiding slot is used for The positive and negative ions are directed toward the upper end. The sensing probe is coupled to the upper end.

In some implementations, one of the transmission units is an upright transmission unit, and the remaining transmission units are oblique transmission units surrounding the periphery of the vertical transmission unit, each of the oblique transmission units and the upright transmission The unit clip has an acute angle.

In some embodiments, the housing unit has a lower housing and an upper housing, the lower housing has a lower base, and a lower insulation surrounding wall extending upward from a periphery of the lower base, the lower base defining the same a first venting opening away from the lower base and defining a plurality of surrounding second vents, the upper casing having a base wall covering the top edge of the lower insulation surrounding the wall, and a periphery of the base wall a downwardly and outwardly extending shielding wall, and an upper end wall extending upwardly and inwardly from a periphery of the base wall, the base wall defining a plurality of third vents, the upper end wall having the fixing portion, the lower base The lower insulation wall and the base wall jointly define the accommodating space; the lightning protection device further includes a plurality of waterproof bolts, and the two ends of each waterproof bolt are respectively disposed on the transmission rod and the fixing portion.

The effect of the present invention is that the lightning protection device of the present invention guides the positive and negative ions by the guiding groove, and guides the spiraling flow of the positive and negative ions toward the thundercloud, and blocks an ascending airflow through the shielding wall. And guiding the ascending airflow to the base wall, so that more positive and negative ions located in the base wall can be moved to the fixed portion, and further vented to the thundercloud in the above manner, thereby neutralizing the electric charge in the thundercloud and eliminating the lightning The discharge energy.

Referring to FIG. 1 , an embodiment of the lightning protection device of the present invention comprises a carrier module 1 , a transmission module 2 and a plurality of waterproof bolts 3 . The lightning protection device is installed at the top of a building such as a tall building, or a wind power generator, or a high voltage electric tower.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2 , the carrier module 1 includes a housing unit 11 and an ion generating unit 12 . The detailed structure of the outer casing unit 11 will be further explained below.

The housing unit 11 has a lower housing 13 and an upper housing 14. The lower casing 13 has a lower base 131 and a lower insulation surrounding wall 132 extending upward from the periphery of the lower base 131. The lower base 131 defines a plurality of downwardly facing first vents 133. The lower insulation surrounds the wall 132. Along from the lower base 131 and defining a plurality of circumferential second vents 134. The upper casing 14 has a base wall 141 covering the top edge of the lower insulation surrounding wall 132, a shielding wall 142 extending downwardly and outwardly from the periphery of the base wall 141, and an upward and upward direction from the periphery of the base wall 141. The inner end wall 143 extends. The base wall 141 defines a plurality of third vents 145 having a plurality of upwardly facing securing portions 146. The lower base 131, the lower insulation surrounding wall 132 and the base wall 141 together define an accommodating space 144, and the first vents 133 communicate with the accommodating space 144. Each of the fixing portions 146 is a through hole defined by the upper end wall 143. The above structure is made of a metal material for conducting the electric charge, except that the lower insulation surrounding wall 132 is made of an insulating material related to engineering plastics.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the ion generating unit 12 is disposed in the accommodating space 144 and located between the first vents 133 and the fixing portions 146 . In this embodiment, the electrodes in the ion generating unit 12 are spaced apart from the electrodes. In a thundercloud environment, the ion generating unit 12 forms a strong electric field and forms a corona effect ionization to generate positive and negative ions.

Referring to FIG. 1 , FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 , the transmission module 2 includes seven transmission units 21 , each of which has a transmission rod 22 and seven sensing probes 23 . One of the transmission units 21 is an upright transmission unit, and the remaining transmission units 21 are oblique transmission units surrounding the periphery of the vertical transmission unit, and each of the oblique transmission units and the vertical transmission unit are at an acute angle. In this embodiment, one of the transmission units 21 is an upright transmission unit that is disposed and stands upright at a center position of the upper end wall 143, and the remaining six transmission units 21 surround and surround the vertical transmission unit. An oblique transmission unit of the upper end wall 143 and an acute angle between the oblique transmission unit and the vertical transmission unit expand the protection range of the lightning protection device to protect the building body. For the convenience of the following description, the front view of the present embodiment shows only three transfer rods 22 and three induction probes 23.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 5 , the transmission rod 22 has a lower end 221 fixed to the carrying module 1 and an upper end 222 opposite to the lower end 221 . The transmission rod 22 defines an extending end 221 and the upper end. Guide groove 223 between 222. In the present embodiment, the upper end 222 of each of the transmission rods 22 is provided with seven sensing probes 23. In particular, the guiding groove 223 is a spiral groove, and each of the transmission rods 22 is formed by a solid rod by, for example, cutting. The solid rod can be made of a square solid rod or a circular solid rod, but a hollow rod cannot be used. In addition, the foregoing processing method is not limited to cutting, and the transfer rod 22 may be formed into the guiding groove 223 by die casting or other means.

Referring to FIG. 1 and FIG. 5, on the other hand, the transmission rod 22 further includes a spiral surface 225 defining the guiding groove 223, and the spiral surface 225 is recessed to form a plurality of concave portions spaced apart from each other and communicating with the guiding groove 223. Slot 224. In the embodiment, the grooves 224 are arranged at intervals along the extending direction of the transmission rod 22 and extend in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the transmission rod 22. The tip of the guiding groove 223 and the groove 224 form a tip. The effect is to aggregate positive and negative ions.

Referring to FIGS. 1 and 4, the inductive probes 23 are coupled to the upper end 222. In the embodiment, the upper end 222 of the transmission rod 22 is provided with seven sensing probes 23, and each of the sensing probes 23 has a bottom end 231 fixed to the upper end 222. And a top end 232 opposite the bottom end 231. Wherein, the top end 232 is sharp, thereby forming a tip effect. In particular, one of the seven sensing probes 23 is parallel to the transmission rod 22 and is located substantially at the center of the upper end 222 of the transmission rod 22, and the remaining six sensing probes 23 are also centered around the center. The sensing probes 23 are positioned and extended in a radial manner upwardly and outwardly such that the inductive probes 23 can receive the thunderclouds and electric charges of the electric field in the atmosphere. The structure of the remaining transmission unit 21 is the same as the above, and details are not described herein again.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the two ends of each waterproof bolt 3 are respectively fixed to the lower end 221 of the transmission rod 22 and the fixing portion 146 , and each waterproof bolt 3 has a nut portion 31 , and the nut portion 31 is used for shielding the fixing portion 146, thereby preventing rainwater or other liquid from entering the outer casing unit 11 and causing damage to the ion generating unit 12. In addition, the waterproof bolt 3 is not limited by the manner in which the screw is fixed, as long as it can be connected. The transfer rod 22 and the method of attaching the transfer rod 22 to the fixing portion 146 and preventing liquid from penetrating into the outer casing unit 11 can be implemented as the scope of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7 , in the embodiment, after the ion generating unit 12 generates the positive and negative ions, the positive and negative ions move along the base wall 141 toward the fixed portions 146 through the charge attraction of the first and negative ions. The transfer rod 22 is equal. Subsequently, the positive and negative ions from the outer casing unit 11 and the positive and negative ions from the intersection of the groove 224 and the transmission rod 22 flow together toward the upper end 222 along the extending direction of the guiding groove 223, and The vortex-type venting mode is in the thundercloud around and above the lightning protection device, and the electric charge in the lightning cloud electric field received by the sensing probe 23 also moves along with the thunderclouds from the upper end 222 toward the upper and lower positive ions. The positive and negative ions form a neutralization with the charges in the thundercloud, thereby eliminating the formation of lightning.

On the other hand, when an ascending airflow passes through the lightning protection device, the ascending airflow is divided by the lightning protection device into an internal ascending airflow 91 and an external ascending airflow 92, and the internal ascending airflow 91 is along the first venting opening 133. Entering the accommodating space 144 and flowing through the ion generating unit 12 to the third vent 145 to the fixing portions 146. At this time, the internal ascending airflow 91 provides power for moving the positive and negative ions upwards. More positive and negative ions can pass through the base wall 141 to the fixed portions 146. A portion of the external ascending airflow 92 is blocked by the shielding wall 142 along the second vent 134 into the third vent 145. At this time, the external ascending airflow 92 provides the positive and negative ions in the base wall 141. Another upwardly rising power is used to lift the positive and negative ions to the fixed portions 146. Another portion of the outer updraft 92 flows along the guide slot 223 toward the upper end 222, while the outer updraft 92 will receive the positive and negative ions from the housing unit 11 from the recess 224. Negative ions, as well as the positive and negative ions received from the inductive probe 23, are blown into a thundercloud around and above the lightning protection device in a vortex-type, large-area bleed manner.

In summary, the lightning protection device of the present invention guides the positive and negative ions by the guiding groove 223, and guides the spiraling flow of the positive and negative ions toward the thundercloud, and blocks the rising through the shielding wall 142. Airflow, and directing the ascending airflow to the base wall 141, so that more positive and negative ions located in the base wall 141 can be moved to the fixed portion 146, and further vented to the thundercloud in the above manner, thereby neutralizing the thundercloud The charge, which eliminates the discharge energy of lightning, can indeed achieve the purpose of the present invention.

However, the above is only the embodiment of the present invention, and when it is not possible to limit the scope of the present invention, all the simple equivalent changes and modifications according to the scope of the patent application and the contents of the patent specification are still This new patent covers the scope.

1‧‧‧ Carrying Module
11‧‧‧ Shell unit
12‧‧‧Ion generating unit
13‧‧‧ Lower case
131‧‧‧Lower base
132‧‧‧Insulation around the wall
133‧‧‧First vent
134‧‧‧second vent
14‧‧‧Upper casing
141‧‧‧
142‧‧‧ occlusion wall
143‧‧‧ upper end wall
144‧‧‧ accommodating space
145‧‧‧ third vent
146‧‧‧ Fixed Department
2‧‧‧Transmission module
21‧‧‧Transmission unit
22‧‧‧Transfer rod
221‧‧‧Bottom
222‧‧‧ upper end
223‧‧‧ guiding slot
224‧‧‧ Groove
225‧‧‧Helical surface
23‧‧‧Induction probe
231‧‧‧ bottom
232‧‧‧Top
3‧‧‧Waterproof bolts
31‧‧‧ Nuts Department
91‧‧‧Internal updraft
92‧‧‧External updraft

Other features and effects of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of the drawings. FIG. 1 is a front elevational view of an embodiment of the lightning protection device of the present invention, illustrating a carrier module and a transmission module. And a structure of a plurality of waterproof bolts; FIG. 2 is an incomplete cross-sectional view of the embodiment, illustrating a detailed structure of the load bearing module; FIG. 3 is an incomplete top view of the embodiment, illustrating the transmission Figure 4 is a schematic top view of an incomplete top view of the embodiment, illustrating the relative position of the sensing probes; Figure 5 is a partial enlarged view of Figure 1 illustrating the structure of the recess; and Figure 6 and Fig. 7 is a front elevational view showing the operation of the lightning protection device.

1‧‧‧ Carrying Module

11‧‧‧ Shell unit

13‧‧‧ Lower case

131‧‧‧Lower base

132‧‧‧Insulation around the wall

134‧‧‧second vent

14‧‧‧Upper casing

21‧‧‧Transmission unit

22‧‧‧Transfer rod

221‧‧‧Bottom

222‧‧‧ upper end

223‧‧‧ guiding slot

224‧‧‧ Groove

225‧‧‧Helical surface

141‧‧‧

142‧‧‧ occlusion wall

143‧‧‧ upper end wall

144‧‧‧ accommodating space

146‧‧‧ Fixed Department

2‧‧‧Transmission module

23‧‧‧Induction probe

231‧‧‧ bottom

232‧‧‧Top

3‧‧‧Waterproof bolts

31‧‧‧ Nuts Department

Claims (10)

A transmission module is configured to be disposed on a carrier module, wherein the carrier module is configured to generate positive and negative ions, the transmission module includes: a plurality of transmission units, each of the transmission units including a transmission rod, including a fixed a lower end of the carrying module, and an upper end opposite to the lower end, the connecting rod defines a guiding slot extending between the lower end and the upper end, the guiding slot is configured to guide positive and negative ions to flow toward the upper end; And a sensing probe connected to the upper end. The transmission module of claim 1, wherein the guiding slot is a spiral groove. The transmission module of claim 2, wherein the transmission rod further defines a plurality of grooves that communicate with the guiding groove. The transmission module of claim 3, wherein the transmission rod further comprises a helicoid surface defining the guiding groove, the spiral surface being recessed to form the grooves spaced apart from each other. A lightning protection device comprising: a carrying module, comprising a casing unit, defining an accommodating space, a first vent opening facing downward and communicating with the accommodating space, and a plurality of fixing portions facing upward; An ion generating unit is disposed in the accommodating space between the first vent and the fixed portion, the ion generating unit is configured to generate positive and negative ions; and a transmission module includes a plurality of transmitting units, each of the The transmission unit includes a transmission rod including a lower end fixed to the corresponding fixing portion, and an upper end opposite to the lower end, the transmission rod defining a guiding groove extending between the lower end and the upper end, the guiding The guiding groove is for guiding the positive and negative ions to flow toward the upper end; and an induction probe is connected to the upper end. The lightning protection device of claim 5, wherein the guiding groove is a spiral groove. The lightning protection device of claim 6, wherein the transmission rod further defines a plurality of grooves communicating with the guiding groove. The lightning protection device of claim 7, wherein the transmission rod further comprises a helicoid surface defining the guiding groove, the spiral surface being recessed to form the grooves spaced apart from each other. A lightning protection device according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein one of the transmission units is an upright transmission unit, and the remaining transmission units are oblique transmission units surrounding the periphery of the vertical transmission unit. Each of the oblique transmission units and the vertical transmission unit are at an acute angle. The lightning protection device of claim 5, wherein the outer casing unit has a lower casing and an upper casing, the lower casing has a lower base, and a lower insulation surrounding wall extending upward from a periphery of the lower base, the lower The base defines the first vents, the lower insulation surrounding the wall away from the lower base and defining a plurality of surrounding second vents, the upper casing having a base wall covering the top edge of the lower insulation surrounding the wall, a shielding wall extending downwardly and outwardly from a periphery of the base wall, and an upper end wall extending upwardly and inwardly from a periphery of the base wall, the base wall defining a plurality of third vents, the upper end wall having the fixing The lower base, the lower insulation surrounding wall and the base wall jointly define the accommodating space; the lightning protection device further comprises a plurality of waterproof bolts, wherein the two ends of the waterproof bolt are respectively disposed on the transmission rod and the fixing unit.