IP Library Granted Patent US 12683305
Granted Patent B2
US 12683305 · App. 18/609,444 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Grounding resistance reducing material and grounding device

Inventors: Koji Terashima (Tokyo, JP); Kenta Kobayashi (Tokyo, JP); Shuji Kurano (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SANKOSHA CORPORATION
H01R4/66H01B1/06
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12683305
App. No.
18/609,444
Filed
Mar 19, 2024
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Examiner
LEE, PETE T
Art Unit
2847
USPC
174/6
Abstract

Providing a grounding resistance reducing material that can contribute to the reduction in carbon dioxide emission and can be used in the same manner as the grounding resistance reducing material that uses coke, which is fossil fuel, and a grounding device using the grounding resistance reducing material, and also providing a grounding resistance reducing material whose weight can be trimmed. A grounding resistance reducing material 14 to be laid between a grounding electrode 11 buried in soil 12 and the soil 12 contains carbide granules obtained by incomplete combustion of biomass.

Claims (18)

1 . A grounding resistance reducing material to be laid between a grounding electrode buried in soil and the soil, consisting of carbide granules obtained from incomplete combustion of woody biomass, wherein

the specific resistance of the carbide granules is 430 Ω·cm or lower,

the carbide granules and a hydraulic powder are mixed at a ratio by weight in a range from 10:90 to 50:50,

the carbide granules and the hydraulic powder are contained in a mixed state, and

the grounding electrode can be integrated as hardening progresses.

2 . The grounding resistance reducing material as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the bulk specific gravity of the carbide granules is 0.40 g/cm 3 or lower.

3 . The grounding resistance reducing material as set forth in claim 2 , wherein the mass fraction of moisture contained in the carbide granules is 7.5% by weight or lower.

4 . A grounding device characterized in that a grounding resistance reducing material as set forth in claim 1 is buried and hardened in soil and that a grounding electrode is integrated into the grounding resistance reducing material.

5 . A grounding device characterized in that a grounding resistance reducing material as set forth in claim 2 is buried and hardened in soil and that a grounding electrode is integrated into the grounding resistance reducing material.

6 . A grounding resistance reducing material to be laid between a grounding electrode buried in soil and the soil, consisting of carbide granules obtained from incomplete combustion of woody biomass and a hydraulic powder, wherein

the specific resistance of the carbide granules is 430 Ω·cm or lower,

the bulk specific gravity of the carbide granules is 0.40 g/cm 3 or lower,

the carbide granules and the hydraulic powder are mixed at a ratio by weight in a range from 10:90 to 50:50,

the carbide granules and the hydraulic powder are contained in a mixed state, and

the grounding electrode can be integrated as hardening progresses.

7 . The grounding resistance reducing material as set forth in claim 6 , wherein the mass fraction of moisture contained in the carbide granules is 7.5% by weight or lower.

8 . A grounding device characterized in that a grounding resistance reducing material as set forth in claim 6 is buried and hardened in soil and that a grounding electrode is integrated into the grounding resistance reducing material.

9 . A grounding device characterized in that a grounding resistance reducing material as set forth in claim 7 is buried and hardened in soil and that a grounding electrode is integrated into the grounding resistance reducing material.