Patent ID: 8828195
Filing Date: 2014-09-09
Classification: C23F

Abstract:
1. A Segmented Sacrificial Anode Assembly (SSAA) comprising: at least two anode segments, each anode segment comprising: an isolator at a connectable end of the SSAA, the isolator residing between the SSAA and a protected structure; a long male connector threaded into the female electrically conductive connector at the connected end of the SSAA and reaching into the isolator; and a portion of the long male connector opposite the SSAA is exposed to allow connection to the protected structure; a face of the isolator opposite the SSAA includes a recessed volume; a nut is fixedly attached to a surface of the protected structure; the SSAA is attached to the nut and no part of the SSAA penetrates the protected structure; and the recessed volume provides a volume for the nut.