Abstract:
The load is formed as a plurality of terminal elements, one being the last and the others being complementary thereto; each one includes an external conductor and an internal conductor, the complementary terminal elements further including a peripheral conductor coaxially surrounding each complementary element and electrically connected to an adjacent peripheral conductor of an adjacent element, the open end of the external conductor of the first terminal element being interconnected with the adjacent end of the peripheral conductor of the next adjacent complementary element, the external conductors of two adjacent terminal elements being interconnected by a material transparent to the energy to be dissipated, or directly connected thereto; preferably, a resistive element may form the interconnection between an interior conductor and the closed end of an external conductor, and cooling means may be provided (such as by the formation of gaps and making the internal conductor hollow) to additionally dissipate a load.