US Patent 7570473 Surge absorber

There is provided a surge absorber which has excellent chemical stability in a high-temperature region upon a sealing process and main discharge and has a long life span, by applying an oxide layer having excellent adhesion to a main discharge surface. A columnar ceramics in which conductive coating films are separately formed via a discharge gap, a pair of main discharge electrode members which face each other and are in contact with the conductive coating films and a barrel-shaped ceramics in which the columnar ceramics is enclosed together with sealing gas are included, and a glass member is enclosed in the barrel-shaped ceramics.