Illinois Tool Works Inc.

Scott Mueller

E Grant Swick

Richard H Heidorn

A lightning protector assembly for telephone circuitry and the like includes a housing formed of a lower necked terminal section and an upper expanded grounding section. A component-mounting member is disposed within the housing for mounting a first pair of voltage limiting devices and a first pair of impedance devices. There are cavities provided in the lower part of the component-mounting member for receipt of a plurality of terminal contacts. The upper section has a pair of top recesses separated by a central bridging portion. Plug-in fuse holder units are disposed within the top recesses. A side ground contact is provided and includes an elongated horizontal member extending inside and across the width of the housing for connection to the first pair of voltage limiting means and a portion thereof extending externally of the housing.

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South Barrington, IL, United States of America

Scott Mueller