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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2022
Filed:
Jul. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Te Connectivity Services Gmbh, Schaffhausen, CH;
Inventor:
Senthil A. Kumar, Morrisville, NC (US);
Assignee:
TE CONNECTIVITY SERVICES GMBH, Schaffhausen, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 7/12 (2006.01); H01H 85/044 (2006.01); H01H 85/02 (2006.01); H01C 1/012 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 7/12 (2013.01); H01C 1/012 (2013.01); H01H 85/0241 (2013.01); H01H 85/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A surge arrester includes a polymer body or housing and a varistor assembly in the body or housing. The varistor assembly includes a plurality of varistor elements and a fuse electrically connected in series and forming a vertical stack of the plurality of varistor elements and the fuse. The stack has a first end surface, a second end surface, and a side surface extending between the first end surface and the second end surface. The varistor assembly includes a first end fitting at the first end surface of the stack and a second end fitting at the second end surface of the stack.