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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 02, 1987
Applicant:
Inventor:
Derek A Lucas, Norwell, MA (US);
Assignee:
Alden Research Foundation, Brockton, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361212 ; 361220 ;
Abstract
Apparatus for draining the static charge from an operator handling discharge-sensitive electronic components has an electrode module applied to the operator's wrist connected to a grounding module by a two conductor loop which includes a lamp, a battery and a switch which, when closed, lights the lamp if one of the conductors is continuous between the electrode and grounding terminal.