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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:
Feb. 23, 1988
Filed:
Jul. 26, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
John C Farrar, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Reuben E Ney, Mount Joy, PA (US);
James L Schroeder, III, Palmyra, PA (US);
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4396 / ; 333185 ; 439608 ;
Abstract
A transient suppression assembly for protecting individual circuits on printed circuit boards and for retrofitting existing electrical connectors is disclosed. The assembly is comprised of a dielectric substrate means having terminal engaging means disposed thereon, a grounding means and transient suppression means such as diodes electrically connecting said terminal engaging means and said ground means for suppressing voltages outside a specified level as they are conducted through terminals of the connector and said terminal engaging means.