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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:
Dec. 29, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
George A DeBalko, Washington Twp., Morris County, NJ (US);
Rajendra S Rana, Franklin Twp., Somerset County, NJ (US);
Warren J Rhines, Morris Twp., Morris County, NJ (US);
Assignee:
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361119 ; 361127 ; 379412 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a device which includes a Maintenance Termination Unit (MTU) and surge protector in a single 5-pin package. In accordance with one embodiment, a base includes an array of spring contacts, including a grounding element, in which are inserted both a surge protector module and an edge of a circuit board including the MTU.