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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 16, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel M Pitsch, Minneapolis, MN (US);
George B Pfeffer, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Assignee:
ADC Telecommunications, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361119 ; 361124 ; 361120 ;
Abstract
A fail-safe device is provided for an overvoltage protector element where the protector includes a body having first and second contact surfaces and a tip lead, a ring lead and a ground lead extending from the body. The fail-safe device includes a heat deformable dielectric base and an electrically conducted spring member having first and second contact ends. The base is disposed against the element body with the base having first and second spacer ends separating the spring's first and second ends from the protector body's first and second contact surfaces.