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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1993
Filed:
Jan. 05, 1993
Murray I Delamoreaux, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Oneac Corporation, Libertyville, IL (US);
Abstract
A telephone line overvoltage protection device includes a first terminal guard housing defining a plurality of terminal receiving channels and has a mating portion. A second housing contains a printed wiring board and includes a cooperating portion receiving the first mating portion of the first terminal guard housing in mating engagement. A plurality of terminals slidingly received in the terminal receiving channels include a grounding connecting member. Each of the terminals includes an outwardly extending terminal portion extending outside the first terminal guard housing. The outwardly extending terminal portion of each of the terminals includes a first bend defining a line of the terminal portions. The printed wiring board contains a plurality of aligned terminal receiving apertures receiving all of the outwardly extending terminal portions. The grounding connecting member includes an opposed end portion extending outwardly of the first terminal guard housing having a second bend so as to position the opposed end portion of the grounding connecting member perpendicular to the printed wiring board.