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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. 13, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Shannon, Saco, ME (US);
Mark P Cote, Springvale, ME (US);
Assignee:
Siecor Puerto Rico, Inc., Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361119 ; 361124 ;
Abstract
A surge arrester for telephone lines comprises a threaded metal enclosure for insertion into a threaded well of a station protector. The protective element within the threaded metal enclosure is a voltage sensitive solid state switch comprising a semiconductor chip sandwiched between two flat electrodes. One electrode is in contact with a metal plate which is in contact with a solder disc. The other electrode is in contact with a metal post disposed in, and extending through, a plastic spacer within the threaded metal enclosure.