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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:
Apr. 25, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Shannon, Saco, ME (US);
John P DuBois, Auburn, ME (US);
John J Napierkowski, Cape Elizabeth, ME (US);
Dan Kidd, Cornish, ME (US);
Assignee:
Siecor Corporation, Hickory, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379412 ; 379399 ;
Abstract
A station protector module contains telephone company terminals and subscriber terminals. The module has apparatus for grounding the module in a network interface device and also has means for grounding upon extended grounding current flow through a surge protector in the module. The grounding apparatus becomes operative upon the melting of a fusible means. The surge protector is a single component bidirectional voltage sensitive switch.