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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. 02, 1996
Filed:
Oct. 12, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Steven N Ginn, Granger, IN (US);
Assignee:
CTS Corporation, Elkhart, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C / ; H01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338 20 ; 338 21 ; 338195 ; 338260 ; 338320 ; 21912169 ;
Abstract
Several trim patterns are illustrated which are suited for use in high voltage, surge prone environments. The invention combines a block resistor with a simple scan cut and two or more plunge cuts to simply form a resistor. The resulting resistor is immune to adverse affects associated with current crowding and arcing, both known to have much adverse impact on the prior art.