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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:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
May. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard L Cohen, Novato, CA (US);
Assignee:
Panamax Corporation, San Rafael, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361119 ; 361 56 ; 361111 ; 379331 ;
Abstract
A surge protection circuit having x protected paths, a first input connector connected to all x of the protected paths and a second input connector connected to fewer than x of the protected paths. For example, the second input connector may be connected to x/2 of the protected paths. Using different modular jack connections, it is possible to use the surge protection circuit to protect either one line of x wires (paths), or two lines of x/2 wires.