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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 1998

Filed:

Mar. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:

George Andrew Debalko, Washington Township, Morris County, NJ (US);

Assignee:

Lucent-Technologies Inc., Murray-Hill, NJ (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
379412 ; 379412 ; 361119 ;
Abstract

Disclosed is a maintenance termination unit which is protected against lightening strikes and excessive currents. Resistors are placed in series with the tip and ring switches of the unit. Voltage breakdown devices, such as gas tube protectors, are coupled in a parallel with the resistors and switches.


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