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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:
Aug. 03, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles E West, Hendricks, IN (US);
Assignee:
Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., Indianapolis, IN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361 56 ; 361 91 ;
Abstract
A printed circuit board (PCB) sparkgap utilizing one or more surface mount devices (SMDs) wherein the conductive ends and solder fillets of the SMDs form one or more conductive electrodes of the spark gap and the SMDs help absorb electrical and thermal energy during an arc-over.