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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1999
Mohammad Masghati, Carol Stream, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
A Category 5/25-pair circuit protection assembly for protecting telecommunication related equipment and the like from power and transient surges includes a two-piece interfitting housing which receives a main printed circuit board for mounting sockets therein, a plurality of individual miniature auxiliary printed circuit boards each for mounting a Category 5/circuit surge protector device, an exposed side connector device, and a protected side connector device. The housing is designed to fit into the same footprint as that of the conventional 66-M type terminal block. Each of the miniature auxiliary printed circuit boards is adapted to be plugged into the corresponding sockets mounted on the main printed circuit board so as to facilitate the individual replacement of damaged protector devices. Each of the exposed side and protected side connector devices may be of any one of a number of different types of connectors so as to provide versatility.