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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1999
Bassel Hage Daoud, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Adam Stuart Kane, Morristown, NJ (US);
Walter Pelosi, Randolph, NJ (US);
Mikhail Sumetskiy, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A grounding device for interfacing telecommunications equipment connected through tip and ring conductors and an electronic module with a grounding path for discharging current surges and voltage spikes. The grounding mechanism includes a voltage discharge member mounted between the electronic module and a mounting base for discharging voltage spikes from the electronic module through a grounding path in the mounting base. A biasing member is provided for applying restorative displacement force to the electronic module in a direction opposite to the direction of a force applied to the electronic module by a voltage spike, to thereby ensure and maintain electrical contact between the electronic module and the discharge member.