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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
May. 10, 1999
Bassel Hage Daoud, Parsippany, NJ (US);
George Andrew Debalko, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Peter F. Eckhardt, Gladstone, NJ (US);
Antonio Albino Figueiredo, Long Valley, NJ (US);
Adam Stuart Kane, Morristown, NJ (US);
Jason A. Kay, Morristown, NJ (US);
Ivan Pawlenko, Holland, PA (US);
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A surge protector for an electrical line is disclosed. The surge protector includes a pair of conductive pins respectively connectable to electrical lines. A first pin is soldered to a lead from a gas tube surge arrester. The lead is further fixed adjacent to the first pin and then attached to the second pin. A ground bracket having an opening is positioned between and connected with the other side of the surge arrester. As an electrical surge travels through the lines, the gas tube surge arrester begins to spark over, shunting overload conditions to the ground bracket. As the temperature begins to build, the solder flows, causing an open condition in which the surge arrester disconnects from the first pin, thereby eliminating the destructive effects of a prolonged electrical surge on the lines.