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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1999
Bassel Hage Daoud, Parsippany, NJ (US);
Walter Pelosi, Randolph, NJ (US);
Mikhail Sumetskiy, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Avaya Technology Corp., Basking Ridge, NJ (US);
Abstract
A grounding device connected to telecommunications equipment for providing protection against high voltage surges. The grounding device includes an electronic module clip having first and second legs for carrying high current of relatively short duration produced by a high voltage surge to ground. A discharge member is provided in electrical contact with the clip between the first and second legs for providing a discharge path through a mounting base to common ground for electrical current carried by the clip. The discharge member has first and second arms and a curved or bent region formed therebetween and having an opening directed toward and the base. This configuration of the discharge member causes the Lorentz force produced by a high voltage surge to be focused in the curved region which expands in a direction towards the electronic module clip to thereby ensure continued contact between the clip and discharge member.