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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:
Feb. 10, 2004
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J. Fowler, Houston, TX (US);
Benjamin P. Fowler, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 1/00 ;
Abstract
A lightning suppression system including an instrument, a first cable electrically connected to the instrument, an enclosure having an interior volume, a first coil positioned within the enclosure and electrically interconnected to a first wire of the first cable, a second coil positioned within the enclosure and electrically interconnected to a second wire of the first cable, and an electronic device electrically interconnected by a second cable to the first and second coils. A conductive grit fills a portion of the enclosure around the first and second coils. A grounding rod is electrically connected by a conductive line to the enclosure.