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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 04, 2003
Nicholas Sato, Northbrook, IL (US);
Slawomir Kielian, Mundelien, IL (US);
Arif Oguz, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Brian J. Truesdale, Plainfield, IL (US);
James Fournier, Antioch, IL (US);
Richard T. Halliday, Evanston, IL (US);
Nicholas Sato, Northbrook, IL (US);
Slawomir Kielian, Mundelien, IL (US);
Arif Oguz, Hoffman Estates, IL (US);
Brian J. Truesdale, Plainfield, IL (US);
James Fournier, Antioch, IL (US);
Richard T. Halliday, Evanston, IL (US);
Illinois Tool Works Inc., Glenview, IL (US);
Abstract
There is provided a surge protector assembly for use with a 66-M type terminal connector block having a plurality of parallel rows of opposed terminals which are laterally spaced apart from each other. The surge protector assembly includes a housing module formed of co-mating front and back halves. A miniature printed circuit board is disposed within the housing module. Surge protector devices, a protector-operational status indicator circuitry, and a ground-connected status indicator circuitry are disposed on the miniature printed circuit board. A plurality of tip/ring terminal contacts are disposed within a lower portion of the housing module for mating with corresponding ones of the opposed terminals of the 66-M type terminal connector block.