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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007

Filed:

Nov. 03, 2004
Applicant:

Richard J. Drapeau, Victoria, MN (US);

Inventor:

Richard J. Drapeau, Victoria, MN (US);

Assignee:

ADC DSL Systems, Inc., Eden Prairie, MN (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23F 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Systems and methods of cathodic protection. The system includes a metallic housing, a backplane situated within the metallic housing, a cathodic protection card coupled to the backplane and a permanent anode, external to the metallic housing, coupled to the cathodic protection card through an isolated port. The cathodic protection system is powered using span power. The permanent anode and metallic housing are adapted to form a closed circuit when both come in contact with an electrolyte. The permanent anode is maintained at a higher potential than the metallic housing.


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