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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2012
Applicants:
Rainer Durth, Horn-Bad Meinberg, DE;
Thomas Meyer, Ottenstein, DE;
Joachim Cerny, Bielefeld, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H 9/06 (2006.01); H01C 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 7/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
Overvoltage protection equipment may include: a first connection; a second connection; a first discharge path disposed between the first and the second connections, wherein the first discharge path comprises a spark gap; a second discharge path disposed between the first and the second connections, wherein the second discharge path comprises a triggerable circuit breaker and a thermistor connected in series; and a control device that induces the triggerable circuit breaker to switch on, based on at least one of a state or a state path of the first discharge path as a result of a discharge event.