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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 17, 2014
Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc., Middletown, PA (US);
Scott Keith Mickievicz, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Jon Alan Fortuna, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Christopher Jon Laubach, Marietta, PA (US);
Michael Timothy Sykes, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Shane William Wiest, Shermans Dale, PA (US);
Phoenix Contact Development and Manufacturing, Inc., Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
A base element and a surge protection system incorporating the base element are provided. The base element includes a housing having a front portion and a rear portion. Apertures in the rear portion provide access to contacts secured within the housing, and a receiving portion extending from the front portion includes at least one receiving section for receiving a surge protection cartridge. Plug receptacles in the receiving portion are in electrical communication with the contacts to incorporate the surge protection device in a circuit when the surge protection cartridge is inserted. The base element is configured to mount orthogonally to a case such that conductors secured to the contacts extend through the apertures and into an enclosure defined by the case in a substantially linear direction. The system includes a case configured to be attached to a rack mount system and a plurality of base elements secured to the case.