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5369543 Thyristor fail-safe device  
A fail-safe device is provided for use with a thyristor having a main body sandwiched between electrically conductive end plates. The fail-safe device includes a spring body formed of electrically...
5365660 Method of protecting a circuit in a telephone junction box  
A protector module (50) includes a housing (52) having cavities (58) into which are inserted surge protector elements (150). Each protector element upon full insertion engages a deflectable contact...
5367569 Network interface modules  
A network interface module for providing connection between a customer's equipment and the telephone company owned portion of the customer loop is provided with a miniaturized easily removable...
5359657 Telephone line overvoltage protection apparatus  
An overvoltage protection apparatus used with a pair of telephone lines includes first voltage clamping circuitry for clamping voltage signals on the lines at a first predetermined voltage...
5357568 Telephone line overvoltage protection method and apparatus  
A telephone line overvoltage protection method and device are provided. An overvoltage protection apparatus used with a pair of telephone lines includes first voltage clamping circuitry for...
5341269 Voltage protector and grounding bar arrangement for terminal block  
A voltage protector and ground bar arrangement is provided for use with a telephone terminal block having at least two rows of terminals which are spaced apart from each other so as to form an...
5341270 Drop resistant cup-arrester assembly  
An arrester assembly for arresting over-voltage conditions in electric circuits and for isolating an arrester element from possibly harmful effects of external forces applied to the arrester...
5336970 Gas tube protector  
A gas tube protector includes a new coating for the electrodes. The coating, which eliminates the need for conditioning the electrodes prior to using or testing the protector, includes barium...
5334553 Telecommunication equipment protector  
A surge protection device to protect telecommunication equipment coupled to telephone lines is shown having in a first embodiment three cells with each cell having a semiconductor element with a...
5323289 Lightning protection for field mounted instruments  
A protection circuit is provided for protecting sensitive electrical field instruments from a transient voltage strike and for ensuring that the instruments will meet safety approval during high...
5321577 Protector module for telephone line pair  
A single modular assembly (10) has two terminals (18) in housing cavities (28) each with a pair of slots (38) for termination by rotary actuation to respective conductors of two cables, for...
5318461 Terminal block assembly with slip-on module  
A terminal block assembly includes a slip-on module removably connected at one end with a terminal block housing, characterized by the provision of a separating device mounted at an accessible...
5317474 Module for telephone line conductor pair having single protector unit  
A single modular assembly (10) has two terminals (16) in housing cavities (22) each with a pair of slots (46,48) for termination by rotary actuation to respective conductors (30,32) of two cables,...
5299088 Protective circuit and protective plug for telecommunication installations  
The invention relates to a protective circuit for the protection of the user from overvoltage and overcurrent, in particular for telecommunication installations. Prior art protective circuits...
5296646 Protector module for telephone line junction box  
A protector module (50) includes a housing (52) having cavities (58) into which are inserted surge protector elements (150). Each protector element upon full insertion engages a deflectable contact...
5282109 Back-up air gaps  
A miniature back-up overvoltage protection apparatus for use on an overvoltage protection device includes a housing adapted to be removably mounted on the first and second terminals of an...
5278720 Printed circuit-mounted surge suppressor matched to characteristic impedance of high frequency transmission line  
A surge suppressor for a high frequency transmission line contains a microstrip architecture comprising a dielectric sheet on a first side of which a signal conductor stripe layer is formed and on...
5272280 Overvoltage protector assembly  
An overvoltage protector assembly and a method of attaching a terminal member through a dielectric body. The assembly has a dielectric body, and line terminal members extending through the body...
5272588 Surge protector  
The present invention relates to a surge protector for suppressing a surge voltage generated on transmission lines, having an object to prevent system shut-down by grounding detected by terminal...
5257157 Protector network for A-C equipment  
The protector network disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,675,772 is improved by omitting a specific inductor element from the filter means disclosed in that patent. The improved protector network is also...
5254969 Resistor combination and method  
An apparatus and method by which a flat film-type resistor is intentionally caused to thermal-shock fracture in response to a predetermined high-voltage overload condition. A stressed spring wire...
5247273 Surge absorber for protection of communication equipment connected to communication lines  
A surge absorber including a surge absorbing element for protecting communication equipment from transient surges and a thermal response switch with an automatic restoration function connected in...
5243488 Protection circuit limiting overvoltages between two selected limits and its monolithic integration  
A circuit for protecting lines such as telephone lines against positive or negative overvoltages having respective determined minimum values (+V1 and -V2). Between a common point (C) and a first...
5241446 Overvoltage protector unit for well constructions  
Overvoltage protector unit for use in a well in which an overvoltage protection device is mounted in a grounding housing and electrically separates a conductor pin in the housing from the housing...
5237483 Protector system for low voltage power feed  
A protector system is provided for use in a low voltage power feed arrangement including a device requiring a low voltage power feed, and a power source. The power source is capable of supplying...
5227947 Arrester assembly with sealed back-up air gap  
An assembly for defining a sealed back-up air gap, for use with a line protector comprising an over-voltage arrester housed within a canister and defining a back-up air gap therebetween, comprises...
5224881 Connection strip having semi-integrated protectors  
The invention relates to a connection strip for transmission lines, having two rows of tags on a tag block for the pairs of conductors that define the lines, and having lightning arresters...
5224013 Miniature station protector modules  
A miniature station protector module for communication systems includes a hollow housing into which is disposed a pair of line terminals with a ground terminal therebetween. The line terminals...
5224012 Solid state station protectors  
A miniature solid state surge protector apparatus for use in telephone central offices, or the like, that are provided with terminal blocks for communication lines which may include an in-line...
5215478 Spark gap device  
A spark gap device includes a conductive main body and an integral conductive flange, but no gap. The gap is formed by installing the device such that the flange positions an end of the main body...
5208723 Solid state electronic protector with pressure release  
A telephone line overcurrent protector adapted to be mounted on a circuit board is shown having a cup shaped housing in which a PTC element is placed with leads extending out of the housing through...
5204799 Protective arrangement for telecommunications line interface circuit  
A circuit protection device designed to protect a pair of electrical circuits by fracturing at such time as an overcurrent condition has occurred in a first of the circuits, this novel device...
5198958 Transient suppression component  
A transient suppression component includes a lead assembly adapted to permit in-line installation in a connector contact. One lead surrounds the other and is cylindrical for connection to the...
5195015 Line protector for a communications circuit  
A line protector for a communications circuit comprises a housing, an over-voltage arrester received in said housing and having axially opposite electrodes and a ground strip for coupling one of...
5193044 Apparatus for line card power cross protection  
A heat generating means, such a resistive element, is serially connected in a current-carrying conductive line, and a fusible link carrying current from said line is serially mounted between the...
5191605 Telephone surge protector  
A telephone protector comprises an encapsulated bidirectional voltage sensitive switch having three terminals protruding therefrom, one of the terminals being a grounding terminal. There is an...
5187634 Fail-safe protector  
A fail-safe device is provided for an overvoltage protector element where the protector includes a body having first and second contact surfaces and a tip lead, a ring lead and a ground lead...
5181864 Connector  
A connector comprising a housing having a varistor-characteristic resin portion, and signal coupling terminal conductors which penetrate the varistor-characteristic resin portion. The housing...
5175662 Device including an MTU and protector  
Disclosed is a device which includes a Maintenance Termination Unit (MTU) and surge protector in a single 5-pin package. In accordance with one embodiment, a base includes an array of spring...
5172295 Voltage limiter arrangement with receiving member for connection to a surge arrester magazine  
A voltage limiter arrangement, including a voltage limiter including a central connecting lead and outer connecting leads positioned on each side of the central connecting lead. A surge arrester...
5172296 Solid state overvoltage protector assembly  
A line protector for a communications circuit comprises a generally cup-shaped housing; and a generally disc-shaped solid state overvoltage arrester having electrodes formed at axially oppositely...
5166855 Surge protector with thermal failsafe  
The surge protector includes a device for connecting a transmission line to ground in the event of excess voltage or current, to protect communications equipment. A thermal sensitive element,...
5161183 Overvoltage protection circuits  
An overvoltage protection circuit for a pair of conductors carrying a balanced signal includes two similar protection elements connected in series between the conductors and two equal value...
5157580 Protective plug for connector banks of telecommunication and data systems  
The invention relates to a protective plug (1) for connector banks (20) of telecommunication and data systems, comprising a housing (2) for receiving protective elements (7, 8, 9) connected to...
5155650 Thyristor fail-safe  
A fail-safe device is provided for a thyristor where the thryistor has a body member with extending tip, ring and ground leads. The fail-safe device includes an electrically conductive spring...
5154639 Protective plug for a distributor strip utilized in telecommunications systems  
A housing for a protective plug including a surge arrester is composed of a pedestal-like lower portion and of an upper portion which is joined of one piece thereto via film hinges. The upper...
5155649 Surge protector for telecommunications equipment  
An overvoltage protector for protecting equipment, especially telephone equipment, against high voltage surges such as are caused by lightning in the vicinity of the equipment or the cables to...
5153911 Weatherproof telephone terminal apparatus  
A weatherproof telephone terminal apparatus includes a terminal assembly having a pair of terminal members included therein suitable for splicing insulated telephone wires of the same or different...
5150271 Telecommunication equipment protector  
A simplified solid state transient voltage and overcurrent protector for telecommunications equipment providing uniform protection characteristics between telephone lines and between either line...
5146384 Automatically resetting protection arrangement for a telephone subscriber line interface circuit  
A protection arrangement for coupling a two-wire line to a SLIC includes surge protecting triacs between each wire and ground, and normally closed contacts coupling the wires to the SLIC. The...