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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7268661 | Composite fuse element and methods of making same A composite fuse element includes a network or matrix of conductive material that is in contact and interspersed with arc suppressing materials at a particle level. In such a matrix, the conductive (e.g., metal) network and the arc suppressing material particles pro... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7106164 | Apparatus and method for electronic fuse with improved ESD tolerance Tolerance to ESD is increased in an electronic fuse by providing at least one non-conductive region adjacent to a conductive region on the surface of an insulator. Such an arrangement reduces the thermal stresses imposed on the insulator in high current applications... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6671155 | Surge protector with thermally activated failsafe mechanism A surge protector having a failsafe mechanism including at least one overvoltage protection element, at least one arm assembly, at least one ground element, at least one resilient member, and at least one protrusion. The at least one resilient member is e... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6542217 | Scent storage device, ticket and passive sequential resistor array for use with same A resistor array including a series of spaced first conductor members, a series of initially substantially non-conductive switches respectively connecting adjacent first conductor members to one another, at least one second conductor member in spaced rela... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6067003 | Surge absorber without chips There is provided a surge absorber without chips in which a pair of discharge electrodes arranged facing to each other in a housing 1 are fixed by welding of the housing 1 with a distance between the discharge electrodes maintained. Clean and dry air or a... | 05/23/2000 |
| 5952910 | Isolator device for arrester A device for connecting, and then isolating and disconnecting an arrester includes a non-conductive housing with two electrical terminals. The housing has opposite ends separated by an internal chamber. The terminals are mounted at the housing ends. A res... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5561582 | Failsafe device for use with electrical surge suppressor A failsafe device is shown in which a solid state surge suppressor (12) is mounted thermally coupled to a heat transfer element (42). A shorting bar (60) is attached to element (42) by a thin layer of solder chosen to melt at a selected maximum temperatur... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5450273 | Encapsulated spark gap and method of manufacturing In order to guarantee that the gas atmosphere of the structure of an encapsulated spark gap (9) is reliably protected from the effect of moisture, two flat discharge surfaces of two dish-type electrodes (1,6), each designed with a collar-shaped rim (2), a... | 09/12/1995 |
| 5373414 | Surge absorber A surge absorber has an insulating body having a flat surface on which a pair of electrically conductive thin-film terminal electrodes and, therebetween, one or more electrically conductive thin-film discharge electrodes of a predetermined shape or shapes... | 12/13/1994 |
| 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 an electrical contact and a sealing member. A mounting arr... | 07/13/1993 |
| 4939618 | Lightning protected electric fence controller system and method An electric fence controller (20) interconnected to electric fence terminals (136, 138) by a three terminal spark gap arrangement (140) one terminal (142) being interconnected to the fence hot terminal (136), a second terminal (144) being interconnected t... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4912592 | Gas-filled surge arrestor A gas filled surge arestor has at least one external air back-up gap comprising two spaced electrodes(7a,2 or 7a,3), one (7a) of which has at least one sharp edge or corner (9) adjacent the other electrode (2 or 3). The said one electrode (7a) is resilien... | 03/27/1990 |
| 4881255 | Protector module for quick clip terminal telephone connector blocks An improved telephone subscriber circuit protector module particularly suited for use in interconnecting with protector blocks having exposed quick clip terminals on an exposed surface thereof. The module features a relatively few number of metallic parts... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4675778 | Overload protector for communications systems A protector for telephone systems and similar systems is in the form of an elongate housing formed by two hollow box-like members, one fitting within the other. In the bottom member, a line terminal is provided at each end, each terminal connected to a li... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4649456 | Three element gas tube protector module A three element gas tube type subscriber pair protector module in which the gas tube serves as both a momentary surge protector and a heat responsive means directly operable upon a pair of fusable elements. The number of component parts has been minimized... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4626955 | Three electrode gas tube protector A three electrode gas tube protector has a central electrode and a line electrode positioned on each side, with a gap between each line electrode and the central electrode, the gaps being at a subatmospheric pressure. Connecting to each line electrode, in... | 12/02/1986 |
| 4422121 | Line protector for a communications circuit A line protector for central office use comprises an elongated housing open at one side for receiving components and a cover for the opening. First and second surge arresters are coaxially positioned within the housing. First and second line terminals are... | 12/20/1983 |
| 4325100 | Line protector for a communications circuit A line protector has a housing with coaxial surge voltage arresters, line terminals and a ground terminal. One line terminal is substantially at one end of the cavity of the housing while the other line terminal extends substantially the full length of th... | 04/13/1982 |
| 3936785 | Gas tube arrester subassembly A gas tube arrester subassembly for use in a modular component type telephone central office protection system includes a gas tube arrester having a spacer tube with an electrode at each end. One of the electrodes is insertable into an open end of a gener... | 02/03/1976 |
