Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Safety and protection of systems and devices – High voltage dissipation
Patent
1993-09-30
1995-03-14
Deboer, Todd
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Safety and protection of systems and devices
High voltage dissipation
361127, 337 30, 337 32, H02H 322
Patent
active
053981529
ABSTRACT:
An overvoltage protector for protection of telecommunication equipment having a pair of line terminals, and a respective pair of levers forming part of the ground circuit, with an overvoltage protective device bonded under tension between each line terminal and each respective lever. When an overvoltage destroys one or other device, or the bond between the line terminal and the respective lever disappears, that lever pivots about a single fulcrum under a force applied by a spring and the end of that lever contacts the line terminal. This ensures an electrically conductive relation between the line terminal and the ground circuit. As a result, the equipment to which the overvoltage protector is applied is protected from lightning and successive overvoltage occurrence.
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Borkowicz George J.
Taylor Paul A.
DeBoer Todd
Mowle John E.
Northern Telecom Limited
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