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Electrical connector block

CA 1072671 A · Owner: Illinois Tool Works Inc. · Inventors: Rapata, George M.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

The present invention relates to a compact protective electrical device which will be acceptable between adjacent rows of terminals in a communication terminal block and includes a dielectric body which encloses an electrical component connected to spaced contacts within the body with the contacts adapted to accept a variety of predetermined spacings of terminals through end ports in the body. Such a device can serve as a surge protector by connecting a telephone ring circuit in one row of terminals to a second row of terminals to ground with a bleed resistor being the electrical component within the device.

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  • Granted February 26, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 26, 1997.
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Filed—
GrantedFebruary 26, 1980
Term endedFebruary 26, 1997
Patent numberCA 1072671 A
Classification (IPC)H01R3/00 +2 more

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198119831985198719891991199319951997Patent grantedFeb 26, 1980Term endedFeb 26, 1997

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