Line protector for a communications circuit
CA 1331479 C · Owner: Reliance Comm/Tec Corporation · Inventors: Gilberts, Alexander G.; Rust, Wayne
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A line protector for a communications circuit. The line protector has an overvoltage arrestor such as a three electrode gas tube, two of whose electrodes are connected to the line input terminals of the protector by associated conductive elements projecting from the protector base. The third electrode is connected to the ground terminal. The line protector also has two positive temperature coefficient resistors (PTCRs) which protect against marginal overcurrents. Conductive elements connected to the line protector's equipment terminals also project from the base in the same direction as the line input terminal conductive elements project. Each PTCR is in contact with an associated one of …
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- Granted August 16, 1994. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended August 16, 2011.
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