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US 11,277,002 B2Granted
Surge protection device for the protection of multiple DC or AC power lines
AssigneeMERSEN USA EP Corp.
InventorRoy Ball
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Abstract
A circuit arrangement for a surge protection device for protecting multiple DC or AC power lines. The circuit arrangement includes a plurality of DC or AC power line inputs, a negative potential or neutral input, a ground potential input, a surge protection component having one or more surge elements, a rectification circuit including a plurality of diodes, and an alarm circuit for receiving a status output from the surge protection component.
Claims13
A surge protection device, comprising:
- a plurality of direct current (DC) power line inputs;
- a negative potential input independent from the plurality of DC power line inputs or a neutral input independent from the plurality of DC power line inputs;
- a ground potential input independent from the plurality of DC power line inputs;
- a surge protection component having one or more surge elements;
- and
- a rectification circuit including a plurality of diodes, wherein said rectification circuit is connected between said inputs and the surge protection component, wherein the negative potential or neutral input is connected to a cathode of one of the plurality of diodes, and an anode of the one of the plurality of diodes is connected to the surge protection component.
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A surge protection device, comprising:
- a plurality of direct current (DC) power line inputs;
- a negative potential input independent from the plurality of DC power line inputs or a neutral input independent from the plurality of DC power line inputs;
- a ground potential input independent from the plurality of DC power line inputs;
- a surge protection component having one or more surge elements;
- and
- a rectification circuit including a plurality of diodes, wherein said rectification circuit is connected between said inputs and the surge protection component, wherein the ground potential input is connected to an anode of a first diode of the plurality of diodes and to a cathode of a second diode of the plurality of diodes, and an anode of the second diode is connected to the surge protection component.
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A surge protection device, comprising:
- a plurality of direct current (DC) power line inputs;
- a negative potential input independent from the plurality of DC power line inputs or a neutral input independent from the plurality of DC power line inputs;
- a ground potential input independent from the plurality of DC power line inputs;
- a surge protection component having one or more surge elements;
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- a rectification circuit including a plurality of diodes, wherein said rectification circuit is connected between said inputs and the surge protection component, wherein the ground potential input is connected to a cathode of a first diode of the plurality of diodes and to an anode of a second diode of the plurality of diodes, and a cathode of the second diode is connected to the surge protection component.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.