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US 2017/0365985 A1Published application
Surge protection device
AssigneeJohn Mezzalingua Associates, Inc.
InventorWerner Wild
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Abstract
A surge protection device includes, in one embodiment, a surge responder operative to engage an inner conductor engager during a protection mode and disengage the inner conductor engager during a normal mode. The surge responder returns to the normal mode from the protection mode without operating intervention to replace or re-engage the surge responder.
Claims20
A surge protection device comprising:
- an inner conductor engager;
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- a surge responder at least partially surrounding the inner conductor engager and including a plurality of flexible elements responsive to a current greater than a threshold amperage value, the flexible elements deforming toward the inner conductor engager to produce an electrical short with the inner conductor engager when the current is greater than the threshold amperage value and moving away from the inner conductor engager to sever the electrical short when the current is less than or equal to the threshold amperage value to facilitate RF signal transmission.
A surge protector interposing first and second coaxial cables comprising:
- a surge protection device including an inner conductor engager and a surge responder, the surge responder enveloping the inner conductor engager and including a plurality of flexible elements deflecting toward the inner conductor engager to produce an electrical short when a current is greater than a threshold amperage and moving away from the inner conductor engager when the current is less than the threshold amperage;
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- a conductive housing defining openings for receiving a first coaxial cable, a second coaxial cable and the surge protecting device;
- the openings being configured such that:
- (i) an inner conductor of each cable is opposing and substantially coaxial along an axis, (ii) an outer conductor of each cable is electrically connected to the conductive housing;
- (iii) the inner conductor engager of the surge protection device contacts each of the inner conductors of the first and second coaxial cables;
- and (iv) the inner conductor engager and surge responder of the surge protection device are substantially orthogonal to the axis of the inner conductors of each cable.
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