Voltage surge protector
AssigneeMaida Development Company
InventorJohn C. Bennett
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Abstract
A device for suppressing transient surges in electrical power available from an electrical outlet is disclosed. The device is adapted for mounting on a back side portion of the electrical outlet. Surge protection components, such as planar varistors are disposed within an insulative housing block which forms the body of the device, and the device is physically mounted and electrically connected to the electrical outlet by mounting apparatus such as stiff metal leads.
Claims18
A device for suppressing transient surges in electrical power available from an electrical outlet having power circuit connection terminals, a ground terminal, a back side portion, and disposed in a housing structure, said device comprising:
- an insulative housing block having a depth sufficiently thin to allow placement of said insulative housing block between said back side portion and said housing structure, the depth of said insulative housing block being defined in a direction transverse to an elongated plane through said insulative housing block, for mounting on the back side portion of the electrical outlet with said elongated plane of said insulative housing block being parallel to the back side portion of the electrical outlet;
- surge protection means for suppressing the transient electrical power surges, said surge protection means being disposed within said insulative housing block;
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- mounting means for physically mounting said insulative housing block to the electrical outlet, and for electrically connecting said surge protection means to the power circuit connection terminals and the ground terminal.
A device, physically mounted on a back side portion of an electrical outlet, having power circuit connection terminals, a ground terminal and disposed in a housing structure for suppressing transient surges in electrical power available from the electrical outlet, said device comprising:
- an insulative housing block having a depth sufficiently thin to allow placement of said insulative housing block between said back side portion and said housing structure, the depth of said insulative housing block being defined in a direction transverse to an elongated plane through said insulative housing block, said device being mounted on the back side portion of the electrical outlet with said elongated plane of said insulative housing block being parallel to the back side portion of the electrical outlet;
- surge protection means for suppressing the transient electrical power surges, said surge protection means being disposed within said insulative housing block;
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- mounting means for physically mounting said insulative housing block to the electrical outlet, and for electrically connecting said surge protection means to said power circuit connection terminals and the ground terminal.
The device for suppressing surges in electrical power according to clamm 10, wherein said surge protection means is a flat planar-type varistor disposed within said insulative housing block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.