Line protector with spring
AssigneeReliance Comm/Tec Corporation
InventorAlexander Gilberts
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Abstract
A line protector module device for a communications circuit having a line protector circuit assembly including a base, a frame having a retaining portion, a spring mounted to the base, an arrester and a solder pellet compressibly held between the spring and the retaining portion of the frame. The spring is constructed of a strip of material which is formed in an S-shape. The spring has tabs formed in the material so that when the spring is subjected to a predetermined amount of compressive force, the tabs prevent nonrecoverable compression.
Claims17
A line protector module device for a communications circuit comprising:
- a base member, a frame member having a retaining portion, biasing means mounted to said base member, and an arrester and a solder pellet compressibly contained between said biasing means and said retaining portion of said frame member;
- said biasing means further comprising a strip of material which is formed in an S-shape for compressing said arrester and said solder pellet against said retaining portion of said frame member, and stop means operatively coupled with said biasing means for preventing nonrecoverable compression of said S-shaped strip of material.
An improved biasing means for a line protector module of the type including an arrester, a frame member having a retaining portion, a solder pellet, and a base member which mounts the frame member and biasing means, wherein said biasing means compressibly retains said arrester and said solder pellet between said biasing means and retaining portion of said frame member;
- said improved biasing means comprising;
- a strip of material which is formed in an S-shape for compressing said arrester against said retaining portion of said frame member, and stop means operatively coupled with said biasing means to prevent nonrecoverable compression of said S-shaped strip of material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.