Solid state station protectors

A miniature solid state surge protection device suitable for insertion into an electrically conductive hollow housing having a closed end and an open end disposed proximate a ground, comprising independent components assembled in combination:

• a) electrically conductive fusible pellet means having a top surface and a bottom surface disposed within said housing, said pellet means top surface being in electrically conductive contact with the closed end of said housing;
• b) an unsealed solid state device having a first electrode and a second electrode, said first electrode being in electrically conductive contact with the bottom surface of said pellet means;
• c) movable electrode means having a top surface and a bottom surface, said top surface being in electrically conductive contact with the second electrode of said solid state device, said bottom surface being in electrically conductive contact with said ground, said housing moving relative to said movable electrode means coming into electrically conductive contact with said ground when said pellet means melts, said melted pellet means additionally shorting said first and said second electrode of said solid state device;
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• d) insulation means adapted to receive said movable electrode means therein permitting the bottom surface of said movable electrode to extend therethrough.