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US 5,844,764 AGranted
Residential protection service center
AssigneeTII Industries, Inc.
InventorsCarl H. Meyerhoefer, Nisar A. Chaudhry, Thomas J. Smith
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Abstract
Residential protection service center apparatus comprising an AC power meter, AC power line surge suppression, telephone line overvoltage protection and coaxial transmission line overvoltage protection, all tied to a common ground.
Claims33
Residential protection service center apparatus comprising:
- (a) an enclosure;
- (b) an AC power meter pan base mounted in the enclosure and adapted to be connected to first and second AC power lines and to the AC neutral line;
- (c) a first ground conductor mounted in the enclosure, the first ground conductor being connected to the AC power meter pan base and being adapted to be connected to the AC neutral line and to earth ground;
- (d) a second ground conductor mounted in the enclosure, the second ground conductor being connected to the first ground conductor;
- (e) at least one primary overvoltage protection device connected to the second ground conductor and being adapted to be connected to a telephone company line to protect the line from overvoltage conditions;
- (f) a third ground conductor mounted in the enclosure, the third ground conductor being connected to the first ground conductor at the same location as the earth ground is connected to the first ground conductor;
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- (g) at least one coaxial connector connected to the third ground conductor and being adapted to connect at least two coaxial transmission lines.
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Residential protection service center apparatus comprising:
- (a) an enclosure;
- (b) an AC power meter pan base mounted in the enclosure and adapted to be connected to first and second AC power lines and to the AC neutral line;
- (c) a first ground conductor mounted in the enclosure, the first ground conductor being connected to the AC power meter pan base and being adapted to be connected to the AC neutral line and to earth ground;
- (d) a second ground conductor mounted in the enclosure, the second ground conductor being connected to the first ground conductor;
- (e) at least one primary overvoltage protection device connected to the second ground conductor and being adapted to be connected to a telephone company line to protect the line from overvoltage conditions;
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- (f) at least one coaxial connector connected to the second ground conductor and being adapted to connect at least two coaxial transmission lines.
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Residential protection service center apparatus comprising:
- (a) an enclosure;
- (b) an AC power meter pan based mounted in the enclosure and adapted to be connected to first and second AC power lines and to the AC neutral line;
- (c) a first ground conductor mounted in the enclosure, the first ground conductor being connected to the AC power meter pan base and being adapted to be connected to the AC neutral line and to earth ground;
- (d) a second ground conductor mounted in the enclosure, the second ground conductor being connected to the first ground conductor;
- (e) at least one primary overvoltage protection device connected to the second ground conductor and being adapted to be connected to a telephone company line to protect the line from overvoltage conditions;
- (f) a third ground conductor mounted in the enclosure, the third ground conductor being connected to the first ground conductor at a location which is intermediate the connection between the first ground conductor and the AC power meter pan base and the connection between the first ground conductor and earth ground;
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- (g) at least one coaxial connector connected to the third ground conductor and being adapted to connect at least two coaxial transmission lines.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.