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US 5,982,602 AGranted
Surge protector connector
AssigneeAndrew Corporation
InventorsRonald L. Tellas, Randall L. Grigoletti, Brian E. Clay
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AssigneeAndrew Corporation
InventorsRonald L. Tellas, Randall L. Grigoletti, Brian E. Clay
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A surge protector connector comprises a surge protector having a front plate, a rear plate, and hollow cylindrical body bridging the front and rear plates. A coaxial cable connector interface extends from the front plate, and the connector interface is constructed and arranged to detachably engage with a mating coaxial cable connector at the end of a first coaxial cable. A cable attachment interface extends from the rear plate, and the cable attachment interface is constructed and arranged to attach directly to a prepared end of a second coaxial cable free of another coaxial cable connector interface. The surge protector connector further includes coaxial inner and outer conductors extending through the hollow cylindrical body and extending between the cable attachment interface and the coaxial cable connector interface. The surge protector includes a curvilinear quarter-wavelength shorting stub having a first portion extending in a generally radial direction from the inner conductor through a gap in the outer conductor and a second portion extending in a generally annular direction circumscribing the outer conductor between the outer conductor and the cylindrical body.
A surge protector connector, comprising:
A surge protector connector, comprising:
A surge protector, comprising:
A surge protector, comprising:
A surge protector, comprising:
An integrated surge protector connector for a coaxial cable having inner and outer conductors, said surge protector connector comprising a unitary hollow body having first and second sections, said first section containing coaxial cable connector elements directly engaging the inner and outer conductors of the coaxial cable so that the integrated surge protector connector is directly attached to the coaxial cable without using a separate coaxial cable connector between the integrated surge protector connector and the coaxial cable, said second section containing a shorting stub conductively connected to the inner conductor of the coaxial cable via one of said connector elements so that said shorting stub diverts to ground a dangerous current surge.
An integrated surge protector connector for a coaxial cable having inner and outer conductors, said integrated surge protector connector comprising a unitary hollow body having first and second sections, said first section containing (1) an outer conductive element directly engaging the outer conductor of the coaxial cable and (2) an inner conductive element directly engaging the inner conductor of the coaxial cable so that the integrated surge protector connector is directly attached to the coaxial cable without using a separate coaxial cable connector between the integrated surge protector connector and the coaxial cable, said second section containing a shorting stub having a first end conductively connected to said inner conductive element and a second end conductively connected to a grounding attachment so that said shorting stub diverts a dangerous current surge to ground via said grounding attachment.
An integrated surge protector connector for a coaxial cable having inner and outer conductors, said surge protector connector comprising a unitary hollow body having first and second sections, said first section containing coaxial cable connector elements directly engaging the inner and outer conductors of the coaxial cable so that the integrated surge protector connector is directly attached to the coaxial cable without using a separate coaxial cable connector between the integrated surge protector connector and the coaxial cable, said second section containing a shorting stub conductively connected to the inner conductor of the coaxial cable via one of said connector elements, said second section further containing a shorting member connected to said shorting stub and spaced away from said one of said connector elements by approximately one-quarter wavelength or multiple thereof so that said shorting stub diverts a dangerous current surge to ground via said shorting member.
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