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US 7,397,673 B1Granted
Surge suppression device with replaceable surge suppression modules
AssigneeA.C. Data Systems of Idaho, Inc.
InventorsJim Wilson, David Winton, Daniel Sullivan
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Abstract
A surge suppression device includes a bus bar that extends along a length of the surge suppression device. Multiple surge suppression modules each have an attachment device that attaches and detaches to the bus bar without disrupting connections of other surge suppression modules coupled to the same bus bar.
Claims17
A surge suppression device, comprising:
- a bus bar that extends along a length of the surge suppression device;
- and
- multiple surge suppression modules each having an attachment device that attaches and detaches to the bus bar without disrupting connections of other surge suppression modules coupled to the bus bar, each of the surge suppression modules being electrically isolated from each other besides sharing a common electrical ground and further including separate input ends for connecting to different external devices;
- wherein the surge suppression modules each include connectors that align with and are visible from front and back ends of the surge suppression device, each of the connectors configured to provide an electrical path for an independent signal to travel between a front end and a hack end of the surge suppression device, and the device further including an enclosure having multiple slots visible on a front and back end of the enclosure, wherein the slots receive and support the connectors in a co-planar row inside the enclosure.
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A surge suppression device, comprising:
- a bus bar that extends along a length of the surge suppression device and
- multiple surge suppression modules each having an attachment device that attaches and detaches to the bus bar without disrupting connections of other surge suppression modules coupled to the bus bar, each of the surge suppression modules being electrically isolated from each other besides sharing a common electrical ground and further including separate input ends for connecting to different external devices;
- an enclosure having a number of pairs of slots on a front and back end of the enclosure corresponding to an equal number of the surge suppression modules, and
- wherein each of the pairs of slots is configured to slidingly receive connectors in a co-planar row inside the enclosure associated with one of the surge suppression modules.
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A surge suppression device, comprising:
- a bus bar that extends along a length of the surge suppression device;
- and
- multiple surge suppression modules each having an attachment device that attaches and detaches to the bus bar without disrupting connections of other surge suppression modules coupled to the bus bar, each of the surge suppression modules being electrically isolated from each other besides sharing a common electrical ground and further including separate input ends for connecting to different external devices;
- wherein the attachment device is a clip that clips onto the bus bar, and
- the device further including an enclosure having multiple slots visible on a front and back end of the enclosure, wherein the slots receive and support the connectors in a co-planar row inside the enclosure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.