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Electrical transient surge protection with parallel means
Assignee: AEMT Inc
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Filing: 1990-02-12
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Granted: 1991-04-09
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Expires: 2010-02-12
Abstract
Abstract Surge-protective apparatus having a plurality of varistors or equivalent non-linear resistance means interconnected in parallel with one another between external power lines and ground to protect utility meters and downstream electrical equipment subject to damage from transient electrical surges. Interconnection is accomplished by interleaving electrically conductive laminar members in one or more assemblies of adjacent varistors, as in a cuplike holder.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward F. Allina
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 11:27
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/66; H01R13/665; H01R13/6666; H02; H02H; H02H9/00; H02H9/04; H02H9/044
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
Electrical meter surge-protective apparatus, comprising the following, per power line to which such meter is connected: a plurality of disklike varistors of given diameter and thickness, each having a pair of faces, juxtaposed with faces adjacent, a first conductive laminar member juxtaposed to and electrically interconnecting respective first faces of the respective varistors, and a second conductive laminar member juxtaposed to and electrically interconnecting respective second faces of the respective varistors, and an insulating disk interposed between the respective laminar members juxtaposed to adjacent faces of the respective varistors.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
89 words
Electrical meter surge-protective apparatus, comprising the following, per power line to which such meter is connected: a plurality of disklike varistors of given diameter and thickness, each having a pair of faces, juxtaposed with faces adjacent, a first conductive laminar member juxtaposed to and electrically interconnecting respective first faces of the respective varistors, and a second conductive laminar member juxtaposed to and electrically interconnecting respective second faces of the respective varistors, and an insulating disk interposed between the respective laminar members juxtaposed to adjacent faces of the respective varistors.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
28 words
Surge protective apparatus according to claim 1, wherein each such laminar member is substantially formerly spectacle-shaped, comprising a flat pair of disklike laminae interconnected by a flexible bight.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
Surge protective apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the bight and the disklike laminae are integral with one another.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
Surge protective apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the disklike laminae are of substantially like outline as the varistors.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
Surge protective apparatus according to claim 2, including cuplike means holding the varistors and the laminar members.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
62 words
Surge-protective apparatus comprising, as means effective to connect a plurality of flat-faced varistors in parallel with one another between an external power source and ground, a plurality of formerly spectacle-shaped electrically conductive laminar members interleaving the varistors, each such laminar member including a flat pair of disklike laminae interconnected by a flexible bight curved to juxtapose such laminae to such varistor faces.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
62 words
Surge-protective apparatus comprising, as means effective to connect a plurality of flat-faced varistors in parallel with one another between an external power source and ground, a plurality of formerly spectacle-shaped electrically conductive laminar members interleaving the varistors, each such laminar member including a flat pair of disklike laminae interconnected by a flexible bight curved to juxtapose such laminae to such varistor faces.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
Surge-protective apparatus comprising spectacle-shaped electrically conductive laminar members according to claim 6, wherein the bight and the disklike laminae are integral with one another.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
33 words
Surge-protective apparatus comprising formerly spectacle-shaped electrically conductive laminar members according to claim 6, interleaved with a pair conductive disks and with an intervening non-conductive spacer, thereby connecting the conductive disks in parallel circuit.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
72 words
Surge-protective means connecting a plurality of varistors in parallel with one another between an external power source and ground, comprising a plurality of formerly spectacle-shaped electrically conductive laminar members interleaving the varistors, each such laminar member including a flat pair of similarly disklike laminae interconnected by a curved flexible bight, and including laminar spacer insulating mutually adjacent conductive members from one another and having a plurality of earlike tabs at quadrantal intervals.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
72 words
Surge-protective means connecting a plurality of varistors in parallel with one another between an external power source and ground, comprising a plurality of formerly spectacle-shaped electrically conductive laminar members interleaving the varistors, each such laminar member including a flat pair of similarly disklike laminae interconnected by a curved flexible bight, and including laminar spacer insulating mutually adjacent conductive members from one another and having a plurality of earlike tabs at quadrantal intervals.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
Surge protective means according to claim 9, including cuplike means holding the varistors and the laminar members.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
29 words
Surge protective means according to claim 10, wherein the cuplike means holding the varistors and the laminar members is recessed or slotted at quadrantal intervals to accommodate the tabs.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
72 words
A pair of matched electrically conductive laminar articles of manufacture, each being convertible in configuration between a first or flat configuration resembling a pair of spectacles in outline with a pair of substantially eyelike portions joined by an intervening flexible bight portion, and a second configuration with the bight portion flexed into a C-shape and spacing such eyelike portions substantially the thickness of a dislike varistor apart and parallel to one another.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
72 words
A pair of matched electrically conductive laminar articles of manufacture, each being convertible in configuration between a first or flat configuration resembling a pair of spectacles in outline with a pair of substantially eyelike portions joined by an intervening flexible bight portion, and a second configuration with the bight portion flexed into a C-shape and spacing such eyelike portions substantially the thickness of a dislike varistor apart and parallel to one another.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
79 words
Pair of articles of manufacture according to claim 12, in juxtaposition with a stacked pair of such varistors, the articles being in the second configuration, the respective varistors having a first face juxtaposed into contact with respective eyelike portions of the first such article, and having a second face juxtaposed into contact with respective eyelike portion of the second such article; and non-conductive means between the eyelike portions in contact with adjacent faces of the respective varistors so stacked.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
46 words
Pair of articles of manufacture according to claim 13, in combination with a cuplike holder having an inside wall dimensioned to receive a stacked pair of varistors, and being relieved at circumferential intervals to accommodate the bights of the pair of articles in the second configuration.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
27 words
Pair of articles of manufacture according to claim 14, wherein the non-conductive means is laminar and has orienting tabs protruding from its perimeter at such circumferential intervals.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
18 words
Articles of manufacture according to claim 13, located in means between a watt-hour meter and its conventional socket.
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