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Data-carrying arrester

US11588552B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

ARRIS Enterprises LLC · US

Inventors

David B. Bowler · Stow, US
Shaoting Gu · Acton, US
Xinfa Ma · Lexington, US
Clarke V. Greene · Middletown, US
David Grubb · Doylestown, US
Samuel Francois · Métabief, FR
Lawrence M. Hrivnak · Lowell, US
Bruce C. Pratt · Bedford, US
Theodore A. Colarusso · Madbury, US
Thomas F. Kister · Doylestown, US
Robert Noonan · Wauconda, US
Vincent T. Lucarini · North Andover, US
David F. Hubbell · Stratham, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 9, 2020
Grant date	Feb 21, 2023
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 9, 2040

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01P3/10
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed is a signal conductor formed as a metal oxide varistor (MOV), the MOV having a first MOV and a second MOV separated by an insulator. In some embodiments, the disclosed signal conductor may be used in a system communicably coupled to a power transmission distribution network, the system capable of launching transverse electromagnetic waves onto a transmission line, where the electromagnetic waves propagating a data signal conveyed to the system by the MOV.

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