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Power connector with overvoltage protection

US4385338A · kind A · utility

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13Claims

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Assignees

DEHN + SÖHNE GMBH + CO. KG · DE
AEG-Telefunken Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Peter Hasse · Dresden, DE
Johannes Wiesinger · Puchheim, DE
Anton Meuser · Waiblingen, DE
Erich Pivit · Allmersbach im Tal, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 20, 1980
Grant date	May 24, 1983
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 20, 2000

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH02H9/06
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A power connector for providing overload protection for an electrical operating station connected to a power mains, composed of at least one overvoltage arrester of a first type which is capable of quenching the power mains surge current and at least one overvoltage arrester of a second type connected in series with said arrester of the first type, with the insulation of one overvoltage arrester, in its unfired state, meeting the requirements of a basic insulation or of the supplementary insulation for a protective insulation, and both arresters being constructed for dissipating the pulses generated by a direct stroke of lightning or nuclear electromagnetic pulses without adversely affecting the protection afforded thereby.

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