Protection device for terminal equipment on telephone subscriber premises
US4823383A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 17, 1987 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 17, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R31/06
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The protection device in accordance with the invention is connected in series with the line. It comprises either a circuit (1) for providing protection against voltage surges, or else a filter (2) for providing protection against radio frequencies, or else both said circuit and said filter. It protects terminal equipment (telephone set, data terminal, fascimile machine, etc.) against disturbances both in differential mode and in common mode. The device is mounted in a protection connector which may either be of the wall socket type or else of the removable adapter type for plugging into a conventional wall socket, and in either case the terminal equipment has a plug which plugs into a corresponding socket of the protection connector.
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