Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Overvoltage protection device
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Application No.: US16825059Application Date: 2020-03-20
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Publication No.: US11217369B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Vincent Crevenat
- Applicant: CITEL
- Applicant Address: FR Sevres
- Assignee: CITEL
- Current Assignee: CITEL
- Current Assignee Address: FR Sevres
- Agency: Berenato & White, LLC
- Priority: FR1902877 20190320
- Main IPC: H01C7/12
- IPC: H01C7/12 ; H01H85/04 ; H05K1/18 ; H05K3/30

Abstract:
An overvoltage protection device having a printed circuit board, varistor, and gas discharge tube, the varistor and discharge tube connected in series between a second and third electrical connection terminal of the circuit board via conductive tracks, wherein the varistor is connected to the first terminal by a third conductive track, the discharge tube is connected to the varistor by a fourth conductive track, the discharge tube is connected to the third electrical connection terminal by a sixth conductive track, and wherein the fourth and sixth conductive tracks have curved portions situated on either side of the discharge tube, having a concavity facing in the same orientation respective to the discharge tube and a thermofusible area able to separate a corresponding track into two parts in response to an overcurrent, a distance between the two parts of each track allowing generation of an arc in response to an overvoltage that activates the discharge tube.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200303096A1 OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION DEVICE Public/Granted day:2020-09-24
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