Patents Represented by Attorney Mark W. Coll
  • Patent number: 7561400
    Abstract: A base station protector assembly for protecting telecommunications related equipment and other associated sensitive electrical components from transient voltage and current surges includes a housing unit, a main printed circuit board disposed within the housing unit, header connectors mounted upon the main printed circuit board, an auxiliary printed circuit board mounted to the main printed circuit board via the header connectors, a plurality of surge protector networks, input side connector devices coupled to an unprotected side for connecting to incoming transmission lines, and output side connector devices coupled to the protected side for connecting to customers' electrical equipment to be protected. Each of the plurality of surge protector networks are mounted on the main and auxiliary printed circuit boards and are interconnected between the unprotected side and the protected side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2009
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Mohammad Masghati, Richard Heidorn