Patents by Inventor Kostas Samaras

Kostas Samaras has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Overvoltage protection devices including wafer of varistor material
    Patent number: 8743525
    Abstract: An overvoltage protection device includes first and second electrically conductive electrode members and a varistor member formed of a varistor material and electrically connected with each of the first and second electrode members. The overvoltage protection device has an integral fail-safe mechanism operative to electrically short circuit the first and second electrode members about the varistor member by fusing first and second metal surfaces in the overvoltage protection device to one another using an electric arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2014
    Assignee: Raycap Intellectual Property, Ltd
    Inventors: Fotis Xepapas, Evaggelia Giannelaki, Grigoris Kostakis, Zafiris Politis, Kostas Samaras
  • OVERVOLTAGE PROTECTION DEVICES INCLUDING WAFER OF VARISTOR MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20130335869
    Abstract: An overvoltage protection device includes first and second electrically conductive electrode members and a varistor member formed of a varistor material and electrically connected with each of the first and second electrode members. The overvoltage protection device has an integral fail-safe mechanism operative to electrically short circuit the first and second electrode members about the varistor member by fusing first and second metal surfaces in the overvoltage protection device to one another using an electric arc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Inventors: Fotis Xepapas, Evaggelia Giannelaki, Grigoris Kostakis, Zafiris Politis, Kostas Samaras