Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Passarella

Thomas M. Passarella 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).

  • Patent number: 4317154
    Abstract: A quick-disconnect connector assembly for a communication circuit protector device having at least one over-voltage protector unit including first and second power electrodes and a ground electrode, comprising a printed circuit board upon which the over-voltage protector units are mounted, a jack mounted on the circuit board having a contact for each power electrode, and printed circuit leads electrically connecting each contact with each power electrode, whereby an electrical output telephone cord having a plug corresponding to the jack is adapted to be received in electrical communication with the jack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1982
    Inventor: Thomas M. Passarella
  • Patent number: 4208551
    Abstract: A plurality of miniaturized auxiliary line switching circuits on circuit boards adapted to be mounted in existing space on a main distributor frame of telephone switching equipment, particularly the Stromberg Carlson XY line finder equipment. Each auxiliary circuit includes a miniaturized line relay coil, cut-off coil and lock-out coil with circuitry for connecting to the eleventh pins on the wire bank of the XY switching equipment. The circuitry also includes a first indicator lamp circuit to indicate normal use of each auxiliary circuit and a second indicator lamp circuit to indicate a lock-out condition in each auxiliary circuit, as well as test points in the line relay circuit and an optional pay-tone switch circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 17, 1980
    Inventor: Thomas M. Passarella