Patent ID: 11942244
Assignee: ELECTRIC POWER RESEARCH INSTITUTE, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 13:
14. A method of protecting relay panels in a substation from electromagnetic pulse (EMP) transient voltages, comprising the steps of:
providing a surge protection apparatus having:
a housing;
electronics contained in the housing; and
a plurality of metal tabs extending outwardly from the housing, each of the plurality of metal tabs being electrically connected to the electronics, the plurality of metal tabs being configured to connect directly to a terminal block of a relay panel in a substation, the plurality of metal tabs electrically connecting the terminal block to the electronics to provide EMP surge protection to the relay panel; and
electrically connecting the surge protection apparatus to the terminal block of the relay panel in the substation by sliding each of the plurality of metal tabs between a respective screw and the terminal block and using the respective screw to secure each of the plurality of metal tabs to the terminal block.