Patent ID: 7446992
Filing Date: 2008-11-04
Classification: H02H,H03H

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a first terminal; a second terminal connected to the first terminal; a third terminal; a fourth terminal connected to the third terminal; and a surge absorbing circuit provided between the first and second terminals and between the third and fourth terminals; the surge absorbing circuit comprising: a first inductor having one end connected to the first terminal; a second inductor having one end connected to the other end of the first inductor and the other end connected to the second terminal, the first and second inductors being electromagnetically coupled together so as to increase each other's inductance; a third inductor having one end connected to the third terminal; a fourth inductor having one end connected to the other end of the third inductor and the other end connected to the fourth terminal, the third and fourth inductors being electromagnetically coupled together so as to increase each other's inductance; a first surge absorbing element having one end connected to the other end of the first inductor and the one end of the second inductor and the other end connected to a ground terminal; and a second surge absorbing element having one end connected to the other end of the third inductor and the one end of the fourth inductor and the other end connected to the ground terminal.