Patent ID: 7778003
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: H01T,H04Q

Abstract:
1. An overvoltage protection module, which can be fitted to a telecommunications module having telecommunications contacts, to which telecommunications lines are connectable, having: at least two overvoltage protectors, at least one ground contact, and at least two pairs of protection module contacts for contacting the telecommunication strip at contact points, so that at least two telecommunications lines are separately protectable, wherein a first line of the at least two telecommunication lines carries the POTS signal and a second line of the at least two telecommunication lines carries the line signal, wherein the ground contact and the protection module contacts extend from an end of the overvoltage protection module, and wherein the contact points are located on at least two different levels, and both contacts of each pair of protection module contacts are connected to the same overvoltage protector.