Patent ID: 7885083
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: H05K,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A circuit protection system for dissipating transients without the use of transorbs or metal oxide varistors which comprises: a printed circuit board; a surface mount component mounted on said printed circuit board, said surface component having first and second end caps, said first and second end caps each having a first edge; a conductive trace on said printed circuit board having first and second opposed edges extending intermediate said first and second end caps, said first and second opposed edges being coplanar and thereby defining a plane, said plane intersecting said first edge of said first end cap and intersecting said first edge of said second end cap, said first edge of said trace being disposed in parallel spaced relation to said first edge of said first end cap and said second edge of said trace being disposed in parallel spaced relation to said first edge of said second end cap.