Patent ID: 7583488

Claim:
An overvoltage protection magazine for a telecommunication device, comprising: a housing having a top and a bottom, wherein the housing is integral, wherein the housing is open at the top and covered by an insulator strip, wherein inner sides of the housing are provided with supports for the insulator strip, wherein the housing is provided with a slot on at least one of end sides of the housing by means of which the insulator strip is configured to be levered out using a tool; a printed circuit board arranged within the housing, the printed circuit board having a top, a bottom, a front, and a rear, the printed circuit board defining ground contact pads on opposite sides of the printed circuit board at the top of the printed circuit board, each of the ground contact pads extending from the front to the rear of the printed circuit board; at least three adjacent surge arresters arranged on the printed circuit board in a single row, each surge arrester including a first outer electrode, a second outer electrode, and a center electrode, the center electrode of each surge arrester being electrically coupled to the ground contact pads via a conductor track on the printed circuit board; and at least one ground contact in the form of a forked contact coupled to the housing, the ground contact being configured to mate to at least one of the ground contact pads of the printed circuit board; wherein a lower region of the printed circuit board defines cutouts that form plug-in regions corresponding to the surge arresters, wherein the outer electrodes of the surge arresters are associated with the corresponding plug-in region via conductor tracks on the printed circuit board, wherein each plug-in region includes a contact pad for each outer electrode of the corresponding surge arrester, each contact pad being arranged on the front and rear of the printed circuit board.