William D Hines

US Patent:

45846243, Apr 22, 1986

Filed:

Dec 10, 1984

Appl. No.:

6/679634

Inventors:

William W. Hines - Arlington Heights IL

Assignee:

Northern Telecom Limited - Montreal

International Classification:

H02H 322

US Classification:

361119

Abstract:

A station protector, particularly for telephone lines, has a housing with wells in which are positioned protector module assemblies, one for each line. Each line is connected to a basket member positioned in the bottom of a well and having cantilever legs extending upwards. A protector module assemlby is insertable in the top of each well and a bottom electrode of the protector module pushes down the basket member against a spring bias. If no protector module assembly, or if only a housing of such an assembly without a protector module, is inserted in a well, the basket member moves up and the legs move into contact with a metal collar at the top of the well, the collars connected to a ground terminal. The protector module assemblies connect to the metal collars, as by being screwed into position.

US Patent:

41791703, Dec 18, 1979

Filed:

Mar 13, 1978

Appl. No.:

5/885624

Inventors:

Frank G. Splitt - Mt. Prospect IL
Casimir Cwirzen - Arlington Heights IL
William W. Hines - Arlington Heights IL
Arnold M. Ladd - Arlington Heights IL

Assignee:

Cook Electric Company - Morton Grove IL

International Classification:

H01R 306

US Classification:

339 14R

Abstract:

A connector assembly designed to be mounted on a telephone main distribution frame includes a connector base having a plurality of rows of channels formed on one face by ledges extending between elongated edges of the connector base, a ground plate having a conductive side and an insulating side and a plurality of pedestals. A first set of terminals extends through the pedestals, the ground plate and the connector base into the channels, and a second set of terminals extends through the pedestals, the ground plate and the connector base so as to project from the ledges such that the first and second sets of terminals maintain the connector base, ground plate and pedestals together. A set of ground receptacles extends from the insulating side of the ground plate and is coupled to the conductive side of the ground plate and with receptacle portions of the terminals in the first and second sets of terminals forms rows and columns of socket groups in the pedestals into which plug-in type protector module may be inserted. Along one of the elongated edges of the connector base is disposed a fanning strip through which incoming and central office telephone lines are extended for connection to the pin portions of the terminals projecting into the channels and from the ledges and is disposed a mounting bracket which groups the incoming telephone lines by having them maintained in channels in the mounting bracket by clip devices and which mounts the connector assembly to the distribution frame such that it can be rotated for easy access of the pin portions of the terminals.

US Patent:

40866483, Apr 25, 1978

Filed:

Nov 1, 1976

Appl. No.:

5/737326

Inventors:

William Hines - Arlington Heights IL
Eric A. Scheithauer - Chicago IL
Casimir Cwirzen - Arlington Heights IL

Assignee:

Cook Electric Company - Morton Grove IL

International Classification:

H02H 322

US Classification:

361124

Abstract:

A protector module for use in protecting telephone lines includes an insulating base with two sets of line pins and a ground pin extending from one side of the base. Disposed on the other side of the base is a pair of spaced apart line contacts with one of the line contacts being coupled to one set of line pins and the other line contact being coupled to the other set of line pins and a ground clip assembly coupled to the ground pin and disposed between the line contacts. The ground clip assembly mounts a three electrode gas tube arrester having a pair of line electrodes and a ground electrode such that one of the line contacts is coupled to one of the line electrodes by a fusible element and the other line contact is coupled to the other line electrode by another fusible element. In response to a fault condition occurring on the telephone line coupled to one of the line contacts, the fusible element between that line contact and the line electrode melts, allowing the line contact to move toward the ground clip assembly such that the line contact makes electrical contact with the ground clip assembly. In one embodiment of the protector module, an insulating housing is detachably secured to the base in order to enclose the ground clip assembly, the line contacts, the gas tube arrester and the fusible elements.

US Patent:

43273939, Apr 27, 1982

Filed:

Jan 7, 1980

Appl. No.:

6/110115

Inventors:

William W. Hines - Arlington Heights IL
Casimir Z. Cwirzen - Arlington Heights IL

Assignee:

Northern Telecom, Inc. - Nashville TN

International Classification:

H02H 904

US Classification:

361119

Abstract:

An electrical surge arrester module having a back-up external spark gap in its base assembly comprising an insulator plate perforated at points intermediate a terminal contact surface in said base assembly and a conductive plate at ground potential when said surge arrester module is in use.