EP4489036A3 - Overvoltage protection device including multiple varistor wafers - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP4489036A3
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: varistor; protection device; overvoltage protection; device including; wafers
Prior art date: 2017-10-27
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Pending

Application number

EP24206546.4A

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German (de)

English (en)

French (fr)

Other versions

EP4489036A2 (en

Inventor

Tine Tavcar

Sasa Rustja

Alexis CHOROZOGLOU

George Peppas

Fotis Xepapas

Zafiris G. Politis

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Ripd Research And Ip Development Ltd

Ripd Research and IP Development Ltd

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Ripd Research And Ip Development Ltd

Ripd Research and IP Development Ltd

Priority date (The priority date is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the date listed.)

2017-10-27

Filing date

2018-08-25

Publication date

2025-04-16

2017-10-27 Priority claimed from US15/795,986 external-priority patent/US10707678B2/en

2018-08-25 Application filed by Ripd Research And Ip Development Ltd, Ripd Research and IP Development Ltd filed Critical Ripd Research And Ip Development Ltd

2025-01-08 Publication of EP4489036A2 publication Critical patent/EP4489036A2/en

2025-04-16 Publication of EP4489036A3 publication Critical patent/EP4489036A3/en

Status Pending legal-status Critical Current

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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01C—RESISTORS
- H01C7/00—Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material
- H01C7/10—Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material voltage responsive, i.e. varistors
- H01C7/12—Overvoltage protection resistors; Arresters
- H01C7/126—Means for protecting against excessive pressure or for disconnecting in case of failure
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01C—RESISTORS
- H01C1/00—Details
- H01C1/14—Terminals or tapping points specially adapted for resistors; Arrangements of terminals or tapping points on resistors
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01C—RESISTORS
- H01C17/00—Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing resistors
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01C—RESISTORS
- H01C7/00—Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material
- H01C7/001—Mass resistors
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01C—RESISTORS
- H01C7/00—Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material
- H01C7/10—Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material voltage responsive, i.e. varistors
- H01C7/102—Varistor boundary, e.g. surface layers
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01C—RESISTORS
- H01C7/00—Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material
- H01C7/10—Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material voltage responsive, i.e. varistors
- H01C7/12—Overvoltage protection resistors; Arresters
- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01C—RESISTORS
- H01C7/00—Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material
- H01C7/10—Non-adjustable resistors formed as one or more layers or coatings; Non-adjustable resistors made from powdered conducting material or powdered semi-conducting material with or without insulating material voltage responsive, i.e. varistors
- H01C7/12—Overvoltage protection resistors; Arresters
- H01C7/123—Arrangements for improving potential distribution

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Microelectronics & Electronic Packaging (AREA)
Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
Electromagnetism (AREA)
Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
Thermistors And Varistors (AREA)
Emergency Protection Circuit Devices (AREA)

EP24206546.4A 2017-10-27 2018-08-25 Overvoltage protection device including multiple varistor wafers Pending EP4489036A3 (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US15/795,986 US10707678B2 (en)	2016-12-23	2017-10-27	Overvoltage protection device including multiple varistor wafers
EP18190872.4A EP3413320B1 (en)	2017-10-27	2018-08-25	Overvoltage protection device including multiple varistor wafers
EP20174839.9A EP3716296B1 (en)	2017-10-27	2018-08-25	Overvoltage protection device including multiple varistor wafers

Related Parent Applications (3)

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EP20174839.9A Division EP3716296B1 (en)	2017-10-27	2018-08-25	Overvoltage protection device including multiple varistor wafers
EP20174839.9A Division-Into EP3716296B1 (en)	2017-10-27	2018-08-25	Overvoltage protection device including multiple varistor wafers
EP18190872.4A Division EP3413320B1 (en)	2017-10-27	2018-08-25	Overvoltage protection device including multiple varistor wafers

Publications (2)

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EP4489036A2 EP4489036A2 (en)	2025-01-08
EP4489036A3 true EP4489036A3 (en)	2025-04-16

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EP20174839.9A Active EP3716296B1 (en)	2017-10-27	2018-08-25	Overvoltage protection device including multiple varistor wafers
EP18190872.4A Active EP3413320B1 (en)	2017-10-27	2018-08-25	Overvoltage protection device including multiple varistor wafers
EP24206546.4A Pending EP4489036A3 (en)	2017-10-27	2018-08-25	Overvoltage protection device including multiple varistor wafers

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EP20174839.9A Active EP3716296B1 (en)	2017-10-27	2018-08-25	Overvoltage protection device including multiple varistor wafers
EP18190872.4A Active EP3413320B1 (en)	2017-10-27	2018-08-25	Overvoltage protection device including multiple varistor wafers

Country Status (11)

Country	Link
EP (3)	EP3716296B1 (pl)
CN (2)	CN115116683A (pl)
CY (1)	CY1123713T1 (pl)
DK (1)	DK3413320T3 (pl)
ES (2)	ES2827702T3 (pl)
HR (2)	HRP20250280T1 (pl)
HU (2)	HUE051788T2 (pl)
PL (2)	PL3413320T3 (pl)
PT (1)	PT3413320T (pl)
RS (2)	RS61022B1 (pl)
SI (1)	SI3413320T1 (pl)

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- 2018-08-25 EP EP20174839.9A patent/EP3716296B1/en active Active
- 2018-08-25 EP EP18190872.4A patent/EP3413320B1/en active Active
- 2018-08-25 HR HRP20250280TT patent/HRP20250280T1/hr unknown
- 2018-08-25 HU HUE18190872A patent/HUE051788T2/hu unknown
- 2018-08-25 HU HUE20174839A patent/HUE070401T2/hu unknown
- 2018-08-25 PL PL18190872T patent/PL3413320T3/pl unknown
- 2018-08-25 RS RS20201341A patent/RS61022B1/sr unknown
- 2018-08-25 RS RS20250150A patent/RS66508B1/sr unknown
- 2018-08-25 PT PT181908724T patent/PT3413320T/pt unknown
- 2018-08-25 SI SI201830133T patent/SI3413320T1/sl unknown
- 2018-08-25 ES ES18190872T patent/ES2827702T3/es active Active
- 2018-08-25 DK DK18190872.4T patent/DK3413320T3/da active
- 2018-08-25 EP EP24206546.4A patent/EP4489036A3/en active Pending
- 2018-08-25 PL PL20174839.9T patent/PL3716296T3/pl unknown
- 2018-08-25 ES ES20174839T patent/ES3006033T3/es active Active
- 2018-10-26 CN CN202210907190.XA patent/CN115116683A/zh active Pending
- 2018-10-26 CN CN201811257996.9A patent/CN109727739B/zh active Active
2020
- 2020-10-29 CY CY20201101020T patent/CY1123713T1/el unknown
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US20150103462A1 (en) *	2012-03-12	2015-04-16	Phoenix Contact Gmbh & Co., Kg	Overvoltage protection device
US20130335869A1 (en) *	2012-06-19	2013-12-19	Raycap Corporation	Overvoltage protection devices including wafer of varistor material
US20160276821A1 (en) *	2015-03-19	2016-09-22	Ripd Research And Ip Development Ltd.	Devices for overvoltage, overcurrent and arc flash protection

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Publication number	Publication date
PL3413320T3 (pl)	2021-01-25
EP3413320A2 (en)	2018-12-12
HRP20250280T1 (hr)	2025-07-04
HUE070401T2 (hu)	2025-06-28
HUE051788T2 (hu)	2021-03-29
HRP20201798T1 (hr)	2021-01-08
PL3716296T3 (pl)	2025-04-14
EP4489036A2 (en)	2025-01-08
EP3413320B1 (en)	2020-08-12
EP3716296B1 (en)	2024-12-18
CN115116683A (zh)	2022-09-27
CY1123713T1 (el)	2022-03-24
CN109727739B (zh)	2022-08-09
EP3413320A3 (en)	2019-07-24
ES2827702T3 (es)	2021-05-24
CN109727739A (zh)	2019-05-07
RS66508B1 (sr)	2025-03-31
RS61022B1 (sr)	2020-12-31
ES3006033T3 (en)	2025-03-17
EP3716296A3 (en)	2020-10-21
DK3413320T3 (da)	2020-11-09
SI3413320T1 (sl)	2020-11-30
EP3716296A2 (en)	2020-09-30
PT3413320T (pt)	2020-10-26
EP3716296C0 (en)	2024-12-18

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