Patent · US Expired

Electrical fuse

US4630023A · kind A · utility

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1References

6Claims

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Assignee

U.S. Philips Corporation · US

Inventors

Klaus Gawron · Aachen, DE
Simon Jonker · Eindhoven, NL
Johann Schroder · Aachen, DE
Henk V. De Weerdt · Sittard, NL

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 11, 1985
Grant date	Dec 16, 1986
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 11, 2005

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH01H2037/769
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an electrical fuse which serves for temperature limitation, which comprises a closed housing (1) and in which a spring mechanism (2,3,4) interrupts an electrical contact as soon as a fuse body (6) serving as a support for the spring mechanism liquefies and relieves the spring mechanism, the fuse body mainly consists of a saturated dicarboxylic acid containing 4 to 14 carbon atoms.

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