Electrical fuse component and method of using same
US4689597A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 29, 1986 |
| Grant date | Aug 25, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/49107
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electrical component has a plurality of paired contacts with spaced inner contact sections bridged by a fuse element. The paired contacts have outer contact sections enabling mounting to a circuit panel to complete circuit paths thereon. The component is used as a fuse component to protect the circuit panel by preventing overload of a circuit path by the respective fuse element. When the circuit paths have different design in-service currents and different levels of excessive electrical currents, the corresponding fuse elements can have correspondingly different in-service current-carrying capabilities and different melting points, in the same component. The component can be surface mountable and can have DIP configuration.
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