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Electrical device comprising a PTC or NTC composition

US4801784A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 24, 1987
Grant dateJan 31, 1989
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 24, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05B3/146
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A self-regulating PTC heater in which the direction of flow of current is reversible in a region of the PTC material in response to a change in the resistivity of the material whereby current in-rush is reduced.

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