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Device for supplying electric power to several parallel-fed circuits, and method for making same

US6215636A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 20, 1999
Grant dateApr 10, 2001
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Expiry dateDec 20, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01H2085/0486
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The device comprises a busbar (1') connected, on the one hand, to the source of electrical energy and, on the other hand, to a plurality of electrical contacts (3'i) each forming part of one of the circuits. According to the invention, several self-resettable fuses (5'i) for protecting said circuits are soldered to said busbar (1'), these fuses each consisting of a layer of a dispersion of an electrically conductive particulate material in a polymer, said layer being laminated between first and second, plane and parallel, electrodes electrically connected to the busbar (1') and to said electrical contacts (3'i) of an associated circuit, respectively.

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