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Thermal fuse

US8633795B2 · kind B2 · utility

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14References

6Claims

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Assignee

Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

Norbert Knab · Appenweier, DE
Georg Schulze-Icking-Konert · Bühl, DE
Thomas Mohr · Babenhausen, DE
Stefan Kotthaus · Baden-Baden, DE
Nikolas Haberl · Baden-Baden, DE
Stefan Stampfer · Laufenburg (Baden), DE
Michael Mueller · Dresden, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 1, 2008
Grant date	Jan 21, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 8, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49107
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a thermal fuse in a circuit structure, particularly a punched grid, having a plurality of circuit areas, having the circuit structure with connections sites (9) and having a fusible element (3), which is electrically and mechanically connected to the connection sites (9) of the circuit structure, a material of the fusible element (3) having a melting point, in order to melt at an ambient temperature greater than the melting point, such that material of the fusible element (3) collects at the connection sites (9) and the electrical connection formed by the fusible element (3) breaks.

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