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RF thermal fuse

US9443683B2 · kind B2 · utility

3Cited by

18References

35Claims

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Assignee

COMMSCOPE TECHNOLOGIES LLC · US

Inventors

Frantisek Hrnicko · Pardubice, CZ
Vaclav Volf · Pardubice, CZ
Libor Strachon · Holice, CZ
Thomas Kummetz · Kissing, DE
Stefan Eisenwinter · Buchdorf, DE
Matthew Thomas Melester · McKinney, US
Jurgen Struller · Bergen, DE
Gabriel Toth · Pardubice, CZ

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 24, 2013
Grant date	Sep 13, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 15, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04W88/08
WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Certain aspects are directed to a thermal fuse for preventing overheating of RF devices in a telecommunication system. The RF thermal fuse includes a body, a conductive bolt, and a driving mechanism. The body can be positioned on a transmission line between an RF signal source and an RF device. The conductive bolt is positioned in the body. The conductive bolt has a length sufficient to provide impedance at a point of protection on the transmission line in response to the conductive bolt contacting a live conductor of the transmission line. The impedance is sufficient to reflect a portion of the incident power of an RF signal from the RF source. The driving mechanism can cause the conductive bolt to contact the live conductor in response to a temperature at or near the point of protection exceeding a threshold temperature.

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