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  4. /H01H · Electric switches
  5. /H01H 37/00 · Thermally-actuated switches
  6. /H01H 37/74 · Switches in which only the opening movement or only the closing movement
  7. /H01H 37/76 · Contact member actuated by melting of fusible material, actuated due to burning
  8. /H01H 37/764 · In which contacts are held closed by a thermal pellet
  9. /H01H 37/766
H01H 37/766

Using a bridging contact

Official title: {using a bridging contact}

H01H37/766 (Using a bridging contact) appears on 11 US grants and 1 published applications in this corpus.

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Where it sits

  1. HElectricity
  2. H01Electric elements
  3. H01HElectric switches
  4. H01H 37/00Thermally-actuated switches
  5. H01H 37/74Switches in which only the opening movement or only the closing movement
  6. H01H 37/76Contact member actuated by melting of fusible material, actuated due to burning
  7. H01H 37/764In which contacts are held closed by a thermal pellet
  8. H01H 37/766Using a bridging contact
Granted patents
11
Published applications
1
Assignees
8
Inventors
17
Latest grant
7 May 1991

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By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001.

Recent patents

  • Thermal and current sensing switch7 May 1991US 5,014,036 AOrient Co., Ltd.
  • Thermal cutout16 Jun 1987US 4,673,909 ASeb S. A.
  • Resettable thermal cut-off switch19 May 1981US 4,268,813 AB/K Patent Development, Inc.
  • Radial lead thermal cut-off device29 Jan 1980US 4,186,366 AIllinois Tool Works Inc.
  • Thermal cut-off fuse15 Jan 1980US 4,184,139 AIllinois Tool Works Inc.
  • Protection device for circuit7 Mar 2013US 2013/0057380 A1

Most cited

By later US patents
  • Thermal and current sensing switch40US 5,014,036 AOrient Co., Ltd. · 1991
  • Thermal cut-off fuse22US 4,184,139 AIllinois Tool Works Inc. · 1980
  • Radial lead thermal cut-off device22US 4,186,366 AIllinois Tool Works Inc. · 1980
  • Thermally actuatable electrical switch construction17US 3,956,725 AMicro Devices Corporation · 1976
  • Thermally actuatable switch construction9US 3,952,274 AMicro Devices Corporation · 1976

Top assignees

Documents
  • Illinois Tool Works Inc.2
  • MDMicro Devices Corporation2
  • Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company2
  • BKB/K Patent Development, Inc.1
  • GSGTE Sylvania Incorporated1
  • MEMatsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.1
  • OOrient Co., Ltd.1
  • SSSeb S. A.1

Often classified with

  • C08LCompositions of macromolecular compounds1

Documents that also carry the other class.

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