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US 10,256,061 B2Granted
Temperature-dependent switching mechanism
AssigneeThermik Geraetebau GmbH
InventorRené Neumann
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Abstract
A temperature-dependent switching mechanism is equipped with a bimetal snap-action disc and a spring snap-action disc, which carries a movable contact part, the bimetal snap-action disc and the spring snap-action disc being captively held in an annular frame.
Claims21
A temperature-dependent switching mechanism comprising a ring-shaped annular frame that does not have a closed bottom, a bimetal snap-action disc, a movable contact member and a spring snap-action disc carrying said movable contact member, said bimetal snap-action disc and said spring snap-action disc being captively held in said frame;
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- wherein the bimetal snap-action disc has a low-temperature position and a high-temperature position, a first peripheral shoulder being arranged internally in the frame, on which first peripheral shoulder a rim of the bimetal snap-action disc is supported during the transition from its high-temperature position into its low-temperature position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.