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US 10,325,746 B2Granted
Ventilated fuse housing
AssigneeLittelfuse, Inc.
InventorMichael Schlaak
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Abstract
A fuse including a first housing part and a second housing part that are joined together to define a cavity, a fuse element disposed within the cavity, a first terminal extending from a first end of the fuse element and out of the housing, and a second terminal extending from a second end of the fuse element and out of the housing, the housing having a vent channel extending from an outer surface of the housing to the cavity for allowing vapor to escape from the cavity.
Claims10
A fuse, comprising:
- a housing including a first housing part and a second housing part, the first housing part having a first cavity portion and the second housing part having a second cavity portion, wherein the first housing part and the second housing part being joined such that the first cavity portion and the second cavity portion form an internal hollow cavity in the housing;
- a fuse element disposed within the cavity;
- a first terminal extending from a first end of the fuse element and out of the housing;
- a second terminal extending from a second end of the fuse element and out of the housing;
- a first vent channel portion formed in a mating surface of the first housing part, the first vent channel portion extending from an outer surface of the first housing part to the first cavity portion;
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- a second vent channel portion formed in a mating surface of the second housing part, the second vent channel portion extending from an outer surface of the second housing part to the second cavity portion;
- wherein the first housing part and the second housing part are joined by sealing the first mating surface to the second mating surface such that the first vent channel portion and the second vent channel portion form a vent channel extending from an outer surface of the housing to the cavity.
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