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US 10,685,804 B2Granted
Manufacturing method for foam fuse filler and cartridge fuse
AssigneeLittelfuse, Inc.
InventorsRoel Retardo, Albert Enriquez
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Abstract
A method of making a fuse including inserting a fuse element into a cavity in a hollow fuse body, attaching a first end cap to the hollow fuse body and electrically connecting a first end of the fuse element to the first end cap, adding a mixture of particles including a melamine compound and a steatite of at least 2 times the melamine compound by weight—to the cavity such that the mixture of particles are disposed around the fuse element, and attaching a second end cap to the hollow fuse body and electrically connecting a second end of the fuse element to the second end cap.
Claims7
A method of making a fuse comprising:
- inserting a fuse element into a cavity in a hollow fuse body;
- attaching a first end cap to the hollow fuse body and electrically connecting a first end of the fuse element to the first end cap;
- mixing a melamine compound and a steatite of at least 2 times the melamine compound by weight to form a mixture of particles, wherein each particle in the mixture of particles includes only one or more steatite grains coated in melamine compound;
- adding the mixture of particles to the cavity such that the mixture of particles are disposed around the fuse element;
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- attaching a second end cap to the hollow fuse body and electrically connecting a second end of the fuse element to the second end cap.
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