Electrical component
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsHolger Siegmund Brehm, Matthias Boehm, Daniel Schmitt
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Abstract
An electrical component includes a conductor having a plurality of conductor sections. The conductor sections are electrically short-circuited. The short circuit is at least partially eliminated when the temperature of the component exceeds a threshold or limit value. An electrical circuit including the component and a method for increasing the inductance of an electrical component having a conductor, are also provided.
Claims26
An electrical component comprising:
- a conductor including a plurality of conductor sections;
- said plurality of conductor sections being electrically short-circuited with one another resulting in a short circuit;
- said short circuit being at least partially eliminated when a temperature of the component exceeds a limit value;
- and
- an expansion material disposed between said conductor sections, said expansion material having a composition that increases in volume when the temperature of the component exceeds the limit value.
A method for increasing an inductance of an electrical component, the method comprising the following steps:
- providing the electrical component with a conductor including a plurality of conductor sections electrically short-circuited with one another when a temperature of the component is below a limit value resulting in a short circuit;
- at least partially eliminating the short circuit when the temperature of the component exceeds the limit value;
- placing an expansion material between the conductor sections;
- and
- increasing a volume of the expansion material when the limit value for the temperature is exceeded.
An electrical component comprising:
- a conductor including a plurality of conductor sections;
- said plurality of conductor sections being electrically short-circuited with one another by the plurality of conductor sections being uninsulated and bearing against one another, resulting in a short circuit;
- said short circuit being at least partially eliminated when a temperature of the component exceeds a limit value;
- and
- an expansion material disposed between said conductor sections, said expansion material having a composition that increases in volume when the temperature of the component exceeds the limit value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.