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US 12,567,547 B2Granted
Temperature-dependent switch
OwnerMarcel P. Hofsaessinventor
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Abstract
A temperature-dependent switch, comprising a temperature-dependent switching mechanism having a switching mechanism unit and a switching mechanism housing, in which the switching mechanism unit is arranged and held captively therein. Furthermore, the switch comprises a switch housing, in which the switching mechanism housing is arranged and held captively therein.
Claims16
A temperature-dependent switch), comprising:
- a temperature-dependent switching mechanism having a switching mechanism unit, which comprises a movable contact part coupled to a bimetallic snap-action disc, and having a switching mechanism housing, in which the switching mechanism unit is arranged and held captively therein;
- a switch housing, in which the switching mechanism housing is arranged and held captively therein, wherein the switch housing comprises a stationary contact part, which acts as a mating contact to the movable contact part;
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- an insulator arranged inside the switch housing,
- wherein the switching mechanism housing comprises an electrically conductive base body, which surrounds the switching mechanism unit from a first housing side, a second housing side opposite the first housing side, and a housing circumferential side extending between and transversely to the first and the second housing sides,
- wherein the first housing side is a partially open housing side,
- wherein the switching mechanism housing on the first housing side comprises an opening through which the movable contact part interacts with the stationary contact part,
- wherein the electrically conductive base body forms at least part of the second housing side, said at least part of the second housing side forming a freely accessible outside of the temperature-dependent switch, and
- wherein the insulator electrically insulates the electrically conductive base body of the switching mechanism housing from the switch housing.
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A temperature-dependent switch, comprising:
- a temperature-dependent switching mechanism having a switching mechanism unit, which comprises a movable contact part coupled to a bimetallic snap-action disc, and having a switching mechanism housing, in which the switching mechanism unit is arranged and held captively therein;
- a switch housing, in which the switching mechanism housing is arranged and held captively therein, wherein the switch housing comprises a stationary contact part, which acts as a mating contact to the movable contact part;
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- an insulator arranged inside the switch housing,
- wherein the switching mechanism housing surrounds the switching mechanism unit from a first housing side, a second housing side opposite the first housing side, and a housing circumferential side extending between and transversely to the first and the second housing sides, wherein the first housing side is a partially open housing side,
- wherein the switching mechanism housing on the first housing side comprises an opening through which the movable contact part interacts with the stationary contact part,
- wherein the switching mechanism housing comprises an electrically conductive base body, which forms at least part of the second housing side, said at least part of the second housing side forming a freely accessible outside of the temperature-dependent switch,
- wherein the insulator electrically insulates the electrically conductive base body of the switching mechanism housing from the switch housing, and
- wherein an intermediate space extending circumferentially between the switching mechanism housing and the switch housing is filled with insulating compound.
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A temperature-dependent switch, comprising:
- a temperature-dependent switching mechanism having a switching mechanism unit, which comprises a movable contact part coupled to a bimetallic snap-action disc, and having a switching mechanism housing, in which the switching mechanism unit is arranged and held captively therein;
- a switch housing, in which the switching mechanism housing is arranged and held captively therein, wherein the switch housing comprises a stationary contact part, which acts as a mating contact to the movable contact part;
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- an insulator arranged inside the switch housing, inaccessible from an outside of the temperature-dependent switch,
- wherein the switching mechanism housing surrounds the switching mechanism unit from a first housing side, a second housing side opposite the first housing side, and a housing circumferential side extending between and transversely to the first and the second housing sides,
- wherein the first housing side is a partially open housing side,
- wherein the switching mechanism housing on the first housing side comprises an opening through which the movable contact part interacts with the stationary contact part,
- wherein the switching mechanism housing comprises an electrically conductive base body, which forms at least part of the second housing side, said at least part of the second housing side forming a freely accessible outside of the temperature-dependent switch, and
- wherein the insulator electrically insulates the electrically conductive base body of the switching mechanism housing from the switch housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.