Temperature-dependent switch

A temperature-dependent switch, comprising a housing and a temperature-dependent switching mechanism arranged in the housing,

• wherein the temperature-dependent switching mechanism is configured to switch, depending on its temperature, between a closed position, in which the temperature-dependent switching mechanism establishes an electrically conductive connection between a first external terminal and a second external terminal, and an open position, in which the temperature-dependent switching mechanism disconnects the electrically conductive connection,
• wherein the first external terminal and the second external terminal are led parallel alongside each other out of the housing in such a way that an upper side of the first external terminal and an upper side of the second external terminal lie in a common connection plane, and
• wherein an electrical heating resistor component is arranged inside the housing, the electrical heating resistor component being electrically connected in parallel to the temperature-dependent switching mechanism and having on a connection side a first contact area, which electrically contacts the upper side of the first external terminal, and a second contact area, which electrically contacts the upper side of the second external terminal, wherein the housing comprises an insulating material carrier, which carries a first stationary electrode electrically connected to the first external terminal and a second stationary electrode electrically connected to the second external terminal and keeps the first stationary electrode and the second stationary electrode at a distance from each other along a vertical direction, wherein the temperature-dependent switching mechanism is arranged inside the housing in a recess of the insulating material carrier between the first stationary electrode and the second stationary electrode, wherein the first stationary electrode is electrically connected to the first external terminal by a line connecting element that is aligned transversely to the first stationary electrode and the second stationary electrode and that is arranged in the housing, and wherein the first external terminal and the second external terminal are led through the insulating material carrier in the common connection plane that is aligned transversely to the vertical direction.