Electrical thermal overstress protection device
AssigneeRemy International, Inc.
InventorsMichael Bradfield, Richard Huibregtse
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Abstract
An electrical current overstress protection device for use with a power source and an overload protection switch comprising a main conductor member receiving current from the power source; a parallel conductor member connected to the main conductor member; and an area of localized increased electrical resistance located on the parallel conductor member and located proximate to the overload protection switch.
Claims11
An electrical current overstress protection device for use with a power source and an overload protection switch comprising:
- a main conductor member receiving current from the power source;
- a parallel conductor member connected to the main conductor member;
- an area of localized increased electrical resistance located on the parallel conductor member and located proximate to the overload protection switch.
An overcrank protection device for use with a power source, a starter motor and an overload protection switch comprising:
- a main conductor member for transferring current from the power source to the starter motor;
- a parallel conductor member connected with the main conductor member;
- an area of localized increased electrical resistance in comparison to the main conductor member located on the parallel conductor member and located in thermal contact with the overload protection switch;
- wherein the main conductor member and the parallel conductor are structurally integral with each other and both members are sub-sections of one metallic unit;
- and wherein the parallel conductor member is structurally orientated to be substantially parallel to the main conductor member.
A remotely locatable overcrank protection device for use with a power source, a starter motor and an overload protection switch comprising:
- a main conductor member for transferring current from the power source to the starter motor;
- a parallel conductor member located separately from the main conductor member and comprising at least one wire which is coiled around the overload protection switch thereby forming an area of localized increased electrical resistance in the parallel conductor member as compared to the main conductor member;
- and wherein the parallel connector is in thermal contact with the overload protection switch.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.