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US 2018/0138004 A1Published application
Ventilated fuse housing
AssigneeLittelfuse, Inc.
InventorMichael Schlaak
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Abstract
A fuse including a first housing part and a second housing part that are joined together to define a cavity, a fuse element disposed within the cavity, a first terminal extending from a first end of the fuse element and out of the housing, and a second terminal extending from a second end of the fuse element and out of the housing, the housing having a vent channel extending from an outer surface of the housing to the cavity for allowing vapor to escape from the cavity.
Claims26
A fuse, comprising:
- a housing including a first housing part and a second housing part that are sealed together to define a cavity;
- a fuse element disposed within the cavity;
- a first terminal extending from a first end of the fuse element and out of the housing;
- and
- a second terminal extending from a second end of the fuse element and out of the housing;
- the housing having a vent channel extending from an outer surface of the housing to the cavity for allowing vapor to escape from the cavity;
- wherein the first housing part defines a first portion of the vent channel and the second housing part defines a second portion of the vent channel.
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(canceled)
A fuse housing comprising:
- a first housing part and a second housing part that are sealed together to define a cavity;
- and
- a vent channel extending from an outer surface of the housing to the cavity for allowing vapor to escape from the cavity;
- wherein the first housing part defines a first portion of the vent channel and the second housing part defines a second portion of the vent channel.
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(canceled)
A method of forming a fuse, comprising:
- joining a first housing part to a second housing part to form a housing that defines a cavity;
- and
- providing the housing with a vent channel extending from an outer surface of the housing to the cavity for allowing vapor to escape from the cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.