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US 2022/0122800 A1Published application
Thermal Fuse
AssigneeSolaredge Technologies Ltd.
InventorsIsrael Gershman, Yoav Galin, David Lachmann, Bahat Shafat
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods are described for thermal fuse circuit breakers. The thermal fuses described herein may be disposed in a connector, so that, should an overheating condition occur, for example, due to an arc discharge across or inside of the connector, the heat of the arc discharge melts a portion of the fuse, thereby preventing a potentially catastrophic event, such as fire, or damage to a component which may be more expensive than the thermal fuse itself.
Claims22
An apparatus comprising:
- a fusible alloy conductor comprising a first end and a second end;
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- a sheath surrounding the fusible alloy conductor configured to contract above a contraction temperature,
- wherein a rise in temperature of the apparatus to above the contraction temperature causes the fusible alloy conductor to melt into a molten fusible alloy conductor and the sheath to contract, thereby displacing the molten fusible alloy conductor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.