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US 2022/0157548 A1Published application
Modular high voltage fuse
AssigneeLittelfuse, Inc.
InventorEngelbert Hetzmannseder
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Abstract
A fuse including a fuse body having a main body portion formed of a dielectric material, a plurality of arc chambers formed in the main body portion, the arc chambers arranged in a matrix configuration, a conductor extending through the main body portion and intersecting the arc chambers, the conductor having bridge portions disposed within the arc chambers, the bridge portions being mechanically weaker than other portions of the conductor and configured to melt and separate upon the occurrence of an overcurrent condition in the fuse.
Claims20
A fuse comprising:
- a fuse body including a main body portion formed of a dielectric material;
- a plurality of arc chambers formed in the main body portion, the arc chambers arranged in a matrix configuration;
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- a conductor extending through the main body portion and intersecting the arc chambers, the conductor having bridge portions disposed within the arc chambers, the bridge portions being mechanically weaker than other portions of the conductor and configured to melt and separate upon occurrence of an overcurrent condition in the fuse.
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A fuse comprising:
- a fuse body including a main body portion formed of a dielectric material;
- a plurality of arc chambers formed in the main body portion, the arc chambers arranged in a matrix configuration;
- a conductor extending through the main body portion and intersecting the arc chambers, the conductor having bridge portions disposed within the arc chambers, the bridge portions being mechanically weaker than other portions of the conductor and configured to melt and separate upon occurrence of an overcurrent condition in the fuse;
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- arc barriers disposed between adjacent arc chambers and intersecting the conductor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.