Surface mount electrical devices and methods
AssigneeBourns, Inc.
InventorKelly C. CASEY
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Abstract
An electrical device can include a body having a shape and including one or more components, and first and second electrodes implemented at respective locations of the body and configured to provide first and second engagements with a mounting surface and to allow a settling motion when the electrical device is positioned on the mounting surface. The electrical device can further include a third electrode implemented at a respective location of the body and configured to allow a limited range of the settling motion such that at an end of the limited range of the settling motion, the third electrode provides a third engagement with the mounting surface.
Claims20
An electrical device comprising:
- a body having a shape and including one or more components;
- first and second electrodes implemented at respective locations of the body and configured to provide first and second engagements with a mounting surface and to allow a settling motion when the electrical device is positioned on the mounting surface;
- and
- a third electrode implemented at a respective location of the body and configured to allow a limited range of the settling motion such that at an end of the limited range of the settling motion, the third electrode provides a third engagement with the mounting surface.
A method for manufacturing an electrical device, the method comprising:
- providing or forming one or more components;
- packaging the one or more components to provide a body having a shape;
- implementing first and second electrodes at respective locations of the body to provide first and second engagements with a mounting surface and to allow a settling motion when the electrical device is positioned on the mounting surface;
- and
- implementing a third electrode at a respective location of the body to allow a limited range of the settling motion such that at an end of the limited range of the settling motion, the third electrode provides a third engagement with the mounting surface.
A surface-mountable circuit protection device comprising:
- a first component implemented between a first end electrode and a middle electrode;
- and
- a second component implemented between the middle electrode and a second end electrode, such that the first and second components define a body, two of the first end, middle and second end electrodes are configured to provide two engagements with a surface and to allow a settling motion when the circuit protection device is positioned on a surface, and the remaining electrode is configured to allow a limited range of the settling motion such that at an end of the limited range of the settling motion, the remaining electrode provides a third engagement with the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.