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US 2025/0104955 A1Published application
Hard Anodized Aluminum Housing for Electric Fuses
AssigneeEaton Intelligent Power Limited
InventorRobert Stephen Douglass
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Abstract
In an embodiment, an electric fuse housing comprises one or more electrical insulating plates and an anodized metal can structure, where the anodized metal can structure comprises a metal layer, a barrier layer, and an oxide layer. The barrier layer and the oxide layer are formed on top of the metal layer using a hard anodizing process. The oxide layer includes a plurality of pores that is filled with one or more substances.
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An electric fuse housing comprising:
- one or more electrical insulating plates;
- and
- an anodized metal can structure comprising:
- a metal layer;
- a barrier layer and an oxide layer, wherein the barrier layer and the oxide layer are formed on top of the metal layer using a hard anodizing process, wherein the oxide layer comprises a plurality of pores, and wherein the plurality of pores is filled with one or more substances.
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A method for manufacturing an electric fuse housing, the method comprising:
- creating, using a hard anodizing process, a barrier layer and an oxide layer on top of a metal layer of an anodized metal can structure, wherein the oxide layer comprises a plurality of pores;
- filling the plurality of pores with one or more substances;
- and
- assembling the anodized metal can structure with one or more electrical insulating plates.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.