Fuse-element for fuses used in electric networks

Abstract

A fuse-element for use in an electric network, includes a metal strip including at least one portion having a reduced cross-section, a shunt element of conductive material shunting the portion, bonding means conductively bonding the shunt element to the metal strip and being capable of being released at a temperature higher than a predetermined temperature, the shunt element defining a chamber facing towards the metal strip and being sealed by the bonding means between the metal strip and the shunt element, and a material disposed in the chamber having a boiling temperature below the predetermined temperature and capable of producing an internal gas pressure within the chamber sufficient to break the bond when the material is heated to a temperature higher than the boiling temperature.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.