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US 5,877,563 AGranted
Fuse device for a cable in motor vehicles
AssigneeBayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengellschaft
InventorsAlfred Krappel, Robert Albiez, Maximilian Groebmair
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Abstract
A fuse device for a cable in vehicles, includes a current strength sensor having an evaluation circuit connected downstream, and a severing device for the cable. The severing device disconnecting the cable when a current strength exceeds a limiting value. The sensor, evaluation circuit, and severing device are located in a housing in which a section of the cable also runs.
Claims18
A fuse device for a cable in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a current strength sensor;
- an evaluation circuit coupled downstream from said current strength sensor;
- a severing device for permanently severing the cable when a current strength exceeds a limiting value under normal operation of the vehicle;
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- a housing in which a section of the cable runs, and in which said sensor, said evaluation circuit, and said severing device are located.
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A fuse device for a cable through which a current passes in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a current sensor coupled to said cable and having a current strength output signal;
- an evaluation circuit which receives said current strength output signal;
- a severing device coupled to said cable and receiving a severing output signal from said evaluation circuit when a current strength through said cable exceeds a limiting value under normal operation of the vehicle, said severing device operating to permanently sever the cable in response to the severing output signal;
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- a housing in which said current sensor, said evaluation circuit, and said severing device are located, a section of said cable running through the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.