Temperature-dependent switch having a current transfer member
OwnerMarcel Hofsaessinventor
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Abstract
A temperature-dependent switch 10 has a temperature-dependent switching mechanism 11; a housing 12, receiving the switching mechanism 11 and having a lower part 14 and an upper part 15; and two stationary contacts 31, 32, provided on the upper part 15 on its inner side 37, each contact being connected to an associated external termina 35, 36. A current transfer member is arranged on the switching mechanism 11 and moved by it, which transfer member is in contact with the two stationary contacts 31, 32 in temperature-dependent fashion. There is arranged physically in the region of the current transfer member and upper part 15 at least one resistor 38 which is electrically connected between the stationary contacts 31, 32 at least when the current transfer member is in contact with them.
Claims14
A temperature-dependent switch, comprising two external terminals;
- a temperature-dependent switching mechanism;
- a housing receiving the switching mechanism and comprising a lower part and an upper part, said upper part having an inner side;
- two stationary contacts provided at the inner side of the upper part and being each connected to a respectively associated of said external terminals;
- a current transfer member arranged on and moved by the switching mechanism in temperature-dependent fashion, said current transfer member being in contact with said two stationary contacts when the switch is in its closed state;
- wherein at least one resistor is arranged on the current transfer member and is connected electrically between two contact surfaces associated with the stationary contacts, such that said at least one resistor in the closed state of the switch is electrically connected between the two stationary contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.