Trace fuse
AssigneeWilson Greatbatch Ltd.
InventorsRobert Zayatz, Timothy R. Ronald, Douglas L. Bronnenberg
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Abstract
A power providing device that has a battery, a protective housing a terminal cap, and a fuse on a substrate.
Claims20
An electrical power providing device, comprising:
- a) a battery having a terminal pin extending from a header;
- b) a substrate attached to the battery;
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- c) a trace fuse supported by the substrate, the fuse having a fusible portion intermediate first and second ends, wherein the first end is directly electrically connected to the terminal pin and the second end is directly electrically connected to an electrical device powered by the battery.
A substrate having first and second major sides with a surrounding outer edge between the major sides providing the substrate with a thickness and with an aperture extending through the substrate thickness to the first and second major sides, wherein the substrate supports at least one trace fuse having a fusible portion intermediate first and second fuse ends, the first fuse end residing at a side wall of the aperture with the second fuse end residing at the surrounding outer edge of the substrate, the surrounding outer edge being spaced from the aperture.
An electrical power providing device, comprising:
- a) a battery having a terminal pin extending from a header;
- b) a housing attached to the battery;
- c) a terminal cap attached to the housing;
- c) a substrate attached to the battery, wherein the substrate resides between the terminal cap and the header for the battery;
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- e) a trace fuse supported by the substrate, the fuse having a fusible portion intermediate first and second ends, wherein the first end is directly electrically connected to the terminal pin and the second end is directly electrically connected to an electrical device powered by the battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.