Hermetic single phase motor protector

A motor protector comprising an electrically conductive base plate having a mounting surface and formed with terminal receiving apertures therethrough, first and second terminal pins extending through respective terminal receiving apertures in spaced apart relation to the base plate, a stationary contact mounted on the first terminal pin, a bracket with an upstanding tab, the bracket mounted on the base plate, a movable contact and a movable contact arm, the movable contact mounted on the movable contact arm and the movable contact arm mounted on the bracket and electrically connected to the base plate, the movable contact being movable into and out of contacts engaged positions with the stationary contact and normally biased into the contact engaged position, a heater element having two opposite ends, one end connected to the second terminal pin and the second end connected to the base plate so that the base plate forms at least part of a current path between the heater element and the movable contact arm, a non-current carrying bimetallic snap acting disc movable between first and second oppositely dished configuration being generally circular having a centrally disposed aperture therethrough, the disc disposed in he t transfer relation with the heater element, and a disc seat surface formed on the bracket with the upstanding tab received through the centrally disposed aperture, the disc having an outer periphery with a portion thereof received under a motion limiting surface a selected distance when the disc is in the first of its dished configurations so that actuation of the disc to the second dished configuration causes the said portion of the outer periphery to engage the motion limiting surface resulting in the disc pivoting on the disc seat surface as a fulcrum with the diametrically opposite outer periphery of the disc applying amplified contacts disengagement motion thereby moving the movable contact i to the contacts disengaged position.

A motor protector comprising

• an electrically conductive base plate having a mounting surface,
• an electrically conductive bracket mounted on the mounting surface,
• a disc support for supporting the outer periphery of a disc, the disc support having a fulcrum,
• a snap-acting thermostatic disc movable between opposite concave, convex dished configurations upon being heated to an actuation temperature disposed on the disc support with the fulcrum located beneath the disc and with the normally concave dished shaped configuration facing the base plate,
• an electrically conductive movable contact arm cantilever mounted on the bracket and extending across the disc, the movable contact arm having a free distal end portion, a movable contact mounted on the free distal end portion,
• a terminal pin extending through an aperture in the base plate and electrically separated therefrom, a stationary contact mounted on the terminal pin with the movable contact arm normally biasing the movable contact into contact engagement with the stationary contact,
• another terminal pin extending through an aperture in the base plate and electrically separated therefrom, a heater element having a first end connected to the said another terminal pin and a second end connected to the base plate and being in heat transfer relation with the disc,
• a motion limiting stop, the disc having an outer peripheral portion received under the motion limiting stop limiting movement of the disc at the location of the motion limiting stop so that upon snapping to the opposite dished configuration the disc pivots on the fulcrum of the disc support with the outer peripheral portion of the disc diametrically opposite to the motion limiting stop engaging the movable contact arm to move the movable contact arm to a contacts disengaged position.