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US 8,289,123 B2Granted
Electrical device with integrally fused conductor
AssigneeLittelfuse, Inc.
InventorsStephen J. Whitney, Gordon Todd Dietsch, Christian Garcia, Daniel Onken, Janus Pagharion, Phil Shaw, Robert G. Swensen
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Abstract
A fused conductor includes a first conductor portion, a second conductor portion, and a fuse element in electrical communication with the first and second conductor portions via at least one dual metal wire, the fuse element protected by a glass body bonded chemically to the dual metal wire.
Claims9
An integrally fused assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a first conductor located within the housing and comprising a first electrical path;
- a second conductor located within the housing and comprising a second electrical path separate from the first electrical path;
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- a fuse conductor integrally formed within the first conductor, the fuse conductor having a stem portion and a head portion, the head portion disposed at an end of the stem portion and configured to secure the fuse within the housing, the stem portion including a thinned portion that is configured to open upon an overcurrent event and that is protected by an enclosure, the enclosure being disposed within the housing, and the thinned portion being disposed both within the housing and within the enclosure.
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An integrally fused assembly comprising:
- a housing;
- a first conductor located within the housing and comprising a first electrical path;
- a second conductor located within the housing and comprising a second electrical path separate from the first electrical path;
- wherein at least one of the first and second conductors includes an integral fuse conductor defined by a stem portion and a thinned portion configured to open upon an overcurrent event and a head portion disposed at an end of the stem portion and configured to secure the fuse within the housing;
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- wherein the enclosure is disposed within the housing and the thinned portion is disposed within the housing and the enclosure.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.