Temperature switch
AssigneeYu-Kang Yang
InventorYu-Kang Yang
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Abstract
A temperature switch electrically interconnects a first wire and a second wire, and includes a conducting mechanism and a temperature control mechanism controlling electrical connection between the first and second wires using the conducting mechanism in a normal condition. The conducting mechanism includes a safety unit composed of a conducting resilient bracket and a deformable component abutting against the conducting resilient bracket, thereby enabling the conducting resilient bracket to electrically interconnect the first and second wires. The deformable component is deformed upon reaching a specific temperature, such that interconnection between the first and second wires made via the conducting resilient bracket is broken.
Claims7
A temperature switch to electrically interconnect a first wire and a second wire, said temperature switch comprising:
- a base body;
- a cap body connected to said base body to form an accommodating chamber therebetween;
- a conducting mechanism including a first conducting piece to be electrically connected to the first wire, a second conducting piece to be electrically connected to the second wire, a fixed conducting component, a conducting resilient piece that is disposed in said accommodating chamber, that is electrically connected to said first conducting piece, and that is contactable with said fixed conducting component, and a safety unit, said safety unit including a conducting resilient bracket, and a temperature-dependent deformable component abutting against said conducting resilient bracket to bias said conducting resilient bracket into a conducting state where said conducting resilient bracket electrically interconnects said fixed conducting component and said second conducting piece,
- wherein said temperature-dependent deformable component is deformed upon reaching a specific temperature, such that said conducting resilient bracket is changed to a non-conducting state where said conducting resilient bracket is separated from one of said second conducting piece and said fixed conducting component;
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- a temperature control mechanism controlling contact between said conducting resilient piece and said fixed conducting component with a sensed temperature;
- wherein said resilient conducting bracket has two contact walls spaced apart from each other, and a connecting wall interconnecting said contact walls, said temperature-dependent deformable component being disposed between and abutting against said contact walls;
- wherein, in the conducting state, said temperature-dependent deformable component biases said contact walls, such that said contact walls are respectively and electrically connected to said second conducting piece and said fixed conducting component;
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- wherein, in the non-conducting state, said resilient conducting bracket is resiliently restored to an original shape thereof such that one of said contact walls is separated from a corresponding one of said second conducting piece and said fixed conducting component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.