Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Tatsuya Wada

Kenji Senda

Atsushi Kono

Yoshihiro Matsuo

Gen Itakura

Shoichi Ikebe

A thermal fuse includes an insulating case having a bottom and having an opening provided therein, a fusible alloy provided in the insulating case, a lead conductor having one end connected to the fusible alloy and other end led out from the insulating case through the opening of the insulating case, a flux provided on the fusible alloy, and a sealer for sealing the opening of the insulating case. The volume of a space between the fusible alloy in the insulating case and the sealer is larger than the volume of the flux. Sealing of the fuse is prevented from deteriorating, and the insulating film is prevented from damage even when the thermal fuse is used for breaking a large current at a high voltage.

Temperature fuse and battery using the same

Temperature fuse, and battery using the same

A thermal fuse includes a fusible alloy including tin, a couple of lead conductors connected to both ends of the fusible alloy, respectively, and a surface layer on the lead conductors, respectively. The surface layer is made of tin or alloy including tin as main substance, and has a thickness not greater than 14 &#x3bc;m. The thermal fuse has a stable fusing temperature.

Thermal fuse and method of manufacturing fuse

Grain boundary layer dielectric ceramic compositions comprising semiconductive ceramic grains having a composition of 50.23 to 49.47 mol % of SrO and CaO, 49.72 to 50.23 mol % of TiO.sub.2, 0.05 to 0.3 mol % of Nb.sub.2 O.sub.5, substantially each of said grains being surrounded by grain boundary layer dielectric materials which are formed by grain boundary diffusion of a mixture having a composition of 93.5 to 8.5 mol % of Bi.sub.2 O.sub.3, 4.5 to 45 mol % of Cu.sub.2 O, 0.5 to 4 mol % of MnO.sub.2, 1 to 8.5 mol % of B.sub.2 O.sub.3, 0.5 to 17 mol % of La.sub.2 O.sub.3, and below 17 mol % of TiO.sub.2. These ceramic compositions provide capacitors having a temperature coefficient of capacitance less than .+-.15%, an apparent dielectric constant higher than 35,000, a dielectric loss less than 0.01 and a breakdown voltage higher than 500 V/mm; or capacitors having a temperature coefficient of capacitance less than .+-.10%, an apparent dielectric constant higher than 20,000, a dielectric loss less than 0.01 and a breakdown voltage higher than 700 V/mm; or capacitors having a temperature coefficient of capacitance less than .+-.5%, an apparent dielectric constant higher than 5,000, a dielectric loss less than 0.01 and a breakdown voltage higher than 700 V/mm.

Grain boundary layer dielectric ceramic compositions

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