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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2016
Applicant:
Littelfuse, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Inventor:
Brian Johnson, Saltash, GB;
Assignee:
Littelfuse, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 85/38 (2006.01); H01H 85/175 (2006.01); H01H 85/143 (2006.01); H01H 69/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 85/38 (2013.01); H01H 69/02 (2013.01); H01H 85/143 (2013.01); H01H 85/175 (2013.01);
Abstract
An arc-mitigating fuse including a tubular fuse body, a first endcap covering a first end of the fuse body and a second endcap covering a second end of the fuse body, a fusible element disposed within the fuse body and extending between the first endcap and the second endcap to provide an electrically conductive pathway therebetween, and an arc-mitigating element disposed within the fuse body and held in a compressed state between the first endcap and the second endcap, the arc-mitigating element adapted to extend to an uncompressed state upon separation of the fusible element.