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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
May. 11, 2017
Rostra Vernatherm, Llc, Bristol, CT (US);
Kevin W. Lamb, Naples, FL (US);
Alberto D. Medina Santamaria, Bristol, CT (US);
Rostra Vernatherm, LLC, Bristol, CT (US);
Abstract
The temperature switch includes a housing, an actuator, a switch, and a force buffer situated between the actuator and the switch. The switch is movable between a first and second state in response to imposition and release of an actuating force F. The force buffer transmits the actuating force Ffrom the actuator to the switch when compressed a first distance in the first direction by extension of the actuator in response to an increase in temperature ΔT. At temperature T, the force buffer transmits the force Fto move the switch from the first state to the second state. The actuator retracts a second distance in the second direction in response to a decrease in temperature ΔT. At temperature T, the force buffer releases the force Fand the switch moves from the second state to the first state.