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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Littelfuse, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Boris Golubovic, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kunghao Yu, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
Littelfuse, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/713 (2006.01); H01R 24/60 (2011.01); H01R 31/06 (2006.01); H01R 107/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/7137 (2013.01); H01R 24/60 (2013.01); H01R 31/065 (2013.01); H01R 2107/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A universal serial bus (USB) cable including a power conductor configured to transmit power between a first device and a second device, a configuration channel (CC) conductor configured to allow the first device and the second device to determine whether a connection has been established via the USB cable, and a first positive temperature coefficient (PTC) element coupled to the CC conductor and configured to mitigate current flowing through the CC conductor if a temperature of the first PTC element rises above a predefined trip temperature.