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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2022
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Robert Stephen Douglass, Wildwood, MO (US);
Ankita Mehra, Hyderabad, IN;
EATON INTELLIGENT POWER LIMITED, Dublin, IE;
Abstract
The disclosed concept relates generally to overlay composite fuse elements, materials for their construction that include copper and silver metals, and methods of production and fabrication using metal stamping and ultrasonic welding processes. In certain embodiments, a composite overlay fuse element includes a composite metal materialconstructed of silver and copper metals, which includes a plurality of strain absorbing bend featuresconstructed of copper metal, and a plurality of arc interrupting weak spot featuresconstructed of a silver metal portion and a copper metal portion. The silver and copper metal portions on each of the plurality of arc interrupting weak spot featuresare connected by a weld joint surfacethat is structured to form an overlay of the silver and copper metal portions.