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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2023
Applicant:
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Inventors:
Robert Stephen Douglass, Wildwood, MO (US);
Gautam Sharma, Pune, IN;
Assignee:
Eaton Intelligent Power Limited, Dublin, IE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 85/38 (2006.01); H01H 85/04 (2006.01); H01H 85/165 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 85/165 (2013.01); H01H 85/04 (2013.01); H01H 85/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a fuse includes a casing, a fuse element housed inside the casing, and one or more arc-quenching-material containers including arc quenching material. Each arc-quenching-material container may be configured proximately to one or more weak spots of the fuse element such that, in an event of an arc, the arc-quenching-material containers are configured to rupture and release the arc quenching material.