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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 1979

Filed:

Apr. 13, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:

Peter H Thiel, Bloomington, IN (US);

Assignee:

Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
337159 ; 337295 ;
Abstract

A wide-range current limiting fuse assembly particularly adapted to protect capacitors. The device comprises a current limiting portion having a corrugated fusible ribbon for high fault current protection, and a low current portion having a fusible link surrounded end to end by a conductive metal sleeve connected to one terminal of the fusible link. The current limiting portion may, alternatively, be provided with a circularly cross sectioned fusible wire connected in series with the fusible ribbon.


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Thiel, Peter. (1979). Current limiting fuse for capacitor (U.S. Patent No. 4161712). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/4161712

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