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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1980
Filed:
Aug. 15, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
San-O Industrial Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
337292 ; 337295 ;
Abstract
A fusible element for use in fuse construction wherein the fusible element is made of an elongated, heat-conductive metal or alloy having regions of reduced cross sectional area, including a middle reduced region and two reduced intermediate regions, each of said reduced regions being disposed between two unreduced regions of the fusible element. The dimensions (width and length) of the reduced regions are selected to optimize the performance of the fusible elements. Another embodiment of the invention contemplates a fusible element with a plurality of reduced regions having specified relative dimensions for improved performance characteristics.