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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:
Sep. 01, 1981
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1978
Applicant:
Inventor:
Radi Pejouhy, Marshfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
337 97 ; 29622 ; 2001 / ; 313226 ; 335151 ;
Abstract
A current interrupting device having improved contact life includes a hermetically sealed housing in which a thermostatic member is adapted to cause electrical contacts to move into and out of engagement depending on the temperature of the thermostatic member. The atmosphere within the housing is a gas having a dielectric strength slightly over the impressed voltage.