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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:
Nov. 08, 1983
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1981
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael L Bouffard, Smithfield, RI (US);
Radi Pejouhy, Marshfield, MA (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
338 25 ; 338 / ; 338220 ; 338320 ;
Abstract
A miniature, solid state motor protector has a metallic housing with two hingedly connected recessed portions with a wafer of positive temperature coefficient (PTC) of resistivity material disposed in each recess in electrical connection with the housing and a center spring contact located intermediate the two PTC wafers and in electrical connection therewith so that the wafers are electrically connected in parallel relation.