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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 1994
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Deepak Nayar, Hayward, CA (US);
William C Beadling, San Jose, CA (US);
Thanh U Chung, Union city, CA (US);
Martin Pineda, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
Raychem Corporation, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361106 ;
Abstract
A circuit protection device in which a PTC element made from a PTC composition includes or has at a boundary thereof a mechanical stress riser. The device will be tripped by, and provide reversible protection against, a first set of fault conditions, and will also provide protection at least one time against a second, more severe, set of fault conditions which cause physical disruption of the device and which cause the device to have a substantially infinite resistance. Devices of the invention are useful in protecting against relatively high voltages.