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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. 30, 1994
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jerry L Mosesian, Newburyport, MA (US);
Clyde D Reid, South Hampton, NH (US);
Assignee:
Gould Electronics Inc., Eastlake, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
337163 ; 337165 ;
Abstract
A fuse including a tubular casing, first and second blade-shaped terminals extending from respective sides of the casing, a short circuit fusible element attached to the first terminal, a heater attached to the second terminal, and a time delay overcurrent trigger mechanism electrically connecting the fusible element and the heater to each other in series in an electrical path between the blade-shaped terminals, the mechanism being connected to receive heat from the heater and to mechanically interrupt the electrical path when the heater heats up under low overcurrent conditions.