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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1996
Jacek Korczynski, Niles, IL (US);
Lawrence R Happ, Mundelein, IL (US);
Cooper Industries, Inc., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A bimetallic reed for a circuit protecting device includes an integral fusible portion as a failsafe interrupting mechanism. The bimetallic reed includes a body of electrical conductive materials and having a first end mountable to a terminal and a second end forming an interruptible contact portion. The body is shaped to deform at a central portion of the body when the body is heated to a predetermined temperature. The body includes a plurality of apertures adjacent to the contact portion defining a plurality of electrical conductive pathways connecting the central portion and the contact portion, wherein the plurality of conductive pathways is fusibly responsive to a predetermine electrical load condition to form a fusible link.