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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:
Jun. 09, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Nagaokakyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361106 ; 361 58 ; 361111 ; 338 / ;
Abstract
A rush current suppression circuit suppresses a peak value of a rush current flowing into a heater. The rush current suppression circuit includes a parallel circuit formed by a positive-characteristic thermistor and a negative-characteristic thermistor. The negative-characteristic thermistor has a resistance at a normal temperature higher than that of the positive-characteristics thermistor. The parallel circuit is connected in series to the heater.