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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1997
Wallace C Rudd, New Canaan, CT (US);
Littelfuse, Inc., Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
An electrical assembly (10) comprising a first electrical device (12) comprised of a non-linear resistant, temperature responsive element (14) and first and second electrodes (16,18), the device (12) being connectable to a first power supply (20) such that a first electrical current (i.sub.1) travels through the resistive element (14) from the first electrode (16) to the second electrode (18). A second electrical circuit (24) is in electrical contact with the electrical device (12) such that the second circuit (24) may introduce a secondary electrical current (i.sub.2) into a localized portion of the non-linear resistant element (14), the second current (i.sub.2), when applied to the non-linear resistant element (14), causes the element (14) to change from a first resistant state to a second resistant state.