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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. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ann Banich, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Edward F Chu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
361106 ; 361 58 ; 338 / ;
Abstract
An electrical device which includes a resistive element which exhibits PTC behavior, is composed of a conductive polymer composition, has a planar shape with first and second major surfaces, and has a thickness of at most 0.64 mm . The resistive element is sandwiched between first and second metal foil electrodes, at least one of which has a thickness of at least 0.055 mm, so that the ratio of the resistive element thickness to electrode thickness is 1:1 to 16:1. The device can be used as a circuit protection device in an electrical circuit.