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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1999
Yi-Te Chiang, Taipei, TW;
Primax Electronics Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
The present invention provides an electric device comprising two electric terminals, a button mechanism having a push button that can depressed to toggle between 'on' and 'off' statuses, and a conductive reed that conducts electric current between the two electric terminals when connected and disables the passage of current when disconnected. When the button is set 'on', a reserve space exists between the reed and the button for the reed to spring upward without pushing the button upward. When the current passing through the reed exceeds a predetermined current level, the reed will become heated and spring upward and rest in the reserve space so as to electrically disconnect the two electric terminals.