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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1999
Roel Hellemans, Tournefeuille, FR;
Siemens Automotive, S.A., Toulouse-Cedex, FR;
Abstract
The device comprises a busbar (,′) connected, on the one hand, to the source of electrical energy and, on the other hand, to a plurality of electrical contacts (,) each forming part of one of the circuits. According to the invention, several self-resettable fuses (,) for protecting said circuits are soldered to said busbar (,′), these fuses each consisting of a layer of a dispersion of an electrically conductive particulate material in a polymer, said layer being laminated between first and second, plane and parallel, electrodes electrically connected to the busbar (,′) and to said electrical contacts (,) of an associated circuit, respectively.