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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:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 28, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Polytronics Technology Corporation, Hsinchu, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 7/10 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 7/10 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses an over-current protection apparatus, which comprises a current-sensitive element and at least two electrodes. The current-sensitive element is composed of a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) conductive composition, which includes at least one polymer, a conductive filler and a non-conductive filler. The melting point of the polymer is greater then 110° C., and the vicat softening point of the polymer is smaller than 110° C. for improving the conductivity and thermal stabilization of the over-current protection apparatus.