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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Russell Brown, Loughborough, GB;
Rognvald Ridley Peterson, Frome, GB;
Stuart Richard Roberts, Frome, GB;
Assignee:
Cooper Technologies, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 8/511 ; H01H 8/5055 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 8/511 ; H01H 8/5055 ;
Abstract
An electrical fuse includes a pair of terminal portions and a fusible link extending between the pair of terminal portions. The fusible link includes a fusing portion and a modifying portion in contact with the fusing portion. The modifying portion is formed of a material having a lower melting point than the fusing portion, and the fusible link includes a hole extending therethrough and defining an open-sided receptacle. A side of the open-sided receptacle forms one side of the fusing portion, and the modifying portion is disposed within the substantially open-sided receptacle.