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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tadamitsu Azema, Miyagi-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01D 1/042 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01D 1/042 ;
Abstract
An interruption structure includes an operating member disposed outside a casing, a first end of the operating member being disposed above a power generating unit and displaceable toward the outside as an internal pressure rises, a fixing member positioned opposing the operating member across the power generating unit, a holding member disposed over a sealed part of the casing and fixed to the fixing member, and an element having an electrically conductive path, held by the holding member, the element being electrically connected to at least one of the lead terminals at one end of the element and to an external electrode at the other end of the element.