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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 03, 2004
Applicant:
Yoshiaki Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Yoshiaki Tanaka, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
Uchihashi Estec Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H085/06 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides a thermal fuse and a fuse element of the low-melting fusible alloy type in which the fuse element has an alloy composition of 37 to 43% In, 10 to 18% Sn, and the balance Bi. As a result, the operating temperature is in the range of 65 to 75° C., requests for environment conservation can be satisfied, the diameter of the fuse element can be made very thin or reduced to about 300 μmφ, self-heating can be suppressed, and the thermal stability can be satisfactorily guaranteed.