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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2006
Steven K. Sullivan, Cranston, RI (US);
Jonathan F. Cohen, Douglas, MA (US);
Steven K. Sullivan, Cranston, RI (US);
Jonathan F. Cohen, Douglas, MA (US);
Sensata Technologies, Inc., Attleboro, MA (US);
Abstract
A self-hold motor protector () has an open metallic housing () in which a thermostatic disc () carrying a movable electrical contact () is cantilever mounted. A heater seat plate () is mounted in the housing in electrical and thermal relationship therewith. The heater seat plate has a seating recess () in which a positive temperature coefficient resistor heating element () is received with one contact surface in electrical and thermal engagement with the heater seat plate. A terminal plate () mounts a stationary electrical contact () and is received over the opening of the housing but electrically isolated therefrom by a gasket (). An electrically conductive spring () extends between the terminal plate and a second contact surface of the heating element.