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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2003
Scott Hetherton, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Wayne Montoya, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas Bruguier, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Randy Daering, Waukesha, WI (US);
Scott Hetherton, Oconomowoc, WI (US);
Wayne Montoya, Redwood City, CA (US);
Thomas Bruguier, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Randy Daering, Waukesha, WI (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
A process for manufacturing a composite polymeric circuit protection device in which a polymeric assembly is provided and is then subdivided into individual devices. The assembly is made by providing first and second laminates, each of which includes a laminar polymer element having at least one conductive surface, providing a pattern on at least one of the conductive surfaces on one laminate, securing the laminates in a stack in a desired configuration, at least one conductive surface of at least one of the laminates forming an external conductive surface of the stack, and making a plurality of electrical connections between a conductive surface of the first laminate and a conductive surface of the second laminate. The laminar polymer elements may be PTC conductive polymer compositions, so that the individual devices made by the process exhibit PTC behavior.