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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 10, 2011
Lyle Stanley Bryan, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
John Steven Cowan, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Thomas Michael Banas, Kernersville, NC (US);
Ralph Melvin Cooper, Lewisville, NC (US);
Lyle Stanley Bryan, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
John Steven Cowan, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Thomas Michael Banas, Kernersville, NC (US);
Ralph Melvin Cooper, Lewisville, NC (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A system configured to protect a load within a vehicle includes a plug subassembly and a sensor connector subassembly. The sensor connector subassembly is selectively connectable to the plug subassembly. A circuit board is secured within the sensor connector subassembly. The circuit board includes at least one positive temperature coefficient (PTC) device electrically connected between an activation switch and a load. The circuit board includes at least one circuit to protect against over-voltage or over-current to the load, detect a fault condition of the load, and determine whether the plug subassembly is connected to the sensor connector subassembly.