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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2012
Applicant:
Rudd Lighting, Inc., Racine, WI (US);
Inventors:
Matthew K. Murphy, Mukwonago, WI (US);
Kurt S. Wilcox, Libertyville, IL (US);
Pierre Deschenes, Muskego, WI (US);
Craig D. Raleigh, Burlington, VA (US);
Assignee:
Cree, Inc., Durham, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 37/52 (2006.01); H01H 37/32 (2006.01); H01H 37/72 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 37/52 (2013.01); H01H 37/72 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermal protection device includes a heating circuit that develops a first heat magnitude when exposed to a temperature below a threshold and further develops a second heat magnitude greater than the first heat magnitude when exposed to a temperature above the threshold. A thermal circuit breaker is disposed in heat communication with the heating circuit and has component having a holding temperature greater than the threshold and a trip temperature greater than the holding temperature.