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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 28, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Therm-o-disc, Incorporated, Mansfield, OH (US);
Inventors:
Truong Nguyen, Wooster, OH (US);
George Clark, Lewis Center, OH (US);
Assignee:
Therm-O-Disc, Incorporated, Mansfield, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 37/32 (2006.01); H01H 85/055 (2006.01); H01H 85/44 (2006.01); H01H 1/06 (2006.01); H01H 37/76 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01H 37/32 (2013.01); H01H 1/06 (2013.01); H01H 37/765 (2013.01); H01H 85/055 (2013.01); H01H 85/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
A thermal cut-off device can include a case, a first electrically conductive lead disposed at a first end of the case, a thermally responsive pellet housed within the case, a second electrically conductive lead disposed at a second end of the case and having a distal end including a contact surface, an electrically conductive contact disposed between the pellet and the second lead, a first biasing member disposed between the pellet and the contact, and a second biasing member disposed between the contact and the second end of the case.