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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2016
Commscope Technologies Llc, Hickory, NC (US);
Frantisek Hrnicko, Pardubice, CZ;
Vaclav Volf, Pardubice, CZ;
Libor Strachon, Holice, CZ;
Thomas Kummetz, Kissing, DE;
Stefan Eisenwinter, Buchdorf, DE;
Matthew Thomas Melester, McKinney, TX (US);
Jurgen Struller, Bergen, DE;
Gabriel Toth, Pardubice, CZ;
CommScope Technologies LLC, Hickory, NC (US);
Abstract
Certain aspects are directed to a thermal fuse for preventing overheating of RF devices in a telecommunication system. In one embodiment, an RF thermal fuse comprises a body: a conductive bolt positioned in the body, the conductive bolt having a length sufficient to provide an impedance at a point of protection on a transmission line in response to the conductive bolt contacting a live conductor of the transmission line, wherein the impedance reflects a portion of the incident power of an RF signal from an RF signal source; and a driving mechanism that causes the conductive bolt to selectively contact the live conductor in response to an event.