发明授权
- 专利标题: Overcurrent protection circuit
- 专利标题(中): 过流保护电路
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申请号: US564831申请日: 1995-11-29
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公开(公告)号: US5689395A公开(公告)日: 1997-11-18
- 发明人: Hugh Duffy , Craig Wynn , St. Elmo Nickols, III , Brian Thomas
- 申请人: Hugh Duffy , Craig Wynn , St. Elmo Nickols, III , Brian Thomas
- 申请人地址: CA Menlo Park
- 专利权人: Raychem Corporation
- 当前专利权人: Raychem Corporation
- 当前专利权人地址: CA Menlo Park
- 主分类号: H02H3/08
- IPC分类号: H02H3/08 ; H02H3/02 ; H02H9/02 ; H02H3/00
摘要:
An overcurrent protection system which will give a rapid response to relatively small overcurrents. The system, which can be connected between an electrical power supply and an electrical load to form an operating circuit, and which when so connected protects the circuit from overcurrents, has a normal operating condition and a fault condition, and comprises: a circuit interruption element having, (1) a normal state which permits the flow of a normal current, I.sub.NORMAL, when the system is in the normal operating condition, and (2) a fault state which permits the flow of at most a reduced current, substantially less than I.sub.NORMAL, when the system is in the fault condition; and a control element, connected in series with the circuit interruption element, the control element having a variable resistance which (1) is low when the current in the system does not exceed the normal current, I.sub.NORMAL, by a predetermined current amount, and (2) increases by at least a predetermined resistance amount when the current in the system exceeds the normal current, I.sub.NORMAL, by the predetermined current amount; the circuit interruption element changing from its normal state to its fault state, thereby causing the system to change from its normal operating condition to its fault condition, when the resistance of the control element has increased by the predetermined resistance amount.
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