TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SWITCHING MECHANISM AND TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SWITCH

    公开(公告)号:US20240212961A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-06-27

    申请号:US18544523

    申请日:2023-12-19

    IPC分类号: H01H37/54 H01H37/04 H01H37/64

    摘要: A temperature-dependent switching mechanism for a temperature-dependent switch, having a temperature-dependent bimetal snap-action disc, a temperature independent snap-action spring disc, an electrically conductive contact member to which the bimetal snap-action disc and the snap-action spring disc are captively held, so that the bimetal snap-action disc, the snap-action spring disc and the contact member form a switching mechanism unit captively held together, and a switching mechanism housing having a base body. The base body of the switching mechanism housing surrounds the switching mechanism unit from a first housing side, a second housing side, and a housing peripheral side. The switching mechanism housing comprises a first opening in the base body on the first housing side, through which the contact member is accessible from outside the switching mechanism housing, and a second opening in the base body on the second housing side, through which the contact member is accessible from outside the switching mechanism housing.

    TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SWITCHING MECHANISM, TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SWITCH, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20240029974A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-25

    申请号:US18356635

    申请日:2023-07-21

    IPC分类号: H01H37/52 H01H37/04 H01H11/00

    摘要: A temperature-dependent switching mechanism for a temperature-dependent switch, having: a temperature-dependent bimetal snap-action disc having a first through hole; a temperature independent snap-action spring disc having a second through hole; and an electrically conductive contact member including a main body that passes through the first through hole and the second through hole. The contact member includes a support shoulder projecting radially from the main body, a first locking element projecting radially from the main body and arranged on a first side of the support shoulder, and a second locking element projecting radially from the main body and arranged on a second side of the support shoulder opposite the first side. The temperature-dependent bimetal snap-action disc and the snap-action spring disc are arranged between the locking elements and the support shoulder and are each held captive, but with clearance, by these on the main body of the contact member.

    Breaker, safety circuit, and secondary battery pack

    公开(公告)号:US11636991B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-04-25

    申请号:US17059172

    申请日:2019-05-29

    申请人: BOURNS KK

    发明人: Keitaro Miyata

    IPC分类号: H01H37/52 H01H37/04

    摘要: A breaker includes a fixed piece having a fixed contact, a movable piece having an elastically deformable elastic portion and a movable contact formed at a tip portion of the elastic portion and pushed to contact with the fixed contact, a thermally actuated element deformable according to a temperature change to shift the state of the movable piece from a conductive state to a cut-off state, and a case accommodating the fixed piece, the movable piece, and the thermally actuated element. The movable piece is cantilevered by the case on a base end portion side of the elastic portion, the elastic portion includes a first narrow portion having a smaller width dimension in a short direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the elastic portion than the base end portion, and the first narrow portion has an arc-shaped contour in plan view from a thickness direction of the elastic portion.

    METHODS AND APPARATUS TO THERMALLY ACTUATE MICROELECTROMECHANICAL STRUCTURES DEVICES

    公开(公告)号:US20230068451A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-03-02

    申请号:US17461235

    申请日:2021-08-30

    IPC分类号: H01H37/32 H01H37/04 H01H37/64

    摘要: An example microelectromechanical structures (MEMS) switch includes a body having a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The body extends from a base at the first end and has a first width. The MEMS switch further includes a bridge extending laterally from the body at the second end, and a spine extending between the bridge and the base. The spine has a second width smaller than the first width. At least one of the spine or the body includes a first material with a first thermal coefficient and a second material with a second thermal coefficient different from the first thermal coefficient.

    Breaker and safety circuit equipped with the same

    公开(公告)号:US11373826B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-06-28

    申请号:US16772710

    申请日:2018-12-18

    申请人: BOURNS KK

    发明人: Masashi Namikawa

    IPC分类号: H01H37/04 H01H37/34 H01H37/54

    摘要: A breaker comprises: a fixed piece having a fixed contact; a movable piece having a movable contact and pressing the movable contact against the fixed contact to contact therewith; a thermally-actuated element for shifting the movable piece from a conduction state in which the movable contact contacts with the fixed contact to a turn-off state; a PCT thermistor; and a resin case. The fixed piece has a contacting portion contacting with the PCT thermistor. The resin case has a bottom surface provided with a concave portion. In a planar view when the fixed piece is viewed from the PCT thermistor, the contacting portion is disposed within the concave portion. The concave portion has a bottom recessed from the bottom surface of the resin case to prevent the bottom from protruding outwardly from the bottom surface when the thermally-actuated element is deformed.

    Temperature-dependent switch
    8.
    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11342144B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-05-24

    申请号:US16953429

    申请日:2020-11-20

    IPC分类号: H01H37/54 H01H37/04 H01H37/64

    摘要: A temperature-dependent switch comprising a housing, which comprises a cover part and a lower part, wherein an insulating foil is arranged between the cover part and the lower part. The temperature-dependent switch further comprises a first external contact surface provided externally on the housing, a second external contact surface provided externally on the housing, and a temperature-dependent switching mechanism arranged in the housing. The temperature-dependent switching mechanism, depending on its temperature, establishes or opens an electrically conductive connection between the first and the second external contact surfaces. The insulating foil is at least partially coated or printed with a sealing agent which, for sealing the housing, contacts the cover part and/or the lower part in a sealing area.

    CURRENT BREAKER, SAFETY CIRCUIT AND SECONDARY BATTERY PACK

    公开(公告)号:US20210375568A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-12-02

    申请号:US17264077

    申请日:2019-07-29

    申请人: BOURNS KK

    发明人: Masashi NAMIKAWA

    摘要: A current cut-off device 1 includes a plate-shaped terminal piece 2 having a contact 21, a movable piece 4 including an elastic portion 44 formed in a plate shape so as to be elastically deformed and a movable contact 41 arranged at one end portion of the elastic portion 44 and having the movable contact 41 so as to be pressed against and in contact with the contact 21, and a thermally actuated element 5 which biases the movable piece 4 by deforming in accordance with a temperature change and causes a state of the movable piece 4 to be shifted from a conductive state in which the movable contact 41 is in contact with the contact 21 to a cut-off state in which the movable contact 41 is separated from the contact 21. When the state of the movable piece 4 is shifted from the conductive state to the cut-off state, as the movable contact 41 moves, it gets over the contact 21.

    TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT SWITCH
    10.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210090835A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-25

    申请号:US17025862

    申请日:2020-09-18

    摘要: A temperature-dependent switch comprises a first stationary contact, a second stationary contact, and a temperature-dependent switching mechanism having a movable contact member. In its first switching position, the switching mechanism presses the contact member against the first contact and thereby produces an electrically conductive connection between the two contacts. In its second switching position, the switching mechanism keeps the contact member spaced apart from the first contact. The temperature-dependent switching mechanism further comprises first and second temperature-dependent snap-action parts which switch from geometric low-temperature configurations to geometric high-temperature configurations when exceeding first and second switching temperatures, respectively, and switch back when subsequently falling below first and second reset temperatures, respectively. Switching the first and/or the second snap-action part from its geometric low-temperature configuration to its geometric high-temperature configuration brings the switching mechanism from its first switching position to its second switching position.