Electricity: electrothermally or thermally actuated switches inventions 04/09

20090108980 - Fuse providing overcurrent and thermal protection: A fuse in one embodiment includes first and second leads. A fuse element provides electrical communication between the first and second leads. The fuse element includes a material with a melting point of less than 250° C. and acts as both an overcurrent fuse and a thermal fuse by melting... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20090108981 - Fusible link unit: A fusible link unit includes a retaining portion that retains a frame portion of a battery. The frame portion is located at a corner portion of the battery. The retaining portion has a pair of leg portions which abut against two side surfaces forming the corner portion of the battery.... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090108982 - Fusible link unit: A fusible link unit includes a fusible link main body that includes a bus bar for connecting to a battery terminal, and a battery that has a battery post for connecting to the battery terminal. The fusible link main body includes an L-shaped housing having a first face and a... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20090108983 - Fuse with fuse state indicator: A fuse comprising a fuse state indicator wherein the fuse state indicator may be temperature sensitive.... Agent: Armstrong Teasdale LLP (16463)

20090102594 - fuse: A method of creating a fuse. The method comprises the steps of creating a fusible link electrically connecting a first terminal portion to a second terminal portion, the fusible link, the first terminal portion and the second terminal portion being made of a first electrically conductive material; and spraying a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090102595 - Fuse with cavity forming enclosure: A surface mount fuse includes a substrate, a fuse element applied to the substrate, first and second terminals applied to substrate, first and second conductors connecting the fuse element electrically with the first and second terminals, and an enclosure coupled to the substrate, the enclosure covering the first and second... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLP

20090102596 - Temperature switch: In the temperature switch, a cut-out portion of the substrate is formed of a first cut-out portion and a second cut-out portion which are made from the side part toward the center. At the fixation part of a movable plate in the temperature switch, a pawl part and an elastic... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090091416 - Wirelessly powered secondary electrical distribution equipment: A wireless secondary assembly is disclosed for use in an electrical distribution network. The secondary assembly may include a wireless source electrically connected to a first electric cable and adapted to emit an electromagnetic power signal. A wireless receiver is electrically connected to a secondary device and adapted to receive... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20090091417 - Thermal fuse employing thermosensitive pellet: A thermal fuse employing a thermosensitive pellet is provided which uses a new substance exhibiting stabilized characteristics as a thermosensitive material used in the case where the thermal fuse employing a thermosensitive pellet has an operating temperature in a low temperature region. The thermal fuse employing a thermosensitive pellet of... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20090085712 - High power case fuse: A high power fuse includes a fuse body having a first terminal receptor including a first set of terminal legs and a second terminal receptor in spaced relation to the first terminal receptor. The second terminal receptor includes a second set of terminal legs. A fuse element is disposed between... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC