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7605352 Method for sorting positive temperature coefficient (PTC) elements  
In a method for sorting PTC elements having different resistance-temperature characteristics, a predetermined voltage that allows a current to sufficiently decay is applied to each of PTC elements...
7551418 Device for preventing internal combustion of equipment from spreading outwards  
Two devices for preventing internal combustion of equipment from spreading outwards includes a sampling circuit, a detecting and monitoring circuit, and a low-voltage datum power supply. The...
7538508 Thermal overload protection  
A thermal overload protection for an electrical device, particularly an electric motor (M), measures a load current supplied to the electrical device (M), and calculates the thermal load on the...
7498913 Thermal trip device and circuit breaker using the same  
A thermal trip device in which a bimetal ( 2 ) is heated by overcurrent and performs trip operation of a circuit by curvature of the heated bimetal ( 2 ), wherein at least one part of the surface...
7495876 Circuit breaker integral temperature monitoring for advance detection of defective power conductor connections  
A circuit breaker includes a breaker enclosure, a plurality of conductor connections, and a temperature sensor. The breaker enclosure contains internal components that include a trip unit. The...
7492566 Low resistance transient blocking unit  
A transient blocking unit (TBU) having reduced series impedance is provided. A TBU includes two or more depletion mode transistors arranged to provide a low series impedance in normal operation and...
7453679 Apparatus and method for driving inverter circuit  
An inverter apparatus includes an inverter circuit, a temperature sensor, and a control circuit. The inverter circuit is driven by a PWM signal and includes switching elements that are divided in...
7446643 Resetable over-current and/or over-temperature protection system  
An electrical protection system, which can be connected between an electrical power supply and an electrical load, firstly includes a switch switchable between a normal state in which the switch is...
7400482 Circuit breaker and method for sensing current indirectly from bimetal voltage and determining bimetal temperature and corrected temperature dependent bimetal resistance  
A circuit breaker includes a bimetal electrically connected in series with separable contacts, and an operating mechanism structured to open and close the contacts. A temperature sensor distal from...
7369387 Apparatus and method for temperature-dependent transient blocking  
An apparatus and method for temperature-dependent transient blocking employing a transient blocking unit (TBU) that uses at least one depletion mode n-channel device interconnected with at least...
7336055 Method for detecting abnormality of temperature sensors, and power supply apparatus  
A power supply apparatus includes an assembled battery including a plurality of cells, a plurality of temperature sensors sensing temperatures of the plurality of cells, respectively, a current...
7272885 Method of manufacturing surge arrestor  
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing surge arrestors, the method including stacking varistors; and forming a coating of composite material on the stack. Between these steps,...
7250794 Voltage source converter  
A voltage source converter with a line-side diode rectifier, a load-side inverter with an electronic circuit, a power supply for the electronic circuit, and a slim DC link with a DC link capacitor...
7203049 Over-current protection device  
The over-current protection device of the present invention uses the unbalanced properties of the thermal expansion coefficients between the outer and inner sides for an upper metallic conductive...
7187161 Transient protection of sensors  
The present invention includes a system with a sensor to detect a change in one or more physical characteristics and provide a corresponding electrical sensor signal, a controller including a power...
7145759 Overcurrent protection circuit including auto-reset breaker and PTC resistor  
An overcurrent protection circuit for low-voltage, high-current electrical systems comprises a Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) resistor in series with an auto-reset thermal breaker. The...
7113381 Overcurrent protection circuit including auto-reset breaker and PTC resistor  
An overcurrent protection circuit for low-voltage, high-current electrical systems comprises a Positive Temperature Coefficient (PTC) resistor in series with an auto-reset thermal breaker. The...
7109877 Fault monitoring apparatus and method  
A fault condition monitoring apparatus for use with a fuse cutout includes a housing operable to be supported by the fuse cutout. The housing has first and second contacts operable to make...
7079003 Secondary battery with protective circuit  
A secondary battery of the present invention a heat-sensitive element which varies in resistance value due to change of temperature is not placed on a path through which a charge or discharge...
7050283 Method and apparatus for protecting monitor circuit from fault condition  
A method and apparatus for improving the fault protection of a monitor circuit is provided by coupling an input protection circuit to an output section. The input protection circuit may include a...
6982528 Thermal protection for lamp ballasts  
The output current of a ballast is dynamically limited when an over-temperature condition is detected in the ballast according to one of (i) a step function or (ii) a combination of step and...
6963477 Overheat protection circuit  
A semiconductor switching element performs operations of bringing a current path from a power supply to a load into conduction and interrupting the path and is controlled by an operating-mode...
6937454 Integrated device providing overcurrent and overvoltage protection and common-mode filtering to data bus interface  
An electrical component includes a mounting substrate, a common-mode rejection filter mounted to the substrate, and at least one circuit protection element mounted to or formed by the substrate....
6930870 Semiconductor device with protective functions  
The semiconductor device is inserted between a power source and a load. A current flowing between an external drain terminal D and an external source terminal S is controlled in accordance with a...
6922131 Electrical device  
An electrical device suitable for use in digital telecommunications applications is provided. The device includes a laminar PTC element composed of a conductive polymer composition sandwiched...
6906901 Cooling apparatus for integrated circuit  
A cooling apparatus for an integrated circuit. The cooling apparatus comprises cooling fan means, a control circuit and heat pipe means. The control circuit determines a spinning speed of the...
6888469 Method and apparatus for estimating semiconductor junction temperature  
An apparatus is disclosed that provides an estimate of the semiconductor junction temperature of a semiconductor device as a function of the electrical current flowing across the corresponding...
6862164 Circuit protection arrangement  
A circuit protection arrangement particularly useful in protecting battery assemblies. The arrangement contains a first PTC device which has a first switching temperature T s1 , has a resistance at...
6846693 Chip-type composite electronic component and manufacturing method thereof  
An inductor obtained by laminating a plurality of ceramic layers having an internal coil conductor, and a thermistor obtained by laminating a plurality of ceramic layers having internal electrodes...
6813131 Circuit breaker, trip assembly, bimetal compensation circuit and method including compensation for bimetal temperature coefficient  
A circuit breaker includes separable contacts, a latchable operating mechanism having a latch member, a bimetal and an arc fault trip assembly. The trip assembly includes a thermistor responsive to...
6806806 Polymer fuse and filter apparatus  
A fuse and filter arrangement having a polymer fuse apparatus that provides bypass fuse protection. A polymer bypass fuse includes of an electrical conductor wherein a portion of the conductor is...
6768624 Fan protection  
In a protection circuit for a plurality of fans, an element is associated with each fan. The impedance or the current value of the element indicates the operation condition of the fan. For example,...
6717784 Rush current suppression circuit  
A rush current suppression circuit is used with a power supply circuit which includes a common line and an input voltage detection circuit and supplies power from an input power supply via a...
6667461 Multiple load protection and control device  
An electrical device includes a package having an array of connections, a thermally conductive, electrically insulative substrate in the package, a plurality of polymeric positive temperature...
6665164 Surface mountable over-current protecting apparatus  
The present invention relates to an over-current protecting apparatus, which comprises at least one PTC over-current protecting component and a body. The PTC over-current protecting component has a...
6661633 Protective element  
The protective element 20 A includes a first PTC element 1 , as well as a low-melting-point metal member 2 , a heat-generating member 3 and a second PTC element. A the PTC material 1 ′...
6606231 Integrated telephony subscriber line protection and filter device  
A protection device includes a substrate capable of suppressing electromagnetic fields, with a channel formed therein, a current dependent circuit interrupter disposed inside the channel, and...
6574084 Electromagnetic repulsion driven switch  
An electromagnetic repulsion drive switching device in which a contact-closing coil and a contact-opening coil are arranged to confront a conductive repulsive member, and in which a drive current...
6542846 Thermal management system for a portable ultrasound imaging device  
A thermal management system for a portable battery powered electronic device, and particularly, a portable battery powered ultrasound device, which controls the temperature of the device such that...
6492799 Monitor circuit for a current limiting device  
An electrical monitor circuit in which star points of taps on a first and a second side of a three-phase current limiting device are voltage compared. Possible applications are combinations with...
6483686 Circuit for indicating abnormality of three-mode surge absorber of public electric power and a multiple-end fuse  
A circuit for indicating abnormality of a three-mode surge absorber of a public electric power is disclosed. The circuit is serially connected between the input end and output end of a public...
6466424 Circuit protective device with temperature sensing  
A temperature sensor for use in a circuit breaker is disclosed. The temperature sensor is included in the circuit breaker and detects temperature of a target within the current path of the breaker....
6462926 Low loss diode-oring circuit  
A low loss diode ORing circuit has a feed input connected in series with a diode/transistor parallel network and the ouput. Heat is generated by the transistor when the transistor is turned on. A...
6414832 Thermal protection device for a remotely regulated vehicle alternator  
The present invention provides an apparatus for reducing the allowed output current from an electrical device such as a high output capacity vehicle alternator in response to a sensed over...
6411484 VLSI circuit with temperature monitoring  
The VLSI circuit has one or more integrated semiconductor chips disposed in a housing and connected via connecting lines to contact terminals that are accessible from outside the housing. A...
6392551 Synthetic fiber cable with temperature sensor  
A synthetic fiber cable, preferably of polyamide material, consists of a bundle of load-bearing synthetic material fibers and at least one conductive temperature sensor element extending a length...
6377434 Individual secondary protection device  
A secondary protection device for protecting a circuit. The device includes a first positive temperature coefficient (PTC) resistor, a bidirectional zener diode and a second PTC resistor connected...
6373347 Power control circuits and methods  
The present invention provides simple, low cost power control circuits and methods for high frequency (e.g., RF) applications. According to one embodiment of the present invention, a high frequency...
6368734 NTC thermistors and NTC thermistor chips  
An NTC thermistor has an electrically insulating substrate, a temperature-sensitive film on a surface of the substrate containing oxide of rare earth elements such as LaCoO 3 as its principal...
6356424 Electrical protection systems  
An electrical protection system on a power distribution side includes a control element of a series combination of a PTC device thermally coupled with a resistive device, and a relay coil coupled...
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