EP0321771B1 - Fusible miniature - Google Patents
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- EP0321771B1 EP0321771B1 EP88120289A EP88120289A EP0321771B1 EP 0321771 B1 EP0321771 B1 EP 0321771B1 EP 88120289 A EP88120289 A EP 88120289A EP 88120289 A EP88120289 A EP 88120289A EP 0321771 B1 EP0321771 B1 EP 0321771B1
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
- H01H85/02—Details
- H01H85/04—Fuses, i.e. expendable parts of the protective device, e.g. cartridges
- H01H85/041—Fuses, i.e. expendable parts of the protective device, e.g. cartridges characterised by the type
- H01H85/0411—Miniature fuses
- H01H85/0415—Miniature fuses cartridge type
- H01H85/0417—Miniature fuses cartridge type with parallel side contacts
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
- H01H85/02—Details
- H01H85/38—Means for extinguishing or suppressing arc
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
- H01H85/0013—Means for preventing damage, e.g. by ambient influences to the fuse
- H01H85/0021—Means for preventing damage, e.g. by ambient influences to the fuse water or dustproof devices
- H01H2085/0034—Means for preventing damage, e.g. by ambient influences to the fuse water or dustproof devices with molded casings
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
- H01H85/02—Details
- H01H85/38—Means for extinguishing or suppressing arc
- H01H2085/388—Means for extinguishing or suppressing arc using special materials
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
- H01H—ELECTRIC SWITCHES; RELAYS; SELECTORS; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE DEVICES
- H01H85/00—Protective devices in which the current flows through a part of fusible material and this current is interrupted by displacement of the fusible material when this current becomes excessive
- H01H85/0013—Means for preventing damage, e.g. by ambient influences to the fuse
- H01H85/0021—Means for preventing damage, e.g. by ambient influences to the fuse water or dustproof devices
- H01H85/003—Means for preventing damage, e.g. by ambient influences to the fuse water or dustproof devices casings for the fusible element
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- the invention relates to a miniature fuse according to the preamble of claim 1.
- Small and micro fuses are increasingly preferred due to their small space requirements.
- the outer diameter is only 8 mm and the height is 6 mm.
- the switching capacity of such fuses is usually 35 A at 250 V or 100 A at 125 V depending on the standardization.
- the direct inclusion of the metal surface in the deflection of the arc onto cold areas of high heat capacity cools the surroundings to such an extent that the arc is extinguished.
- the metal surface serves to cool the arc in that energy is withdrawn from the arc, which in particular passes directly to the metal surface.
- the metal of the metal surface is melted down heavily.
- the wall thickness of the metal surface is dimensioned sufficiently so that it does not melt and holes are created through which the metal vapor and the gases that are produced are blown out of the chamber.
- the energy consumption due to division, displacement and use of the arc to melt the metal is so effective that the pressure inside the chamber when the fuse is switched off remains surprisingly low. This is true even if the current load when the fuse is switched off is of a magnitude that can no longer be managed with the small and micro fuses previously available.
- the invention can be implemented in all known small and micro fuses regardless of the respective housing shape. It is always essential that the arc passes from the fusible conductor to the metal surface in good time and that a sufficient proportion of the energy supplied is converted into heat of fusion and stored in the material of the metal surface. In this way, the contribution to increasing the internal pressure in the chamber is made vanishingly small.
- a timely skip means that the fuse element must be melted over a corresponding minimum length in order to achieve a safe separation before the arc leaves the fuse element. However, the skipping should not take place later than necessary, in order to bring about a direct supply and storage of the energy in the metal surface as quickly as possible.
- the choice of the distances of the fusible conductor or of the contacts from the metal surface can determine where the arc jumps on the metal surface after the fusible conductor has melted. In confined spaces, which usually prevail in a miniature fuse, the distances of the fusible conductor or the contacts from the metal surface are chosen so that two arcs occur, at the most widely spaced locations within the chamber.
- a miniature fuse which consists of a cylindrical base 1 made of plastic and a cap 2 which is also made of plastic.
- the cap 2 is pressure-tightly connected to the base 1, for example welded.
- Two electrical contacts 3 and 4 extend through the base 1 and are circular in cross section and are anchored in the base 1 in a gas-tight manner.
- the contacts 3 and 4 each carry end sections 5 and 6, to which a fuse element 7 is fastened in the usual way, for example with solder 13 or by welding or bonding.
- the base 1 and the cap 2 form a pressure-tight, cylindrical chamber 9, in which the fuse element 7 is enveloped by a gaseous medium.
- the dimensions of the miniature fuse shown are approx. 10 mm in diameter and approx. 8 mm in height.
- a circular disk 8 made of metal, for. B. of iron, copper, aluminum, titanium, tin, zinc, molybdenum, tungsten, silver, nickel or tantalum or an alloy with at least one of these elements.
- the metal disk 8 is inserted into the cap 2 before it is installed and fastened in the position shown by clamping or gluing or the like.
- a metal surface 14 of the disk 8 faces the fusible conductor 7, which is also inserted when the fuse is triggered.
- the fusible link 7 melts and a primary arc 10 is formed, which is indicated by a dashed arcuate line in FIG. 1. If, for example, the separation length in the fuse element 7 exceeds the distance between the end sections 5 and 6 of the contacts 3 and 4, the arc jumps onto the metal disk 8 in such a way that two partial arcs 11 and 12 result, each from one of the end sections 5 and 6 the disc 8 run and cause an electrical shunt. The primary arc 10 thereby extinguishes. For the reasons mentioned at the beginning, the secondary partial arcs 11 and 12 are also quickly extinguished, so that the internal pressure hardly increases appreciably.
- a metal cap 22 is provided, the effect of which is explained in more detail below.
- the metal cap 22 is provided on the outside with a firmly adhering insulating layer in the form of a plastic cap 23. This can also be an electrically insulating plastic layer, which is applied to the metal sheet 22 before the shape of a round blank to form the later metal cap 22.
- the insulating layer in the form of the plastic cap 23 only later, namely, for example, at the end of the securing production by immersing the cap area in a liquid plastic bath or by spraying a corresponding layer onto the surface of the metal cap 22.
- a distance A 1 between the fusible link 7 or the contacts 3 and 4 and / or the solder 13 on the one hand and the adjacent metal surface 14 of the metal cap 22 on the other hand is chosen to be smaller than the distance of the aforementioned components from the others Areas of the metal surface 14 of the metal cap 22, that is, for example, opposite the bottom surface of the metal cap 22.
- the wall thickness W of the metal cap 22 has a minimum thickness which essentially depends on the energy load when the fuse is switched off.
- the fuse element 7 melts again, and a primary arc 10 is formed, which is shown schematically by broken lines in FIG. 2.
- the distance A 1 of the contacts 3 and 4 or the fusible conductor 7 from the metal surface 14 is now dimensioned such that the arc 10, when the fusible conductor 7 has melted off over a sufficiently long distance, jumps from the contacts 3 and 4 to the adjacent areas 24 of the metal surface 14 and divides, i.e. forms two secondary arcs 11 and 12.
- These secondary arcs 11 and 12 are again shown schematically in FIG. 2 by dashed lines.
- one contact 3 is extended with its end section 5 until it comes into contact with the metal surface 14.
- a distance A 2 between the other end section 6 of the contact 4 and the metal surface 14 of the metal cap 22 is chosen to be smaller than the lateral distance of the contact 4 and the fuse element 7 from the laterally extending metal surface 14 in the cylindrical region of the metal cap 22.
- This arrangement is chosen , so that the schematically illustrated, secondary arc 12 after sufficient melting of the fusible conductor 7 when the fuse is switched off from the end section 6 of the contact 4 jumps onto the front metal surface 14 of the metal cap 22 and heats and melts a corresponding area 24 there, which in turn causes the energy of the secondary arc 12 is consumed until it goes out.
- This exemplary embodiment is particularly well suited for controlling the secondary arc, which makes this type particularly independent of the installation position.
- the end section 5 of the contact 3 can also be arranged at a distance A 2 from the metal surface 14 of the metal cap 22, so that two secondary arcs in turn occur when the fuse is triggered.
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- Fusible miniature avec une chambre (9) étanche à la pression, fermée, remplie de gaz ou vidée, qui est constitué par un socle (1) constitué en matière isolante et par un capuchon (2, 22), avec deux contacts (3, 4) qui traversent le socle (1) en étant étanches au gaz, avec un conducteur fusible (7) qui fond en surcharge et avec une surface de métal (14) à l'intérieur de la chambre (9), qui sert à absorber de la chaleur lors de l'extinction d'un arc électrique (10) après fusion du conducteur fusible (7), caractérisé en ce que la configuration de la surface de métal (14) et sa position par rapport au conducteur fusible (7) et/ou aux contacts (3, 4) sont choisies de telle manière qu'un arc électrique (10) qui se forme lors de la fusion du conducteur fusible (7) sur celui-ci saute sur la surface de métal (14) et s'éteint.
- Fusible miniature selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la surface de métal (14) est essentiellement formée par un disque (8).
- Fusible miniature selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que le disque (8) est placé au-dessus du conducteur fusible (7).
- Fusible miniature selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le disque (8) est placé dans un plan qui est parallèle à un plan qui est défini par le conducteur fusible (7).
- Fusible miniature selon la revendication 3, caractérisé en ce que le disque (8) présente la forme de la forme de la section transversale du capuchon (2).
- Fusible miniature selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que la surface de métal (14) couvre toute la face intérieure du capuchon (22).
- Fusible miniature selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que la surface de métal (14) forme le revêtement d'un capuchon en matière plastique (23).
- Fusible miniature selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que la surface de métal (14) est partie composante d'un capuchon de métal (22).
- Fusible miniature selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que le capuchon de métal (22) porte une couche isolante extérieure.
- Fusible miniature selon la revendication 2 ou 6, caractérisé en ce que la surface de métal (14) est constituée par le métal d'un groupe qui comprend les éléments fer, cuivre, aluminium, titane, étain, zinc, molybdène, tungstène, argent, nickel ou tantale ou un alliage avec au moins un de ces éléments.
- Fusible miniature selon la revendication 6, caractérisé en ce que l'un des contacts (3) a contact avec la surface de métal (14) et que l'autre contact (4) est placé à une distance de la surface de métal (14) qui est inférieure à la distance la plus courte du conducteur fusible (7) et de la surface de métal (14) à nimporte quel endroit.
Applications Claiming Priority (4)
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DE19873742532 DE3742532A1 (de) | 1987-12-16 | 1987-12-16 | Kleinstsicherung |
DE3742532 | 1987-12-16 | ||
DE8812144U | 1988-09-26 | ||
DE8812144U DE8812144U1 (de) | 1988-09-26 | 1988-09-26 | Kleinstsicherung |
Publications (3)
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EP0321771A2 EP0321771A2 (fr) | 1989-06-28 |
EP0321771A3 EP0321771A3 (en) | 1989-12-06 |
EP0321771B1 true EP0321771B1 (fr) | 1992-06-10 |
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EP88120289A Expired - Lifetime EP0321771B1 (fr) | 1987-12-16 | 1988-12-05 | Fusible miniature |
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US (1) | US4899123A (fr) |
EP (1) | EP0321771B1 (fr) |
JP (1) | JPH025328A (fr) |
DE (1) | DE3871925D1 (fr) |
Cited By (1)
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WO2012025853A1 (fr) | 2010-08-23 | 2012-03-01 | Brusa Elektronik Ag | Fusible électrique |
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JP4155825B2 (ja) * | 2001-03-02 | 2008-09-24 | ビックマン−ベルケ ゲーエムベーハー | ヒューズエレメントの製造方法 |
US7659804B2 (en) * | 2004-09-15 | 2010-02-09 | Littelfuse, Inc. | High voltage/high current fuse |
CN101484962A (zh) * | 2006-06-16 | 2009-07-15 | 斯玛特电子公司 | 小尺寸表面安装式熔断器及其制造方法 |
US20080143471A1 (en) * | 2006-12-15 | 2008-06-19 | Chun-Chang Yen | Fuse assembly |
DE102008025917A1 (de) * | 2007-06-04 | 2009-01-08 | Littelfuse, Inc., Des Plaines | Hochspannungssicherung |
US20090108980A1 (en) * | 2007-10-09 | 2009-04-30 | Littelfuse, Inc. | Fuse providing overcurrent and thermal protection |
US8179224B2 (en) * | 2008-04-17 | 2012-05-15 | Chun-Chang Yen | Overcurrent protection structure and method and apparatus for making the same |
US8576041B2 (en) * | 2008-12-17 | 2013-11-05 | Cooper Technologies Company | Radial fuse base and assembly |
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US9117615B2 (en) * | 2010-05-17 | 2015-08-25 | Littlefuse, Inc. | Double wound fusible element and associated fuse |
US20130342305A1 (en) * | 2012-06-25 | 2013-12-26 | Jui-Chih Yen | Structure of positioning cover of miniature fuse device |
JP6510827B2 (ja) * | 2015-02-05 | 2019-05-08 | 内橋エステック株式会社 | 保護素子 |
WO2016145642A1 (fr) * | 2015-03-19 | 2016-09-22 | Cooper Technologies Company | Fusible subminiature à haute interruption de courant et son procédé de fabrication |
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- 1988-12-05 EP EP88120289A patent/EP0321771B1/fr not_active Expired - Lifetime
- 1988-12-05 DE DE8888120289T patent/DE3871925D1/de not_active Expired - Fee Related
- 1988-12-13 JP JP63314828A patent/JPH025328A/ja active Pending
- 1988-12-15 US US07/284,498 patent/US4899123A/en not_active Expired - Fee Related
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WO2012025853A1 (fr) | 2010-08-23 | 2012-03-01 | Brusa Elektronik Ag | Fusible électrique |
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US4899123A (en) | 1990-02-06 |
DE3871925D1 (de) | 1992-07-16 |
EP0321771A3 (en) | 1989-12-06 |
EP0321771A2 (fr) | 1989-06-28 |
JPH025328A (ja) | 1990-01-10 |
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