ELECTROMECHANICAL CIRCUIT BREAKER AND BATTERY HOUSING

• Main Authors: BOURNS GORDON LEE, CASEY KELLY C, TADA KIYOSHI, GELLINGS EARL ROBERT, MEIJER LARS ERIK GUNNAR
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 23.10.2018
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

An electrical breaker responsive to a fault condition is disclosed. A thermally-activated switch can be disposed between a first terminal and second and third terminals of the breaker. The switch canhave a normal operating condition in which the first terminal is electrically connected to the second terminal. The switch can have a fault condition in which the first terminal is electrically connected to both the second terminal and the third terminal, causing a majority of the current to flow between the first terminal and the third terminal and a minority of the current to flow between the first terminal and the second terminal. The breaker can include a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) resistor between the first terminal and one of the second and third terminals. The thermally-activated switch can be integrated into a variety of structures, for example, a battery pack which can house one or more cells. 公开了种对故障状态为响应性的电断路器。热启动开关可以设置在断路器的第端子与第二和第三端子之间。开关可以具有正常运行状态，在正常运行状态下，第端子电连接到第二端子。开关可以具有故障状态，在故障状态下，第端