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A resilient headband in a shape for being mounted on the head of the user. The headband is equipped with a longitudinal slotted member for holding a placard.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7843307 | Thermal fuse employing thermosensitive pellet A thermal fuse employing a thermosensitive pellet is provided, which exhibits stabilized characteristics in a low operating temperature region. The thermal fuse includes at least a switching movable member, a thermosensitive pellet member, a pair of leads having a f... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7362208 | Thermal pellet type thermal fuse In order to prevent erroneous operation caused by shrinking of a thermal pellet due to sublimation or softening of the thermal pellet when current is applied, a thermal pellet type thermal fuse includes a metal casing, a first lead and a second lead leading out from... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7330098 | Thermal fuse employing a thermosensitive pellet There is provided a thermal fuse employing a thermosensitive pellet that reacts to an operating temperature with limited variation, and operates with high precision and hence high reliability. To achieve this, the thermal fuse includes a switching function member in... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7326852 | String device A string device designed for, or combined with elements for, transfer of power and/or signals in applications of monitoring, control, communication, detection, measurement or power distribution. The device provides a passive structural core element and at least two ... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323966 | Thermal pellet incorporated thermal fuse and method of producing thermal pellet A thermal fuse incorporating a thermal pellet has its operating temperature, or heat distortion temperature, adjusted and the thermosensitive material of the pellet avoids deformation, modification or similar deficiency if it is exposed to a severe external environm... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7286037 | Protective element A protective element with improved spherical segmentation performance during the melting of a low-melting metal member, has a heat-generating member and a low-melting metal member on a substrate, in which the low-melting metal member is heated and blown out by the h... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7199697 | Alloy type thermal fuse and material for a thermal fuse element An alloy type thermal fuse is provided in which a ternary Sn—In—Bi alloy is used, excellent overload characteristic and dielectric breakdown characteristic are attained, the insulation stability after an operation can be sufficiently assured, and a fuse element ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7160504 | Alloy type thermal fuse and fuse element thereof The invention provides a thermal fuse and a fuse element of the low-melting fusible alloy type. The fuse element has an alloy composition in which a total of 0.01 to 7 weight parts of at least one selected from the group consisting of Au, Bi, Cu, Ni, and Pd is added... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7068141 | Thermal fuse A thermal fuse having a quick melting property is provided. In the thermal fuse, metal layers 15, 16 connected to a fusible alloy 13 are provided at respective leading ends of a pair of metal terminals 11. The metal layers 15, 16 have lar... | 06/27/2006 |
| 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 between two metal foil electrodes. A first insulating layer which is compo... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6838971 | Thermal fuse Quantity of flux coated on fusible alloy of a thermal fuse disclosed can be inspected accurately by an image processing method. The thermal fuse comprises: (a) first insulation film 11 coupled with a pair of metal terminals ... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6724292 | Thermal fuse An object is to provide a thermal fuse that is free of a trouble of welding contact between a movable electrode (4) and a lead (2) even when temperature of an equipment to which the thermal fuse is connected rises gradually and that has small electric ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6661331 | Thermal-effect controlled-release mechanism The present invention provides a device forming a controlled-release mechanism, the device comprising: two structural elements suitable for relative movement; and locking means suitable initially for preventing relative movement between the two structural... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6603385 | Safety devices for electrical circuits and systems A protective device for minimizing fire danger in the use of electrical circuits comprises a unit having a mechanically biased conductive element in series with the circuit, and maintained in position under tension by a fusible material such as a Cerro al... | 08/05/2003 |
| 6566995 | Protective element A protective element contains a heat-generating member and a low melting metal member on a substrate, in which the low melting metal member is molten by the heat generated by the heat-generating member and flows onto electrodes, which causes the low melti... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6556122 | Thermal fuse, battery pack, and method of manufacturing thermal fuse A thermal fuse reduced in size and thickness can be obtained. Further, the thermal fuse will not be degraded in characteristics, productivity, reliability, quality, etc. even after reduction in size and thickness. The thermal fuse includes a fuse main bod... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6452475 | Protective device A protective device comprises a fuse element provided to electrodes on a substrate. The fuse element has a liquidus point higher than the mounting temperature of the protective device, and has a solidus point lower than the mounting temperature of the pro... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6404322 | Fusible link A new and improved fusible link having opposite ends. The fusible link comprises two pieces each having opposite ends. One of the opposite ends of each piece defines the opposite ends of the link. The other end of said pieces overlap each other and have a... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6380838 | Semiconductor device with repair fuses and laser trimming method used therefor A semiconductor device with repair fuses is provided, which decrease the fuse pitch and the fuse occupation area without short circuit among the adjoining repair fuses and damage to the semiconductor device itself. The device comprises (a) a semiconductor... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6373371 | Preformed thermal fuse A preformed thermal fuse comprising two electrodes, at least one layer of solder, and a conductive bridge comprising a non-paste solder material is disclosed. The conductive bridge has a melting temperature which is substantially equivalent to the predete... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6340926 | Power plug with circuit breaker A power plug includes a plug body having opposite sides and an end, terminal prongs extending from the end of the plug body, and a built-in circuit breaker. The circuit breaker is operable between a normal condition enabling the power plug to connect a lo... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6222438 | Temperature fuse and apparatus for detecting abnormality of wire harness for vehicle A temperature fuse which is melted with high operating temperature accuracy at a desired predetermined temperature in the range of 140° C. to 160° C. A fuse element is made of an alloy consisting essentially of 52-100 wt. % indium and the balance tin, a... | 04/24/2001 |
| 6204747 | Safety devices for electrical circuits and systems A protective device for minimizing fire danger in the use of electrical circuits comprises a unit having a mechanically biased conductive element in series with the circuit, and maintained in position under tension by a fusible material such as a Cerro al... | 03/20/2001 |
| 6198376 | Safety device for electric circuit A safety device for preventing a trouble caused by an abnormal overheating of an electric circuit is provided, which includes: a circuit board; a first circuit pattern; a second circuit pattern; a first electrode connected to the first circuit pattern; a ... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6150916 | Architecture of poly fuses An architecture of poly fuses includes a number of fuses, a dielectric layer, a sheet-like etching stop layer, and a passivation layer, wherein the sheet-like etching stop layer further includes a number of slices, and wherein each of the slices correspon... | 11/21/2000 |
| 6147586 | Plate fuse and method of producing the same An insulation plate (20) is provided with a window or a slot (21). A fusible element or circuit (31) is laid on a surface of the insulation plate (20) across the window (21). When the circuit (31) is heated by current-conduction, a fusible path (33) of th... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5949323 | Non-uniform width configurable fuse structure A radiant-energy configurable fuse structure and array are provided in which the fuse body of the fuse is wider than the fuse connection terminals. The fuse body can be circular or polygonal to capture more of the radiant energy from a targeting beam, whi... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5917399 | Method for adjusting pre-arcing time-current characteristic of fuse and fuse structure therefor A method of adjusting pre-arcing time-current characteristic for a fuse is performed in a manner that a fusible portion I serving in a dead short-circuit area and a fusible portion II serving in a rare short-circuit area are coupled in series to form a fu... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5858454 | Overcurrent protection device An overcurrent protection device and a method for the production thereof is provided wherein a fusible link is bonded across a pair of electrodes. A composite layer envelops the fusible link and is formed from a gelatinous composition. The composite layer... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5847635 | Blade-type fuse element having a load portion A fuse element which has an enhanced durability against a rush current, and is suppressed in temperature rise. The fuse element includes a pair of terminals, a fusible element interconnecting the pair of terminals, and at least one load portion is formed ... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5805048 | Plate fuse and method of producing the same An insulation plate (20) is provided with a window or a slot (21). A fusible element or circuit (31) with reinforced portion (22) is laid on a surface of the insulation plate (20) across the window (21). When the circuit (31) is heated by current-conducti... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5714923 | High voltage current limiting fuse with improved low overcurrent interruption performance A high voltage current limiting fuse has improved low fault current interruption due to an end-sealed sleeve separating a fusible length from pulverulent sand in a casing of the fuse while permitting venting of gas and vaporized metal plasma due to meltin... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5712610 | Protective device To obtain a protective device that can prevent overvoltage and at the same time has an excellent safety and also to make chip type protective devices smaller in size, this invention provides a protective device comprising a substrate, a heating element pr... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5686878 | Temperature sensitive fusible link assembly having cooperating projections and slots A fusible link assembly including a pair of link members arranged in overlying relation and a thermally sensitive bonding material interposed between the link members with the bonding material being solid below a predetermined temperature to form a bond b... | 11/11/1997 |
| 5648750 | Surface-mount type microminiature electric current fuse A pair of metallic electrodes gripping a fusible wire are attached to opposite ends of a box-like shaped body into which is pressed a lid portion to an extent to be slightly sunken relative to an upper surface of the body. Then adhesive is applied to the ... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5629569 | Thermal photocontrol switch circuit A self-configuring photoelectric control circuit for controlling operation of a load based on ambient light. The photocontrol circuit comprises a photocell responsive to ambient light, a heating resistor connected to the photocell, a bimetallic element in... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5261598 | Safety device for a combustion apparatus A safety device for a combustion apparatus comprises a continuous, linear temperature-sensing element formed of a material which is electrically conductive and melts, or breaks, at a relatively low temperature and located along at least one side of a comb... | 11/16/1993 |
| 5173593 | Electric cigar lighter having a thermal safety fuse A car-borne electric cigar lighter includes a receptacle having a spring contact for receiving the heater element of the lighter for energization. A pair of spaced electrially conductive connecting plates form part of the electrical circuit to the spring ... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5130689 | Intermetallic time-temperature integration fuse Gold, copper, silver, palladium or aluminum and their alloys, but preferably gold or gold alloy, which may be in the form a wire, has deposited thereon or contained within the wire, a material such as metals or metal alloys which diffuse into the gold or ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 5046426 | Sequential structural separation system A replacement for the conventional pyrotechnic separation device for large structural elements such as payload fairings on large missile systems is a sequence of nitinol wires or foil strips which, because of their high strength, will hold the structures ... | 09/10/1991 |
