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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7157859 | Lighting device and lighting system First resistors (R1, R2) for setting a forward current value are connected in series to light-emitting diodes (LED 1, LED 2) respectively to constitute first serial circuits (112, 113), which are connected to an input terminal (... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7095309 | Thermoelastic actuator design The invention concerns thermoelastic designs incorporating and expansive element formed from material selected in accordance a procedure involving the derivation of an indicator of the material's potential effectiveness for each application. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7086758 | Series connected light string with filament shunting A string set of series-connected incandescent bulbs in which substantially all of the bulb filaments in the set are individually provided with a shunt circuit which includes a voltage responsive switch which is inoperative during normal operation of the string set w... | 08/08/2006 |
| 6841745 | Battery device A battery device has a plurality of batteries connected in series. Each of the batteries includes a thermally responsive switch, a first conductive plate connected to a first terminal of the thermally responsive switch, a second conductive plate connected to a commo... | 01/11/2005 |
| 5973410 | Safety device for linking reference grounds in an integrated circuit The safety device, especially in an electronic motor vehicle control system, protects external circuit branches supplied with current from an engine/motor vehicle control unit so that a single short circuit results in failure of only that circuit branch i... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5898356 | Thermally-activated switch for short-circuiting a battery cell A thermally activated short-circuit switch for connection in parallel with a battery cell has first and second contact elements (6; 3) which are distinct from the electrodes of a diode, and thermally activatable means (45) for short-circuiting the first a... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5859578 | Current limiting shunt for current limiting circuit breakers A compact current limiting circuit breaker is equipped with a current limiting shunt for effective over-current circuit interruption. The circuit breaker trip unit responds to long time, short time and instantaneous over-current conditions by opening a se... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5650240 | Multicell battery system with individually controllable cell bypasses A multicell battery system includes at least two battery cells, and a selective cell bypass for each of the battery cells. Each cell bypass includes a metal-oxide-semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) having a source, a drain, and a gate, a first... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5508675 | Miniature gas tube assembly with back-up air gap A miniature overvoltage protection device including a back-up air gap for use in miniature telephone modules and related equipment includes a generally U-shaped bracket adapted to receive an overvoltage protection device thereon and has a bracket insulati... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5258244 | Reversible automatic cell bypass circuit A bypass circuit for a rechargeable battery cell has first and second normally open switches in parallel across the cell. The first switch, which can be a backward-biased rectifier, shunts the discharge current between the cell terminals if the battery ce... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5231367 | Thermal response switch and a surge absorbing circuit using the same A surge absorbing element is parallel connected to an electronic device via a pair of communication lines. A normally closed thermal response switch is serially connected between the electronic device and the signal source on the input side of the surge a... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5200875 | Protection structure for a surge absorber A protective structure for a surge absorber which is composed of the surge absorber, connecting means for connecting the surge absorber to an electronic device and means for protecting the surge absorber as well as the electronic device from fire caused b... | 04/06/1993 |
| 5198791 | Surge absorber The surge absorber having a surge absorbing element, and first and second wire means for electrically connecting the surge absorbing element across the input lines of an electronic device. The first and second wire means are connected to the surge absorbe... | 03/30/1993 |
| 4935315 | Cell bypass circuit A cell bypass circuit is disclosed which includes a diode 32 connected electrically in parallel with a cell 20 of a battery 12. A thermal switch 34 is mounted in thermal contact with a diode 32. A relay 38 including a coil 36 and a contact 40 is provided.... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4890186 | Fault current limiting device In the past, a power fuse need be replaced after the current limiting operation and cannot be repeatedly used. To solve this problem, there has been proposed a permanent fuse or the like which uses an alkaline metal having a low melting point such as Hg, ... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4871686 | Integrated Schottky diode and transistor An improved means and method is described for forming a Schottky diode integrated with transistors and other devices which is particularly useful where both control circuits and a large power device are on the same chip. Nested N-, P-, N- and P+ regions are fo... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4652964 | Varistor fuse element Varistor fuse element for protecting an electric circuit against overvoltages, including a thermal fuse, a varistor combined with the thermal fuse for for tripping the thermal fuse with joulean or ohmic heat losses of the varistor, first and second conduc... | 03/24/1987 |
