Electricity: electrical systems and devices – Safety and protection of systems and devices – Circuit interruption by thermal sensing
Patent
1997-07-28
1999-04-27
Gaffin, Jeffrey
Electricity: electrical systems and devices
Safety and protection of systems and devices
Circuit interruption by thermal sensing
361100, 361115, H02H 500
Patent
active
058985573
ABSTRACT:
To turn on or off semiconductor switches based on the current-duration product of a current flowing through them, the device of the present invention detects an ambient temperature of the harness and, based on thus detected ambient temperature, corrects a detected current value to compare the current-duration product of thus corrected current value to the threshold data, so that if that product value equals or exceeds that threshold data value, the semiconductor switches are turned off, thus avoiding the affection due to the heat from the engines or the semiconductor switches to effectively prevent the harness from fuming.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5434443 (1995-07-01), Kelly et al.
Baba Akira
Izawa Takaaki
Yabe Hiroo
Gaffin Jeffrey
Jackson Stephen W.
Yazaki -Corporation
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