Motor protector
First Claim
1. A thermally responsive electrical circuit protector comprising an electrically and thermally conductive housing having a bottom wall and upstanding side walls with an open top, the side walls having free ends formed into a ledge portion, a lid disposed on the ledge portion with an electrically insulative gasket interposed therebetween to electrically separate the housing from the lid, means to clampingly attach the lid to the housing, heat responsive electrical switch means disposed in the housing adapted to electrically connect and disconnect the housing and the lid upon the occurrence of selected thermal conditions characterized in that the lid comprises first and second spaced, discrete portions, the first portion mounts a portion of the switch means and the second portion is formed with an elongated portion extending beyond housing to serve as a terminal and a heater element is provided having two opposite ends, one end electrically and mechanically connected to the first portion and the other end electrically and mechanically connected to the second portion.
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Abstract
A miniature motor protector particularly suitable for low current applications has a generally rectangular parallelepiped configured metallic housing open at the top and has a bottom wall and side walls extending upwardly therefrom, the side walls having a flange forming a ledge portion at their free ends extending around all four sides. An electrically insulative gasket is disposed on the ledge with a lid having two discrete portions spaced from one another placed on top of the gasket. Extensions of the flange portions are bent over the gasket and lid to clampingly engage them. A heater element having two ends extends between the two portions of the lid with one end electrically and mechanically attached to one portion and the other end electrically and mechanically attached to the other portion. A first switch element is mounted on one of the lid portions and a second switch element is mounted on the bottom wall of the housing with one of the switch elements including a cantilever mounted snap-acting thermostatic member adapted to move into and out of engagement with the other of the switch elements upon selected thermal conditions of the thermostatic member.
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- 1. A thermally responsive electrical circuit protector comprising an electrically and thermally conductive housing having a bottom wall and upstanding side walls with an open top, the side walls having free ends formed into a ledge portion, a lid disposed on the ledge portion with an electrically insulative gasket interposed therebetween to electrically separate the housing from the lid, means to clampingly attach the lid to the housing, heat responsive electrical switch means disposed in the housing adapted to electrically connect and disconnect the housing and the lid upon the occurrence of selected thermal conditions characterized in that the lid comprises first and second spaced, discrete portions, the first portion mounts a portion of the switch means and the second portion is formed with an elongated portion extending beyond housing to serve as a terminal and a heater element is provided having two opposite ends, one end electrically and mechanically connected to the first portion and the other end electrically and mechanically connected to the second portion.
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