(19)
(11) EP 0 047 592 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.03.1982 Bulletin 1982/13

(43) Date of publication A2:
17.03.1982 Bulletin 1982/11

(21) Application number: 81303728

(22) Date of filing: 14.08.1981
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI NL SE

(30) Priority: 29.08.1980 US 182719

(71) Applicant: RTE CORPORATION
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(72) Inventor:
  • Lien, Wayne W.
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(54) A fuse link and the combination thereof in an expulsion fuse


(57) A fuse link including a fuse element of known cross-sectional area having a number of holes centrally located therein to define reduced cross-sectional areas and a filler material provided in said holes, said embodiment having a short time-current melt characteristic at high overload substantially the same as the homogeneous fuse element and a long time-current melt characteristic different from the long time-current melt characteristic of the fuse element.







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