Protection element and protection circuit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12068124-B2
Application number	US-202017628535-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 20, 2020
Priority date	Jul 22, 2019
Publication date	Aug 20, 2024
Grant date	Aug 20, 2024

Abstract

A protection element ( 10 ) of the present invention has a substrate ( 11 ), a first fuse element ( 12 ) and a second fuse element ( 13 ) connected in series on the substrate ( 11 ), a heater ( 14 ) connected between the first fuse element ( 12 ) and the second fuse element ( 13 ), a third upper electrode part ( 17 ) connected between the first fuse element ( 12 ) and the second fuse element ( 13 ) and connected to the heater ( 14 ) in series, a first conduction part ( 18 ) connected to the third upper electrode part ( 17 ) and having a lower resistance value than the heater ( 14 ), and a third lower electrode part ( 19 ) connected to the first conduction part ( 18 ) and configured to be connectable to an external protection circuit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A protection circuit comprising:
a plurality of protection elements connected in parallel,
wherein each protection element configuring the plurality of protection elements has a first fuse element and a second fuse element connected in series,
a heater connected between the first fuse element and the second fuse element,
a first electrode part connected to a first end portion of the first fuse element on a side opposite to the second fuse element,
a second electrode part connected to a first end portion of the second fuse element on a side opposite to the first fuse element,
a third electrode part connected to both of a second end portion of the first fuse element and a second end portion of the second fuse element and connected to the heater in series,
a conduction part directly connected to the third electrode part and having a lower resistance value than the heater, and
a fourth electrode part directly connected to the conduction part and provided to be connectable to an external protection circuit,
wherein the plurality of protection elements are connected in parallel,
the protection circuit includes a bypass circuit connecting a plurality of the fourth electrode parts provided in the plurality of protection elements,
the first fuse element and the second fuse element are integrally formed,
the second end portion of the first fuse element and the second end portion of the second fuse element are directly connected,
the third electrode part and the fourth electrode part are connected through the heater, and
the conduction part is formed along at least one through hole penetrating a substrate in a thickness direction.

2. The protection circuit according to claim 1 ,
wherein a melting point of the conduction part is higher than a melting point of any of the first fuse element and the second fuse element.

3. The protection circuit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the conduction part is made of silver (Ag).

4. The protection circuit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first fuse element and the second fuse element are disposed on one main surface side of the substrate, and
the heater is disposed on the other main surface side of the substrate.

5. The protection circuit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first fuse element and the second fuse element are disposed on one main surface side of the substrate, and
the heater is disposed between the one main surface of the substrate and the first fuse element and the second fuse element.

6. The protection circuit according to claim 1 ,
wherein the conduction part is formed along a plurality of through holes penetrating the substrate in the thickness direction.

Assignees

• Dexerials Corp

Inventors

• Mukai Koichi

Classifications

• H02J7/62

  against overcurrent · CPC title

• H02J7/60

  including safety or protection arrangements · CPC title

• H01H85/50

  the fuse having contacts at opposite ends for co-operation with the base · CPC title

• H01H85/02

  Details · CPC title

• H01H69/02

  Manufacture of fuses · CPC title