Patent ID: 9355801
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H01H

Claim Text:
1. A sheet-like bimetal part for use as an active switching element in a temperature-dependent switch, the bimetal part having a transition temperature, an upper surface and a lower surface and further comprising: at least one inner region and an outer region surrounding the at least one inner region, the inner region and the outer region being formed such that in first portions they are in one piece with one another and in second portions they are mechanically separated from one another, the inner region and the outer region being stamped in opposite directions so that indentations are formed in the upper surface of one of said inner and outer regions and in the lower surface of the other of said inner and outer regions, such that the entirety of the inner region and outer region except for said indentations are in one plane when the bimetal part is free of mechanical stress and bend in opposite directions when the transition temperature of the bimetal part is exceeded, and at least one contact area being provided on the inner region.