Patent ID: 6242998
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: H01C

Abstract:
An NTC thermistor comprising:a planar NTC thermistor element having a pair of main surfaces and electrodes formed on a mutually opposite pair of side surfaces which extend between said pair of main surfaces, said main surfaces being the largest surfaces of said planar NTC thermistor element;power-supply terminals each having a protruding contact part and electrically connected to and elastically contacting a different one of said electrodes; anda case with inner walls and a lid which encloses said NTC thermistor element and said power-supply terminals therein, one of said main surfaces of said NTC thermistor element being in a surface-to-surface contact with one of said inner walls of said case, the other of said main surfaces of said NTC thermistor element being in a surface-to-surface contact with said lid.