Patent ID: 6577223
Filing Date: 2003-06-10
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A thermal protector comprising first and second terminals connected to external circuits and a heat generating resistor provided with electrodes connected electrically to said first and second terminals on one end face and the other end face thereof, which is constructed so that first and second electrical contacts interposed between said first and second terminals are opened and closed by using the reversing operation of a bimetal plate, whereina first contact portion is projectingly provided at a part of said first terminal in the direction so as to intersect said bimetal plate, and a second contact portion is projectingly provided at a part of said second terminal so as to be opposed to said first contact portion, and said heat generating resistor is interposed between said first and second contact portions so that the electrodes on one end face and the other end face of said heat generating resistor are brought into contact with said first and second contact portions, respectively.