Patent ID: 8536972
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: H01H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A temperature-dependent switch, comprising: a housing having an outside, a first and at least a second connecting surface being provided on said outside, at least two feed lines formed as connecting lugs and each having an inner end and an outer free end remote from said inner end, each feed line being directly connected, at its inner end, to a respective connecting surface in material-connecting engagement, and, at its free end projecting from said housing and being directly formed as a plug-type connection, and a temperature-dependent switching mechanism arranged in said housing, which switching mechanism, depending on its temperature, producing a closed or opened electrically conducting connection between the two connecting surfaces, the switch being encased by an electrically insulating protective layer, wherein the feed lines, at their free ends only, are free from the protective layer, and wherein the insulating protective layer comprises a sintered protective layer that is directly applied to and completely encapsulates the inner ends of the connecting lugs and the housing at least in the areas of said first and second connecting surfaces and where the connecting lugs project from the housing so that the inner ends of the connecting lugs are rigidly fixed to the housing by the insulating protective layer, thereby bringing about a structurally stable connection between the housing, the connecting surfaces and the inner ends of the connecting lugs.