Patent ID: 6801116
Filing Date: 2004-10-05
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
An overload protector with a hermetically sealed structure, the overload protector comprising:a housing that has an outer peripheral flange and an external connecting terminal, and that accommodates a bimetal element having a movable contact and a fixed contact; a conducting plate that is installed to an upper portion of the housing, and that has an external connecting terminal and a contact connected to the movable contact of the bimetal element; and an insulating gasket disposed between the housing and the conducting plate, wherein grooves or ribs are formed on the entire outer peripheral flange, and ribs or grooves are formed on a portion of the conducting plate corresponding to the grooves or ribs formed on the flange in such a way that the ribs or grooves of the conducting plate are engaged with the grooves or ribs of the flange.