Patent ID: 8847725

Claim:
A temperature-dependent switch including a temperature-dependent switching mechanism and two outer connections, said switch having an axis of symmetry, said temperature-dependent switching mechanism comprising a snap-action disc and a current transfer member arranged at the snap-action disc, a housing which accommodates the switching mechanism and comprises a lower part and an upper part having an inner surface, two stationary contacts being provided on said inner surface, each stationary contact having a bearing area for said current transfer member and being connected to an associated one of said two outer connections, a third bearing area for the current transfer member being provided on said inner surface, the snap-action disc pressing the current transfer member, in a temperature-dependent manner, against said three bearing areas, and the current transfer member comprising a round contact plate having a surface facing the stationary contacts and a contact area on the surface facing the stationary contacts, said contact area being closed in itself in a circumferential direction around said axis of symmetry of the switch.