Patent ID: 7345571

Claim:
A thermally-actuated switch which is provided on an end of a motor coil of a hermetic motor-driven compressor, the thermally-actuated switch comprising: a switch body including a metallic pressure-tight hermetic container, a contact mechanism provided in the container, and an electrically conductive terminal which hermetically extends through the hermetic container and to which a lead wire is connected; and a holder including a base having a mounting face for the coil end and a holding portion provided on a face of the base opposed to the mounting face for holding the switch body, wherein the base is sized so as to prevent radiant heat from transferring from the coil end directly to the switch body, wherein the holder has a through hole through which the terminal is inserted, and wherein the lead wire is connected to the terminal having been inserted through the through hole so that the holder is held between the hermetic container and the lead wire.