A thermal fuse may comprise an electrode and a conductor separated by a phase change material. The electrode may be formed from a conductive material that generates hydrogen when exposed to water or hydrogen peroxide. The phase change material may release water or hydrogen peroxide at or above an activation temperature.

A power component includes two electric terminals, a component housing, a main component at least partially surrounded by the component housing, connected with the two terminals, and configured to carry a power current flowing between the two electric terminals, and a sensor and emitter unit which is configured to measure a value of a physical quantity (T, V, ΔV) characterizing an operating state of the main component, and to emit an electromagnetic signal, in which the measured value of the physical quantity is encoded. The sensor and emitter unit includes an antenna for emitting the electromagnetic signal which is spaced apart from the main component and arranged in, on and/or at the component housing.

Provided is an electrical junction box (100) including a housing (30) that houses a substrate (21) to which a fixed fuse (10) is soldered. The housing (30) includes a checking opening (33) for checking whether or not the fixed fuse (10) has been blown out.

The invention relates to an electrical power supply cable (10) for a photovoltaic installation, comprising an electrical conductor (12) having at least two electrical conductor portions (20, 22) and a fuse (24) arranged between said at least two electrical conductor portions, said at least one fuse electrically linking said at least two electrical conductor portions, the cable (10) further comprising a protection element (30, 40, 50, 60) overmolded around said fuse and forming an electrical insulation layer, said protection element comprising at least one overthickness at at least one end portion (34, 36) of the protection element (30).

An electronic device includes: a control terminal, which extends on a first face of a substrate; a first conduction terminal, which extends in the substrate at the first face of the substrate; a first insulating layer interposed between the control terminal and the first conduction terminal; a conductive path, which can be biased at a biasing voltage; and a protection element, coupled to the control terminal and to the conductive path, which forms an electrical connection between the control terminal and the conductive path and is designed to melt, and thus interrupt electrical connection, in the presence of a leakage current higher than a critical threshold between the control terminal and the first conduction terminal through the first insulating layer.

An apparatus for compensating for resistance tolerances of a fuse for a circuit, wherein the apparatus is particularly intended for use in a line driver for a communication device and includes a tolerance-affected fuse, a first resistor connected in series with the fuse, and a second resistor connected in parallel with the fuse and the first resistor, where the apparatus has, at a predefined ambient temperature, a resistance that corresponds to a desired total resistance, where the resistance of the second resistor is, depending on a power input into the apparatus in a fault state and/or depending on a predefined tolerance of the resistance of the apparatus, a multiple of that of the first resistor.

A power control system for a battery system of a vehicle includes a first contactor, a second contactor, N fuses and N vehicle loads. An active sacrificial protection device includes a third contactor and a first fuse. The active sacrificial protection device is connected to a positive or negative terminal of the battery system. A current sensor is configured to sense a measured load current flowing through one of the first contactor and the second contactor. A battery management module is configured to selectively close the third contactor to reduce current flowing through one of the first contactor or the second contactor and selectively open the one of the first contactor or the second contactor after closing the third contactor.

A temperature-sensitive battery connector is disclosed. The connector can include a connector body and at least one conductor mounted to the connector body and configured to convey a current signal used to measure voltage from a battery pack or battery cell to a battery management system (BMS). The connector can include a thermal switching device mounted to the connector body and thermally coupled to a terminal of a battery pack or a battery cell. The thermal switching device can be configured to provide an overtemperature signal to the BMS by changing or interrupting a current conducted by at least one conductor when a temperature of the battery pack or battery cell exceeds a threshold temperature.

An electrochemical energy storage module and a vehicle having an energy storage module of this type. At least one energy storage cell and at least one bridging device are electrically connected in parallel. The bridging device has a first current conductor having at least one bridging point, which has a bridging point cross-section, and a second current conductor, which is spaced apart from the first current conductor by a gap. The bridging device also has a bridging switch for establishing a first partial electrical connection between the first current conductor and the second current conductor and has a bridging material arranged in the region of the bridging point.

A pressure-compensated fuse assembly may include a first chamber housing a first fluid and a plurality of solid particles. Additionally, the fuse assembly may include a second chamber housing a second fluid. Further, the fuse assembly may include a pressure compensator disposed between the first chamber and the second chamber. The pressure compensator may be configured to transfer pressure from the second fluid in the second chamber to the plurality of solid particles in the first chamber.