IP Library Granted Patent US 8,213,148
Granted Patent B2
US 8,213,148 · App. 12/532,161 · Granted Jul 3, 2012

Double-sided printed circuit board comprising a strip conductor safety fuse

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Patent No.
US 8,213,148
App. No.
12/532,161
Granted
Jul 3, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A double-sided printed circuit board may include: electrical conductor tracks fitted thereon and serving for electrically connecting components mounted on the printed circuit board, which has at least one conductor track fuse in the form of a conductor track with a fusible link part, wherein, upon the occurrence of an abnormal operating state, in particular an electrical short circuit, the electric circuit is interrupted by melting and evaporation of the fusible link part and plasma arises upon the evaporation of the fusible link part, wherein the fusible link part lies on the other side of the printed circuit board with respect to the supply line.

Claims (8)

1. A double-sided printed circuit board, comprising: electrical conductor tracks fitted thereon and serving for electrically connecting components mounted on the printed circuit board, which has at least one conductor track fuse in the form of a conductor track with a fusible link part, wherein, upon the occurrence of an abnormal operating state, in particular an electrical short circuit, the electric circuit is interrupted by melting and evaporation of the fusible link part and plasma arises upon the evaporation of the fusible link part, wherein the fusible link part lies on the other side of the printed circuit board with respect to the supply line.

2. The printed circuit board as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fusible link part is situated between two through contacts.

3. The printed circuit board as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising: a respective SMD adhesive spot situated on at least one of the fusible link side and the supply line side of the through contacts.

4. The printed circuit board as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fusible link part is situated on the underside of the printed circuit board.

5. The printed circuit board as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an insulating partition is situated between the fusible link part and the adjacent conductor tracks.

6. The printed circuit board as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the insulating partition comprises one suitable component or a plurality of suitable and suitably arranged components.

7. The printed circuit board as claimed in claim 5 , wherein at least one deflection surface for deflecting and reflecting the plasma is formed on the side of the partition which faces the fusible link.

8. The printed circuit board as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the deflection surface is arranged obliquely relative to the surface of the printed circuit board.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2022
From: ACUITY BRANDS LIGHTING, INC.
To: ABL IP HOLDING LLC
Reel/Frame 059220/0139 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2022
From: OSRAM GMBH
To: ACUITY BRANDS LIGHTING, INC.
Reel/Frame 058689/0898 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2010
From: CASPER, GUENTHER; WERNI, HORST
To: OSRAM GESELLSCHAFT MIT BESCHRAENKTER HAFTUNG
Reel/Frame 023725/0702 →