Abstract: A fuse incorporates a fusible element assembly and an auxiliary fusible element assembly in a solid arc extinguishing material configuration. The fusible element assembly has a first operating characteristic and the auxiliary fusible element has a second operating characteristic different than the first operating characteristic.

Abstract: A current-limiting dropout fuseholder includes multiple current paths through the fuse body. A primary current path includes a high current fusible element. A secondary current path in parallel with the primary path includes a triggering conductor that extends outside the fuse body and is connected to a moveable support. The second current path further includes a first spark gap for severing the triggering conductor upon the occurrence of a fault and the shifting of the fault current from the primary current path to the second current path. A second spark gap formed between the primary and the second current paths ensures that the fault current flows across the first spark gap for a time sufficient to sever the triggering conductor, thereby ensuring that dropout will occur.

Abstract: An electromagnetic relay has a flat armature which is normally biased away from a pole plate by a bearing spring attached to the armature which is mounted in a recess in a yoke plate, and is clamped thereto. A particularly low friction mounting is achieved by specific selection of the ratio of the distance between the bearing point of the armature and the clamping point of the bearing spring, to the distance between the point of attachment of the bearing spring to the armature and the bearing point.

Abstract: A fuse for elevated circuit voltages is provided with an arrangement or array of gas-evolving beads intended to improve the performance of the fuse under major fault current conditions. The fusible element is wound around a space in the shape of a four-sided prism, each full turn including four quarter sections. The fusible element supports a plurality of beads of a gas-evolving material that are positioned on all four sides of said space and substantially equally distributed among the four sides thereof. Said beads are mounted periodically on said quarter sections of said fusible element in such a way that bead-bearing quarter sections of said fusible element alternate with equal numbers of non-bead-bearing quarter sections thereof.