Abstract: A thermostatic switch is shown in which a movable arm mounting a movable contact and a snap acting thermostatic strip disc are cantilever mounted with the disc adapted to cause the movable contact to move out of engagement with a stationary contact at a selected calibration temperature by engaging the movable arm and moving it and concomitantly the movable contact away from the stationary contact when the disc snaps to its opposite surface configuration.

Abstract: A circuit system has a semiconductor device mounted on a substrate which includes a composite metal material comprising a plurality of discrete elements of ferrous metal material such as an alloy of 36 percent nickel and the balance iron having a relatively low coefficient of thermal expansion, the discrete elements being copper-coated by electroless copper plating or the like and being pressed together and heated for sintering or diffusion-bonding the copper coatings together to form a continuous copper matrix having the discrete elements secured in dispersed relation therein for providing the composite metal material with a coefficient of thermal expansion relatively much lower than that of the copper material, the heating of the coated particles for diffusion bonding thereof being regulated for forming the continuous copper matrix while leaving the copper material of the matrix substantially free of nickel, ferrous or other constituents diffused therein from the discrete elements for providing the composit

Abstract: A shield for electromagnetic radiations comprising a laminated sheet having exterior layers of copper which sandwich an interior layer of a ferromagnetic alloy taken from the class consisting of nickel-iron compounds having from about 42 to about 80 percent nickel by weight and iron as a substantial portion of the remaining material. The layers are metallurgically bonded to each other by sintering or the like. According to a second embodiment, a laminated sheet is provided having exterior layers of copper which sandwich plural interior layers of ferromagnetic material, the layers of ferromagnetic material having progressively higher permeability and being capable of shielding interference of progressively lower energy level when travelling in a direction away from the direction of the source of interference. A typical laminated sheet in the direction away from the source of interference is copper/permendur/80/copper.

Abstract: The disclosure relates to a pressure transducer for use in measurement of pressures in the range of 3000 to 5000 psi and above wherein the pressure sensing module is physically separated from the electrical connector by a barrier formed from a material which is less readily deformable under high pressure than the connector. This is accomplished in one embodiment by separating the electrical connector from the pressure sensing element by a metal support ring againsst which the pressure sensing element bears. In accordance with a second embodiment, the electrical connector is disposed externally of the housing with the pressure sensing element being disposed within the housing and bearing against an interior wall thereof.

Abstract: A fan for mounting on and use in connection with cooling of components on a PWB comprising a PWB having an aperture therein for receiving a bearing holder with a bearing rotatable within the holder. An annular multipole permanent magnet is secured to the bearing for rotation in the bearing holder. An impeller in the form of radially and outwardly extending vanes, aligned with a central point but spaced from said point, is secured to an outer surface of the permanent magnet and rotates therewith. A housing is secured to the PWB, the housing being disposed over the impeller and the magnet and having two openings, one in the region above the central point of the vanes and a second opening facing along the surface of the PWB. Four electromagnets are secured to the side of the PWB opposite the magnet, the electromagnets being positioned at the four corners of a square and beneath the magnet.

Abstract: A composite material has portions of a first material such as a metal or ceramic having coatings of a metal material thereon disposed in a metal matrix material and having a diffusion-bonds between the coating and matrix materials securing the portions of the first material at selected locations in the composite material.

Abstract: A socket having contacts mounted on an electrically insulating body for detachably connecting terminal pins of an integrated circuit unit into a test circuit during testing of the integrated circuit unit has circuit components such as resistors incorporated on a base board accommodated at the bottom of the insulating body, the resistors being connected to the respective contacts and having terminal pins extending therefrom to be connected into the test circuit, thereby to provide an external resistance for each integrated circuit pin during testing in a compact and convenient manner to permit high unit density during testing.

Abstract: A heating device for fuel or other fluid, in particular to prevent solidification of paraffin constituents in diesel oil, comprises a housing (1) with an inlet (14) and an outlet (15) for the fuel, and a number of metal plates (3, 4) inside the housing. Tablets or heater elements (5) made of a ceramic material with a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) are fastened on the metal plates so that heat and electricity is conducted. To improve the heat transfer one or more turbulators (6; 6a, 6b) are placed between two of the above-mentioned metal plates, (3, 4) provided with PTC tablets. Passages (16, 17) are present to make the infed fuel flow from the inlet (14) over the first metal plate, through a turbulator and over the second metal plate to the outlet (15).

Abstract: A resettable, current-responsive, circuit interrupter device is made by blanking two wide but thin terminals and carrier stubs therefore, and embedding them up to a substantial part of their thickness in a side wall of an insulating housing so that sides of the embedded terminal portions are exposed from the housing material along the side wall inside the housing, so that terminal ends extend from the bottom of the housing to be connected in a circuit and through the top of the housing to be accessible for test purposes. An electrical contact is secured on an exposed side surface of one embedded terminal portion and a thermostatic strip element is secured to an exposed side surface of the other embedded terminal portion to extend closely along the one housing side to normally engage the contact in a very compact, closed circuit position of the device.

Abstract: A torque sensing device has a torque transmitting member with ends which are relatively rotatable around a member axis in response to an applied torque. Lost motion components rotating with the member ends have portions compactly extending along the member axis to engage the other component to limit such rotation after a predetermined degree of relative rotation has occurred. Two ferromagnetic elements rotating with the respective lost motion components have portions which extend along the member axis into interleaved relation with corresponding portions of the other element to form spaced pairs of respective element portions at each of two sides of a plane which extends transversely across the member axis. The elements respond to relative rotation of the torque transmitting member ends to proportionally increase the spacing in the pairs of element portions at one side of the noted plane and to decrease the spacing in the pairs of element portions at an opposite side of the plane.

Abstract: A switch is shown having a thermostatic member which deforms in response to variations in temperature to thereby control the state of energization of the switch. The thermostatic member is shown cantilever mounted or centrally mounted using material to affix the member to a support which melts at a selected temperature to cause the member to separate from the support upon the occurrence of selected conditions.

Abstract: A pressure sensor has a pressure responsive capacitor electrically connected to a signal conditioning circuit which is calibrated after mounting in a housing to provide an electrical signal corresponding to an applied pressure. The capacitor has thin metal capacitor plates on facing surfaces of a ceramic diaphragm and base and is adapted to receive an applied pressure on the diaphragm. Terminals from the capacitor are disposed on an opposite surface of the capacitor base; the circuit has a flexible substrate having a first end overlying the opposite base surface mounting circuit components electrically connected to the capacitor terminals and has an opposite end folded over the first end electrically connected to connector terminals on a connector body overlying the base; and the housing includes a metal sleeve fitted over the capacitor and body having a rim clamping the capacitor and connector body together to form the sensor.

Abstract: A fuel heating device comprises an electroconductive inner tube which forms a passageway for fuel to be heated. A heater having a positive coefficient of resistance (PTC) is fixed to the side of the outside surface of this electroconductive inner tube, a resilient electrode contacts this heater from the side of its outside surface, and a first electrically and thermally insulating outer tube is provided around the entire periphery of the aforementioned electroconductive inner tube to cover the aforesaid heater completely for holding the electrode compressed to the heater. A second electrically and thermally insulating outer tube is provided around the entire periphery of the first tube, said second tube including means for mounting the device for use.

Abstract: A supplementary heating system particularly suitable for an automotive vehicle comprises a step down transformer coupled to the stator windings of the vehicle's alternator and a positive temperature coefficient (PTC) of resistivity heater electrically connected intermediate the stator windings and the transformer in parallel with the transformer. Due to the presence of the transformer the voltage regulator causes the alternator to operate at a higher than customary voltage to provide the conventional 14.4 volts for the vehicle's normal electrical loads with the high voltage used to energize the heater. The heater can be in the form of a so-called "honeycomb" having a plurality of parallely extending passages or cells disposed in the air stream going from the main heater into the passenger compartment and can be either a multiphase, single phase or direct current type.

Abstract: A protective circuit capable of remotely switching power to a load on and off and including an electrothermal sensor system having a heating element of predetermined resistance in series with the load and source of power whereby the temperature of the heating element is monitored relative to ambient temperature to determine current flow in the heater. The electrothermal sensor, according to one embodiment, includes a ceramic substrate having the heater formed thereon with a first deposited heat monitoring element thereon for monitoring the temperature of the heater and a second heat monitoring element thereon for monitoring the ambient temperature of the substrate remote from the heater. The electrothermal sensor, according to a second embodiment, includes a layer of electrically conductive material, a backing layer thereon of electrically insulating material, a grid on the backing layer of thermoresponsive material to form RTDs and a second layer of electrically insulating material over said grid.

Abstract: A fluid level control valve has a base with an aperture formed therein. A cover is slidingly disposed over the aperture and is biased by a thermostatic element in a direction tending to close the aperture. The thermostatic element is an elongated strip having one end captured by tabs projecting from the base, and an opposite end is captured by a bracket formed on the base. The thermostatic element is formed with a V-shaped force imparting portion which is aligned with the cover and the position of the bracket is adjustable to place a selected force on the cover through the thermostatic element. The calibrated valve is then fixedly attached to a housing with the aperture aligned with an aperture in the housing.

Abstract: A three phase hermetic protector for electrical apparatus has a pair of terminals extending through a header with first and second elongated heaters mounted on the terminals and extending away from the header. A rigid support is attached to the header between the terminals and extends away from the header and mounts a third elongated heater extending back toward the header. A snap acting disc is cantilever mounted on the free end of the third heater and mounts thereon a pair of movable contacts adapted to move into and out of the engagement with stationary contacts mounted at the free ends of the first and second heaters. The rigid support mounts a calibration screw beneath the free end of each of the first and second heaters to independently adjust the vertical position of the stationary contacts.

Abstract: A thermally responsive control especially for a clothes iron combines an adjustable, temperature-regulating thermostat and an over-temperature control for limiting maximum temperature levels on a plastic mounting bracket where the over-temperature control also protects the mounting bracket against damage from overheating.

Abstract: A cover for an automotive vapor canister has a heat-spreading member heated by a self-regulating electrical resistance heater of positive temperature coefficient of resistivity for heating air which is periodically introduced into the canister for purging the canister. The cover has a first cover of thermally insulating material defining a thin inner air flow path section to pass air being introduced into the canister over the heat-spreading member for transferring heat to the air and to receive additional heat within the first cover and has a second cover of thermally insulating material defining a thin outer air flow path section overlying and connected with the inner air flow path section to pass the air over the first cover prior to being advanced into the inner flow path section for withdrawing said additional heat from the first cover to preheat the air and improve air heating efficiency.

Abstract: A motor protector and starter particularly suited for refrigeration compressor motors are mounted in the recess of a first housing portion with their resilient female sockets disposed in alignment with a pin receiving aperture. Leads are attached to terminals of the motor protector and starter components and directed through lead receiving apertures in the side wall of the first housing portion. A second housing portion is then snapped onto the first housing portion to provide a combination housing which can be installed on a compressor in a one-step on-line operation.