Overload protector with hermetically sealing structure

摘要

Disclosed is an overload protector with a hermetically sealed structure, the overload protector comprising a housing that has an outer peripheral flange and an external connecting terminal and that accommodates a bimetal element having a movable contact and a fixed contact; a conducting plate that is installed to an upper portion of the housing and that has an external connecting terminal and a contact connected to the movable contact of the bimetal element; and an insulating gasket disposed between the housing and the conducting plate, grooves or ribs being formed on the entire flange, and ribs or grooves being formed on a portion of the conducting plate corresponding to the grooves or ribs formed on the flange in such a way that the ribs or grooves of the conducting plate are engaged with the groves or ribs of the flange.