Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7786841 | Fuse cutout assembly A fuse cutout assembly having enhanced safety features to aid in both removal and replacement of fuse tubes. The inventive assembly can be produced by making modifications to standard fuse cutout assemblies. The modifications include lengthening the trunnions of the... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7154034 | Method and apparatus for protection of wildlife from contact with power phase cutout mechanism Method and apparatus for protecting wildlife from contact with an energized fuse assembly known as a “cutout”, also known as a “disconnect”. The cutout is shrouded from above and three sides. One side is left open to facilitate installation or removal of a f... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6867679 | Mounting for circuit interrupter A mounting for a circuit interrupter is provided that facilitates the easy removal and insertion of the circuit interrupter. The mounting includes upper and lower terminal and support arrangements that cooperate with upper and lower device mounting studs of a circui... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6653925 | Method for insulating leads of thermal fuse with insulating tubes and thermal fuse therefor There is provided a method for insulating leads of a thermal fuse with an insulating tube that can reduce the quantity of the adhesive and prevent the defect of appearance and the lowering of the value of the product, by applying an adhesive on the circum... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6577222 | Fuse having improved fuse housing A fuse is disclosed having terminal leads electrically connected by a fusible link, and insulated within a housing. The housing is preferably made from a material which burns cleanly and has improved ablative qualities to prevent accelerated arcing within... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6486766 | Housing for double-ended fuse A shield for an electrical fuse, including an inner enclosure for housing the electrical fuse and a pair of outwardly flaring end portions extending from the opposite ends of the enclosure. The shield includes walls separating the inner enclosure from eac... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6054915 | Compact touchsafe fuseholder with removable fuse carrier A fuseblock is compact, and electrically conductive components of the fuseblock do not extend beyond a length of a fuse in the fuseblock. The fuseblock can be assembled easily and quickly without tools, and can be easily configured in different ways using... | 04/25/2000 |
| 5963121 | Resettable fuse The present invention relates to compositions for use in forming resettable electronic circuit protection devices or fuses, methods of forming resettable fuses using the compositions, and resettable fuses formed from the compositions. Resettable fuse comp... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5929740 | One-piece female blade fuse with housing and improvements thereof A female fuse includes two female terminal portions and a fuse link with a skived region. The fuse link can have first and second ends with first and second pellet regions, each pellet region having a pellet hole therein, the first and second pellet regio... | 07/27/1999 |
| 5883561 | Secondary short preventing mechanism of fuse A secondary short preventing mechanism of a fuse is constituted by a pair of female terminal members in which male terminal receiving portions are formed at their longitudinally one ends respectively so that the male terminal receiving portions are to be ... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5854583 | Automotive-type fuse for large currents Automotive-type fuse for large currents, in which a generally rectangular metal strip of tin-plated zinc, with a central portion shaped to form a conductor of smaller conducting cross section, is provided, at each of its opposite ends, with a circular hol... | 12/29/1998 |
| 5623597 | Secure data storage system for a computer wherein a heat transfer apparatus cools a data storage unit in a fireproof safe in absence of a fire and ceases transfer in the event of a fire A secure data storage system for a computer has a data storage system with a data interface to the computer mounted on a heat sink structure within a fireproof enclosure. A heat transfer system connected to the heat sink structure and to a wall of the fir... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5300912 | Electrical cutout for high voltage power lines An electrical cutout with a modular product design is provided with a constructional configuration for the insulator wherein the insulator is light in weight, has sufficient mechanical strength, can be readily injection molded, and wherein the creep dista... | 04/05/1994 |
| 4947148 | Electrical cut-off device A horizontally mounted electrical cut-out device is provided. The device includes an insulator electrically isolating a pair of terminals and a fuse assembly comprising a fuse carrier housing a fuse element removably connected between the terminals. The f... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4870387 | Beam strengthened cutout insulator An improved, integrally cast, synthetic resin insulator (22) especially adapted for use in an electrical cutout device (20) is provided which can be readily fabricated and gives greatly enhanced beam strength and arc track resistance characteristics. The ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4480245 | Electric cutout An electrical cutout having a support insulator with a line terminal and fuse support assembly at each end, each of which includes a line terminal, a fuse support element and means for their support on the insulator and also includes a contact element mor... | 10/30/1984 |
| 4414527 | Contact assembly for a fuse cutout An improved cutout which accepts a fuse tube of standard length, which is less costly to manufacture and which exhibits improved performance, has an offset, rather than a straight, recoil bar. The offset positions the end of the recoil bar closer to the s... | 11/08/1983 |
