Did You Know...
...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7663466 | Corner-mounted battery fuse A fuse device for fitting over and around a corner of a battery housing has a top wall and two side walls extending downward from the top wall. The side walls are joined at a corner. A battery terminal for mechanical and electrical attachment to a battery post is pr... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7532102 | Fuse cap for a blade fuse The blade fuse comprises a fuse body, a pair of significantly parallel blades connecting the fuse body and partially extending thereof to form electric connections, and a blade box for receiving the fuse body and the parallel blades. ... | 05/12/2009 |
| 7417848 | Multiple height, high density horizontal low voltage motor control center A reduced form factor component support is provided for motor control centers and similar packaged electrical systems. The reduced form factor component support may be used with smaller components, such as small motor starters, motor drives, and so forth. Electrical... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7358845 | Cable limiter and crab limiter employing replaceable fusible element A cable limiter includes a main body having a cavity. The cavity of the main body is structured to receive a replaceable fusible element. An annunciator is housed by the main body. The annunciator is structured to annunciate status of the replaceable fusible element... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7348872 | Fuse having a plurality of configurable thermal ceilings A fuse having a plurality of configurable thermal ceilings. The fuse includes a housing, a first conductive cap, a second conductive cap, a plurality of conductive elements extending through the housing, and a conductive connector that is electrically coupled to a c... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7301433 | Fuse and truck cable assembly for a rail vehicle third rail current collector A fuse and truck cable assembly for a rail vehicle third rail current collector comprising a truck cable, a cable-engaging element, a fuse canister, a canister closure, a fuse contact element, and a flexible gland arranged so that the fuse can be replaced in the fus... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301432 | Fusing terminal device A fusible link device comprising a housing that contains terminals for terminating incoming/outgoing wires, and that also contains a fusible link that interconnects a pair of the terminals in series, the fusible link device providing a self-contained unit/module for... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7042327 | Alloy type thermal fuse and wire member for a thermal fuse element An alloy type thermal fuse is provided in which a ternary Sn—In—Bi alloy is used, the operating temperature belongs to the range of 130 to 170° C., the overload characteristic and the dielectric breakdown characteristic are excellent, the insulation stability a... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6985065 | Mounting device for laminated fuses The present invention provides for a device allowing the mounting of laminated fuses onto a fuse support using a preferably square washer that is positionally held by a plurality of stops incorporated into said fuse support. The plurality of stops and square washer ... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6963264 | Alloy type thermal fuse and wire member for a thermal fuse element The invention relates to an alloy type thermal fuse and a wire member for a thermal fuse element, and provides an alloy type thermal fuse in which a fuse element does not contain a harmful metal, the operating temperature is about 150° C., the dispersion of the ope... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6624354 | Vehicle electrical junction box The junction box according to the invention includes a housing defined by a lower case and an upper case. A busbar substrate disposed within the housing includes a plurality of busbar substrates. The pier assembly is disposed on at least one of the lower ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6456188 | Connecting structure of a fuse link and external terminals A connecting structure of a fuse link 21 and external terminals 22,23 is provided, wherein a terminal connecting nut 27 is screwed to a male threaded portion 26 projecting through a metallic fuse member 25 of the fuse link 21 retained in a setting portion... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6046665 | Fusible link, and link and cable assembly An improved cable assembly for electrical overload protection, the cable assembly having a first cable, a second cable, a fusible link, and a protective housing. The first and second cables have a protective covering and an end portion extending past the ... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5438310 | Fuse box A fuse box for distributing current derived from a battery through a plurality of fuses, includes a main power source box to be connected to the battery, a sub-power source box to be integrated with the main power source box, mechanical coupling for mecha... | 08/01/1995 |
| 4842534 | Fuse/bus bar assembly A fuse/bus bar assembly for use in automotive applications has a one-piece bus bar member of highly conductive material, a fixed terminal mounted on the bus bar, and a discrete terminal spaced from the fixed terminal, and a fuse plug connecting the discre... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4721862 | Auxiliary fuse block An auxiliary fuse block for use with an automotive electrical system having a battery and an integral fuse block including, in combination, a housing of electrically non-conductive material having disposed therein an electrically conducting bus bar and a ... | 01/26/1988 |
| 4710593 | Geophone cable splice and method A method and apparatus of making a splice in a geophone cable for providing a weatherproof cable splice with maximum cable break strength. The ends of each of the cables are soldered to a printed circuit board to provided the necessary cable strength. The... | 12/01/1987 |
| 4536822 | Electric circuit interrupter and associated mounting An electric circuit interrupter and associated mounting comprises an elongated support element of insulating material mounted for swinging movement about a fixed pivot and having a pair of movable contacts mounted thereon and engageable with fixedly mount... | 08/20/1985 |
| 4336520 | Method and apparatus for short circuit protection of high voltage distribution systems A trip-free vacuum circuit breaker is disclosed in which one or more vacuum switches are closed and opened by a second toggle mechanism which is controlled by a first toggle mechanism, and a solenoid operated linkage moves the fixed pivot points of the se... | 06/22/1982 |
| 4172246 | Electric fuse for bolt or clip mounting An electric fuse includes a cylindrical insulating housing with conductive terminal caps at opposing ends of the housing. Conductive ferrules are adjacent the terminal caps and electrically connected thereto. At least one main fusible element is disposed ... | 10/23/1979 |
| 3953818 | Externally bussed, encapsulated current limiting fuse for pad mounted transformers A rigid, unitary, externally mounted combination bus bar and current interrupter especially adapted for protecting pad-mounted transformers from the effects of fault currents is provided which precludes catastrophic transformer failures by ensuring that a... | 04/27/1976 |
