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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 6995648 | Fuse barrier and power circuit employing the same A power circuit includes a first low voltage power bus, a second low voltage power bus, a fuse electrically connected between the first low voltage power bus and the second low voltage power bus, and a fuse barrier. The fuse has a non-interrupted state and an interr... | 02/07/2006 |
| 5825274 | Fusible link A fusible link includes a housing which is made of insulating resin, the housing has an opening through which a fuse element is inserted into the housing, a fuse element having a pair of connecting terminal sections and a fusible body connected between th... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5781094 | 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 ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 4894633 | Fuse Apparatus An electrical fuse for mounting on a circuit board. The fuse has a housing member with terminal members engaging a fuse element intended to interrupt an external electrical circuit coupled with the terminal members upon an occurence of a fault condition i... | 01/16/1990 |
| 4871990 | Cartridge fuse To provide a novel cartridge fuse which can prevent the melted fuse member ends from being shorted together after the fuse member has been blown out and to firmly hold terminal members connected by a fuse member within a housing, the cartridge fuse compri... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4656453 | Cartridge fuse with two arc-quenching end plugs A cartridge fuse has a pair of compressed, resilient plugs in opposed ends of a passageway passing through the fuse housing. The compressed material of the plugs engages and holds the fuse filament in slight tension along the length of the passageway and ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4563809 | Fuse with centered fuse filament and method of making the same An improved cartridge fuse has resilient plugs at opposite ends of the fuse housing through which extend a centered fuse filament held in tension by the defining walls of a plug passage hugging the fuse filament to maintain such tension. The fuse filament... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4025146 | Electrical connection devices An electrical connection device comprises a body portion provided with female terminal elements and matching male terminal elements connected, respectively, to the corresponding female terminal elements. One of the male terminal elements is connected to t... | 05/24/1977 |