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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7119653 | Fuse element A fuse element is formed integrally from a conductive metal plate such that two narrow portions are formed side by side between a pair of electrical connection portions. The narrow portions each assume an arch shape and constitute a parallel conductive path. Arch-sh... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7024737 | Method for producing an electronic or electrical component with a plastic-passivated surface A simple method for passivation of a component is presented which is particularly suitable for processing high-viscosity plastics. The component is arranged in a preproduced plastic body and is connected to the body. This method is proposed for the production of a p... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6967560 | Blade fuse A compact fuse (1) for an automobile is provided. The fuse is formed by a fuse element (2) and an insulative housing (3) having a cutaway portion (8). The fuse element includes two base plates (4) and a melting portion (5) c... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6853289 | Fuse handle for fused disconnect switch A fuse comprises a housing assembly, at least one primary fuse link extending within the housing assembly, at least a pair of fuse terminals connected to the primary fuse link and extending from the housing assembly, and a retractable handle assembly coupled to the ... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6784783 | Compact fused disconnect switch A fused disconnect switch includes at least one switch housing assembly having a housing defining a fuse receptacle and first and second terminal contact assemblies extending therefrom. At least one of the first and second contact assemblies is a bullet contact asse... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6759938 | Fuse link assembly and layout method therefor A fuse circuit (11) having a plurality of terminals (22, 23) provided on a common joint plate (21) and a fuse circuit (11′) having a plurality of terminals (22′, 23′) provided on a common joint plate (21′) are incorp... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6753755 | Electrical safety connector fuse An electrical safety connector fuse for insertion into a two- or three-pin electrical socket comprises a sealed, tamper-proof housing having live and neutral apertures, and live and neutral receptacles for receiving the prongs of a plug, live and neutral prongs for ... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6650222 | Modular fuseholder A fuseholder includes a main housing configured for receiving a plurality of cartridge fuses, a fuse drawer configured for slidable insertion into the main housing, and a handle coupled to the drawer for opening the drawer to release fuses from the main h... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6522234 | Plug-in fuse A plug-in fuse 200 comprises a body 201 with side indented portions 203 which allow secure gripping by the thumb and finger of a hand. The side indented portions define upper and lower extended portions 319, 321 allowing insertion and retraction forces to... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6457995 | Vehicle fuse block extenders The fuse block extenders are made up of a shell (10), (10a), (10b), (10c), (10d), (10e) enclosing a bus electrode (11), circuit electrode (12), (12a), electrode base(s) (13), (13a), (13b) and accessory electrode(s) (17), (17a), (17b), (17c). Some models h... | 10/01/2002 |
| 5977859 | Multielectrode type fuse element and multielectrode type fuse using the same A multielectrode type fuse element manufactured by forming a shallow shaving portion 1 of a definite width in the long fuse material 9 in a longitudinal direction so as to form a thin area 2, punching from portions of the thin area 2 dependently on electr... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5894258 | Structure of combination type fusible plugs The invention disclosed an improved structure for combination type fusible plugs, comprising a shell and two individual plug seats that can respectively combine with conductor copper blades, fuses, and electrical wires and then be housed inside the shell ... | 04/13/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5859580 | Service plug having male and female terminals permanently coupled to the service plug for closing a protected circuit A service plug includes a circuit accommodating body that has circuit terminals internally arranged therein, the circuit terminals being connected to end portions of an open electric circuit; and a plug main body that has a fuse and that is fitted with th... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5798683 | Waterproof fuse plug including a safety fuse door & a fuse pick An improved fuse plug is provided. The fuse plug includes a housing, a pair of first and second fuse chambers formed in opposite side of the housing, a first blade directly connected with a first cord, a second blade indirectly connected with a second cor... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5745023 | Fuse element having low melting point curved surface metal and clamping pieces with projections A fuse element which includes a substantially beltlike fusible body for electrically connecting a pair of connecting terminal portions to each other, the connecting terminal portions connected to an electric circuit, a low-melting-point metal piece clampe... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5745024 | Fuse element for slow-blow fuses For providing a fuse element for slow-blow fuses which uses no separate endothermic member, a fuse element for slow-blow fuses in which wings are formed on both sides of slender element portions connecting top ends of a pair of female terminals by way of ... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5668521 | Three piece female blade fuse assembly having fuse link terminal with a clip receiving portion A female fuse assembly has a fuse housing, and first and second fuse-link terminals. Each fuse-link terminal includes a clip-receiving portion, and first and second clip abutments. The female fuse assembly also includes a fuse link connected between the f... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5457445 | Safety plug for electrical appliances Disclosed is a safety plug for electrical appliances and mainly includes an upper casing, a lower casing, two pole pins, a cylindrical cartridge fuse and a fuse terminal. The upper casing and the lower casing are slidably and detachably connected with eac... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5409402 | Plug-in fuse device with interchangeable fuse elements A plug-in fuse device can be handled without special tools and permits convenient replacement of a burnt-out fuse element. The device has a rigid housing with a pair of plug portions. Each plug portion is shaped to plug into a socket and carries a fuse as... | 04/25/1995 |
| 5398015 | Delay breaking fuse An inexpensive delay-breaking fuse which assures that when an electric current having an intensity in excess of a value representing a steady-state current such as a motor lock electric current or the like flows through the delay-breaking fuse, durability... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5373278 | Flat fuse for high rated currents Blade type plug-in fuse for high nominal currents. It is of the type comprising a case (1) in which is partially housed a conductive unit (5, 6, 9, 10) provided with two flat connection terminal blades (5, 6) whose free ends (7) are situated outside the case, ... | 12/13/1994 |
| 5346411 | Tap-in blade fuse A tap-in blade fuse is disclosed. A first embodiment comprises a plastic transparent body with two terminal blades on one side for use with an electrical fuse panel/box in an automobile. The other side of the body has an accessory blade extending from the... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5239282 | Electrical blade fuse The electrical blade fuse is sealed at both the bottom and the top so that the fuse material, once melted, cannot become dislodged to short out other electrical circuits or to short out the terminals of the fuse itself. A cap of the fuse encloses the fuse... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5229739 | Automotive high current fuse A fuse for handling normal load currents substantially in excess of about 80 amps, the fuse comprising a metal portion formed of an integral piece of metal having outermost, spaced terminal-forming portions with bolt-anchoring holes therein and a fuse lin... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5101187 | Subminiature fuse and method of manufacturing same A subminiature fuse has a housing in which more than one enclosed arc-extinguishing chambers are in series provided with partitions inbetween and one or more than one small hole communicating with the more than one arc-extinguishing chambers in series are... | 03/31/1992 |
| 4998086 | Fuse assembly and method of manufacture An electrical fuse assembly has a dielectric housing and a fuse terminal which is stamped and formed from metal stock having the appropriate electrical characteristics. The fuse terminal has blade portions which are made from metal stock which has been fo... | 03/05/1991 |
| 4986767 | Blade fuse power tap A connector for tapping power from a flat blade miniature plug-in fuse which includes a clamp which is of a size to engage the top portion of the fuse and an electrical terminal element which is carried by the clamp so as to be selectively urged into elec... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4944697 | Automotive fuse connector An automotive fuse is provided that allows connection of an external electrical device. The fuse has a hollow housing into which fit two electrical contacts, both having a conventional flat connector on one end. One of the contacts has a female spade type... | 07/31/1990 |
| 4884050 | Blade terminal tap fuse An electrically tappable miniature fuse which includes a housing from which the first ends of a pair of parallel blade terminals extend for engaging the contact elements in a fuse box or panel and where in at least one of the blade terminals includes a se... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4831353 | Cable fuse An automobile fuse (10) for use in extreme temperature conditions such as the engine compartment of an automobile. Fuse (10) is a blade-type fuse with loads (42, 44) on fusible element (40) providing time delay characteristics to match the insulation dama... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4827238 | Reversible blade terminal fuses Miniature plug-in fuses which include a first active pair of generally parallel blade contact elements which are connected by a first fuse link and a second spare pair of generally parallel blade contact elements which are oriented oppositely of the first... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4751490 | Fuse terminal A fuse terminal comprising a fusible conductor formed of a Cu alloy having a conductivity of 20--less than 60% (IACS), the fusible conductor being formed with a narrow fuse portion at an intermediate position, and a pair of connection terminals formed at ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4751489 | Subminiature fuses A subminiature fuse comprising two terminals, a substrate, a fusible conductor, ceramic coating, a second coating and a unitary housing. A ceramic substrate 80 plated at both ends is inserted into fingers (70) in terminal, a fusible wire element 10 is str... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4682140 | Miniature plug in fuse Small plug-in electrical fuses, e.g., for automotive use are formed with a fusible link portion which is partially cut but with the walls of the cut in substantial electrical contact with each other and opposite ends of each link rigidly supported. Initia... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4670729 | Electrical fuse An automotive blade-type fuse has an enlarged transparent extraction flange. The flange is configured as a thin-wall structure having a cavity therein running substantially its entire length. The fuse terminal blades are captively secured in a housing to ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4628293 | Sub-miniature fuse A sub-miniature fuse comprises a plastic base, and two conductors passing through the base and being bridged by a fuse wire soldered to the conductors. For obtaining a reliable fixture of the fuse wire to the conductors a fuse wire holder is formed on eac... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4612529 | Subminiature fuse A subminiature fuse is disclosed comprising two terminals, a substrate, a fusible conductor, and a unitary housing. The unitary housing is sealed and provides increased mechanical strength, thus reducing the risk of a catastrophic failure of the fuse. The... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4604602 | Plug-in fuse assembly with stackable housing A plug-in fuse assembly comprising a housing made of insulating material and includes upwardly extending side walls bridged by upwardly extending end walls, and a conductive plug-in fuse element secured in the housing. The conductive plug-in fuse element ... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4604601 | Electric plug fuse with corrugated element An electric plug fuse of the type wherein one end of the fusible element is retained in a channel between the insulating body of the fuse and an outer metal shell is provided with a geometrically configured fusible element which allows extremely thin elem... | 08/05/1986 |
