Did You Know...
...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7705706 | Plug with replaceable fuse A plug with a replaceable fuse is provided. The plug includes an outer housing, an inner core, a pair of prongs and a pair of conductive cords. The outer housing includes a fuse uninstall button opening and an inner core install opening. The inner core is installed ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7420453 | Fusible link unit A fusible link unit is provided with a first alternator terminal including a screw hole configured to be connected with an opposite terminal with a screw, a second alternator terminal including a connector configured to be connected with an opposite connector, a bat... | 09/02/2008 |
| 5818321 | Fuse with secondary short-circuit prevention mechanism There is disclosed a fuse with a secondary short-circuit prevention mechanism in which a melting portion, when melted, will not be brought into an unstably supported-condition, thereby positively preventing the melting portion from being again short-circu... | 10/06/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5739739 | Fuse structure A fuse including a fusible link element having a pair of terminal portions and a fusible portion through which the terminal portions are connected to each other, the terminal portions having upward locking pieces at upper corners thereof, a housing for re... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5631620 | Fusible link and method of assembling same There is disclosed a fusible link which obviates the need for a spacer for supporting a fuse element. An insulative housing includes an integral bottom wall through which at least one pair of through holes are formed. A fuse element extends through these ... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5629664 | Blade fuse with bifurcated gripping pieces Bifurcated gripping pieces, each having a clearance in a thickness direction of a terminal, are projected from inner edge portions of respective terminals so as to confront each other. An inserting opening of an inserting space is made on a lower surface ... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5581225 | One-piece female blade fuse with housing A female fuse assembly includes a female fuse and a housing. The female fuse includes a first and a second female terminal portion each having a face portion which includes a first end, a second end, a first side, and a second side, includes a first clamp... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5416461 | Fusible link Disclosed is a fusible link which assures that a fuse element is completely and firmly received in a housing without any occurrence of incorrect contact of a male terminal with an opponent female terminal. Lances slantwise extending from a fuse element re... | 05/16/1995 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4798546 | Bifurcated fuse clip A novel fuse holder for a fuse as described for a fuse of the type having two generally flat, parallel spaced apart, oppositely disposed electrical contacts. The fuse holder comprises an insulating block and a fuse clip which is formed from a single strip... | 01/17/1989 |
| 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 |
| 4496929 | Low current indicating fuse An indicating fuse is provided with an indicator at the free end of a movable spring contact, the indicator being located at an angle with respect to the plane of the spring contact. Provision is made for lower rated fusing currents utilizing the same bas... | 01/29/1985 |
| 4386335 | Electric plug type fuse An electric plug type fuse. The hollow glass body thereof contains a strip-like spring conductively connected to the bottom contact in the insulating tip of the fuse. Said spring is arcuate and has a center of curvature situated at the side of the spring ... | 05/31/1983 |
| 3984801 | Rejection type fuse clip A fuse clip for cartridge type fuses which permits the insertion of a proper fuse while preventing the insertion of improper fuses. The clip permits the insertion of fuses having an annular groove around one of the end terminals while prohibiting the inse... | 10/05/1976 |
