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 |
| 7855873 | Panelboard for fusible switching disconnect devices A panelboard for fusible switching disconnect devices. The panelboard includes a chassis coupled to a mounting enclosure, The mounting enclosure can be used indoors or outdoors. The chassis is configured to receive one or more fusible switching disconnect devices. E... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7450369 | Safety switch with integrated auxiliary power supply and convenience receptacle An enclosed switching apparatus includes an enclosure and a primary power supply disconnect mounted in the enclosure. The primary power supply disconnect has first and second terminals, the first terminals are electrically connectable to a primary power source and t... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7400493 | Circuit breaking link status detection and reporting circuit Certain embodiments provide a circuit breaking link status and reporting system. The system includes a power source and a circuit breaking link in communication therewith. An electrical outlet is in interruptible power supply communication with the circuit breaking ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7355502 | Direct relay connection to a fusible link An assembly provides a direct electrical connection between a relay and a fusible link on the surface of a vehicle junction block. A fuse housing for the fusible link has a first, female terminal located near a top portion of the fuse housing. The first terminal is ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355503 | Fuse switch Fuse switch having a housing for receiving contacts and a fuse holder, which has a receptacle for a fuse element, and which is mounted in the housing such that it can pivot between at least one first and one second operating position, in which the housing receives a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355859 | DC power port in a rack A direct current (DC) power port is included in a rack to provide DC power to electrical equipment external to the rack. ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7321286 | Electrical junction box In order to readily remove a fusible link fastened by a bolt from an electrical junction box, an electrical junction box includes a bus bar made of an electrical conductive metallic plate and that has an input terminal section, a plurality of output terminal section... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7292433 | Adjustment assembly for back-to-back enclosures, and back-to-back enclosure assembly employing the same An adjustment assembly adjustably couples enclosures, such as a meter breaker panelboard and a load distribution panelboard, in a back-to-back configuration within a structure, such as a wall. The adjustment assembly includes a first end member at or about the top e... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7196900 | Adaptable rack mountable power distribution apparatus Embodiments of a power distribution apparatus that is adaptable to be readily mounted within a variety of differing types of electronic equipment racks are herein described. One such embodiment provides power distribution apparatus having an upper mounting adapter. ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188805 | Continuous power bus for seat power A power distribution system having a continuous power bus to supply power and/or data to aircraft passenger seats in a mobile platform. The power distribution system generally includes a bus strip that extends along a length of the passenger cabin and a connector op... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7161092 | Apparatus and method for protecting an electronic circuit The present invention provides in one embodiment, a system for encapsulating a substrate on a vehicle structure. The system includes the substrate, the vehicle structure and a package substrate. The substrate has a top portion and a bottom portion. The vehicle struc... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7158370 | Integrated battery fusing device An integrated battery fusing device for a battery system of the type used as a backup for powering telecommunications equipment. The fusing device includes a fusing assembly and a terminal plate arrangement that integrally mounts the fusing assembly to the battery s... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7116550 | Electrical circuit apparatus with fuse access section An electrical apparatus has an elongated housing with fuses located therein. Windows are provided in the housing to close apertures in registration with fuse locations to allow access to fuses by removing the window. Fuses may be carried on a circuit card removably ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 6998954 | Fused electrical disconnect device A fused electrical disconnect device comprises a housing and line and load connectors extending from one side of the housing. A line buss is disposed within the housing and is electrically connected to the line connector. A load buss is also disposed within the hous... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6922332 | Electric connection box An electric connection box includes upper and lower cases which accommodate therein bus bars, an insulator for the bus bars, fuses, and first relays. A relay module mounted with second relays is accommodated in the upper and lower cases. The electric connection box ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6753754 | Variably fusable power distribution block kit A novel power block distribution block kit is disclosed. The blocks may use MAXI or AUG, or other types of commercially available type fuses. The present invention discloses a variably fusable power distribution block kit that permits custom configuration of the fus... | 06/22/2004 |
| 6727797 | Fuse combination unit with maintained locking A fused switch unit (1) is provided with a housing (2) in which a fuse plug (10) is arranged such that it can pivot to and fro between a switched-off position and a switched-on position. The fuse plug (10) has a grip part (11) and ... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6724627 | Power distributor for a vehicle and production method thereof In the power distributor using a semiconductor switching element, input terminals 10I and 10L, output terminals 12A-12J, connected to the element, and more preferably, the board terminals 30 and 32, are structured by a metal... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6724291 | Door sensing fuse block with side extending rotary disconnect A fuse block for cabinet mounting provides a shaft that may exit a side of the cabinet to be received by a handle mounted on that side. A finger attached to the inner cabinet door provides for an interlock by engaging with a bolt communicating with the shaft prevent... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6717076 | Integrated medium voltage motor control center A medium voltage controller for electrical equipment, having cast fuse holders, a disconnect switch, a switch illuminator, low power current transformers, and an optical temperature measuring system. The fuse holder includes a cast housing with smooth rounded surfac... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6707369 | Power distributing box and power-device module In a casing (2), there are accommodated a power-source side bus-bar (5) connected to a power source, a plurality of load side bus-bars (7) having respective terminals connected to respective electrical loads, a plurality of power devices (8 | 03/16/2004 |
| 6671169 | Power converter with direct voltage and alternating voltage buses The invention relates to a power converter comprising several semiconductors (1) and direct voltage and alternating voltage buses (8/9, 4) for electric contact between the direct and alternating voltage connections (3, 2) of the power semiconductors (1). ... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6587028 | Fused disconnect switch A fused disconnect switch assembly includes a switch housing assembly and a pull out fuse assembly. The switch housing assembly includes a housing defining a fuse receptacle, first and second terminal contacts within the housing and located adjacent the f... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6545861 | High voltage distribution box with pre-molded lead frame A vehicle high voltage electrical distribution box including a housing and a lead frame assembly. The lead frame assembly is located in the housing. The lead frame assembly includes bus bars and an over molded frame which has been over molded onto the bus... | 04/08/2003 |
| 6459353 | Housing for fused switch The present invention relates to a fused switch housing (1) suited to accommodate at least one fuse adapter (2) having a first and a second contact surface (10). The fused switch housing (1) comprises a first and a second set of terminals (15) for respect... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6456203 | Power distribution panel with modular elements A power distribution panel having circuit elements such as KTK and GMT fuses removably mounted to a unit housing by means of module members, thereby allowing for ease of customization of the circuit elements of the power distribution panel.... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6456187 | Breaker apparatus A breaker apparatus comprises: a breaker switch including a pair of fixed electrodes standing upright on the breaker body, a plug detachably mounted on the breaker body, and a movable electrode provided on the plug for disconnecting and connecting between... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6407656 | Breaker device In the breaker device, a pair of stationary electrodes 20, 21 are arranged on the front and the rear side of the protruding wall 18, that is, the pair of stationary electrodes 20, 21 are collected at one place. Therefore, the pair of stationary electrodes... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6396380 | Electrical fuse box for motor vehicles A fuse box for motor vehicles includes a housing that is adapted to contain electrical fuses mounted to a common busbar for connecting one end of the fuses directly to a pole of an electric battery in the vehicle. The housing includes lateral surfaces for... | 05/28/2002 |
| 6366449 | Power supply shut-off apparatus A power supply shut-off apparatus includes a service plug 2 detachably mounted to a plug mounting portion 14 provided in an apparatus body 1, and the power supply-side switches between a conduction state and a nonconduction state between a load-side bus b... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6333845 | Power-supply breaker apparatus A power-supply breaker apparatus of the present invention includes a fuse provided between a power supply and a load in an electric circuit, an apparatus main body for housing the fuse, a first bus bar whose one end is fixed to one fuse terminal of the fu... | 12/25/2001 |
| 6326878 | Fuse holder A fuse holder includes a base panel, a plurality of conducting blocks mounted on the base panel, a plurality of electric wires respectively connected to the conducting blocks, and a plurality of cartridge fuses respectively connected in parallel between t... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6327140 | Power-supply breaker apparatus A power-supply breaker apparatus of the present invention includes a fuse provided between a power supply and a load in an electric circuit, an apparatus main body for housing the fuse, a pair of main body side terminals, a plug housing chamber for housin... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6317312 | Power-supply breaker apparatus A power-supply breaker apparatus of the present invention includes a fuse provided between a power supply and a load in an electric circuit, an apparatus main body for housing the fuse, a first bus bar whose one end is fixed to one fuse terminal of the fu... | 11/13/2001 |
| 6245994 | High impact-resistant fuse box An apparatus, such as a fuse box structure, containing circuitry capable of receiving and processing a current having a power of at least 0.1 megawatts, and associated method of fabrication, for use with a vehicle such as a railed vehicle, or with a stati... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6215636 | Device for supplying electric power to several parallel-fed circuits, and method for making same The device comprises a busbar (1') connected, on the one hand, to the source of electrical energy and, on the other hand, to a plurality of electrical contacts (3'i) each forming part of one of the circuits. According to the invention, several self-resett... | 04/10/2001 |
| 6075435 | Air conditioner disconnect A disconnect box is provided in the present invention that has a rear wall and perimetrically bounding side walls connected thereto. A line wire and a load wire are received in the disconnect box, which comprises a line terminal mounted in the disconnect ... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6031446 | Combination fuse clip and line terminal connection device A single piece fuse clip and switch blade contact receptacle is provided for use with an electrical switch, which may be a safety switch. The present invention provides an apparatus which eliminates the need for multiple connections, and which consolidate... | 02/29/2000 |
| 5982267 | Fuse holder for distribution transformers The present invention provides a fuse holder for supporting a plurality of fuses for electrical distribution equipment such as a distribution transformer. The fuse holder comprises a first end plate attached to a first distal end of the fuses; and a secon... | 11/09/1999 |
