Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7445480 | Fused elbow terminator and stage-fused transformer loop system A fused elbow terminator is disclosed which includes an elbow connector having a housing and a cable connector disposed within; and a fused pin connected to the cable connector. The fused pin includes an arc follower section, a fuse section and a cable interface sec... | 11/04/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7322847 | 110-style connecting block with balanced insulation displacement contacts An insulation displacement contact (IDC) includes: upper and lower ends, each of the upper and lower ends including a slot configured to receive a conductor therein, the slots being generally parallel and non-collinear; and a transitional area merging with the upper... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323274 | Shutdown separators with improved properties A microporous polyolefin battery separator membrane is extremely high in porosity, high in puncture strength, very low in shrinkage and with shutdown temperature of 130-140 degrees C. and melt integrity greater than 165 degrees C. It is made of UHMWPE having a weigh... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7223115 | Cross-connect systems with connector blocks having balanced insulation displacement contacts An insulation displacement contact (IDC) includes: upper and lower ends, each of the upper and lower ends including a slot configured to receive a conductor therein, the slots being generally parallel and non-collinear; and a transitional area merging with the upper... | 05/29/2007 |
| 6932658 | Fuse holder A fuse holder includes a base, metal conducting blocks mounted on the base at the top for power input/output, each metal conducting block having one or a number of insertion slots and a recessed receiving hole in each insertion slot at one lateral side, arched metal... | 08/23/2005 |
| 6891463 | Mounting structure of fuse connection terminals on board A plurality of fuse connection terminals (10), each having at one end an insertion portion (11) for the insertion of a fuse terminal, and having at the other end a soldering portion (12) for connection to a circuit board (3), are press-fi... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6878004 | Multi-element fuse array The present invention provides a fuse block having a plurality of fuse connections. The fuse connections include an array of embedded terminals that contact the initially provided fuse elements. When one of the fuse elements opens, an operator remakes the open conne... | 04/12/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6488537 | Coupling or plug for a liquid impervious plug connection A contact plug for a fluid-tight plug connection is described, which is provided with shielding, in which a contact support is received. The shielding and the contact support are placed inside a housing. The shielding has a sleeve, which is provided with ... | 12/03/2002 |
| 6394847 | Fuse stab connector for electronic modules A fuse stab connector for electronic modules is described in which a fuse is associated with an electronic module so that the connector for the fuse to a circuit also serves as an electromechanical connector of a module to the fuse, a primary circuit, and... | 05/28/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5808859 | Circuit breaker box A circuit breaker box including a holder base having two wire holder shieldings and pairs of clamping spring plates in the wire holder shieldings, each of the clamping spring plates having a pair of vertical ribs disposed at an inner side, the vertical ri... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5629663 | Disconnection mechanism for a dark current fuse A disconnection mechanism for a dark current fuse provides a connecting terminal connecting the dark current fuse, a fuse block body receiving the connecting terminal, and a fuse holder slidably engaged with the fuse block body in a direction of connectin... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5489885 | Automotive fuse inserting and attaching apparatus An automotive fuse inserting and attaching apparatus that has an aligning portion for aligning automotive fuses to be inserted and attached into a fuse box. The aligned automotive fuses are aligned in the same arrangement they assume when inserted and att... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5488345 | Disconnection mechanism for a dark current fuse A disconnection mechanism for a dark current fuse provides a connecting terminal connecting the dark current fuse, a fuse block body receiving the connecting terminal, and a fuse holder slidably engaged with the fuse block body in a direction of connectin... | 01/30/1996 |
