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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7740504 | Fuse and power circuit breaker including the same A power circuit breaker having a simple structure with a small number of components is provided. The power circuit breaker includes: a circuit receiver which receives a pair of circuit terminals connected to an end of an opened power circuit; and a plug body having ... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7601030 | Method and apparatus for directly mounting fuses to transformer terminals A transformer which includes a primary winding having a plurality of primary winding taps, and a secondary winding having a plurality of secondary winding taps. A core is included on which the primary winding and the secondary winding are mounted. The primary windin... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7410377 | Electrical mains plug and sockets system A plug and socket system for electrical coupling of mains power, and safety socket cap devices are disclosed. The devices are an in line plug device FIG. 2 with a removable Semi hollow plug spigot 6 that houses removable electrical pin means 9/10 | 08/12/2008 |
| 7249976 | Electrical plug, receptacle and switch A combination electrical plug, receptacle and switch includes a cylindrical plug portion in which is inserted a cylindrical receptacle portion. The plug portion may be plugged into a conventional electrical socket. An electrical appliance or device may be plugged in... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7232775 | Connector body for a lead attachment retrofit arrangement A retrofit arrangement for attacking an electrical lead to a terminal has a body consisting of a conductive central portion and a non-conductive portion substantially surrounding the central portion. ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7140920 | Electric plug An electric plug includes: a housing; a mounting seat mounted in the housing and having two opposite side walls, a U-shaped transverse wall interconnecting the side walls and defining a resistor-receiving recess, and a partition wall cooperating with the side walls ... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7135954 | Circuit breaker for electric coupling device An electric coupling device includes a housing having a front socket opening and a rear chamber formed by two side wall. Two prongs are disposed in the socket opening of the housing and each has a free end extended out of the housing, and two conductor terminals are... | 11/14/2006 |
| 6652321 | Waterproof safety plug A waterproof safety plug includes a shell body, an inserting core, a valve, a fuse, a rectangular concaved body and a conducting tab; the upper and the lower aspects of the receiving chamber of the shell body are disposed with a v-shaped rib and an invert... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6616484 | Plug with a fuse A plug has a plug casing, an inner tube received in the plug casing and having two recesses oppositely defined in a top of the inner tube to receive therein a first blade and a second blade, a fuse tube having therein a spring, a fuse retainer with legs e... | 09/09/2003 |
| 4834664 | Safety end-connector used for extension cord An improved safety end-connector used for extension cord includes: a circuit protection fuse, a detachable fuse box for easy inspection and replacement, two lead-in wires clamped firmly by a tail clamp of a base, a plurality of pairs of socket openings ea... | 05/30/1989 |
| 4799898 | Fused plug The present invention relates to a plug with an integral fuse which is to be inserted into a conventional outlet of a power supply, e.g., an A.C. outlet having openings to accept the two plug's two terminals. It has heretofore been known to provide plugs ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4759730 | Polarized fuseholder assembly A fuseholder assembly includes a two pole fuseholder having load side and line side sections housing a pair of inline fuses which connect respective load and line side terminals, and a breakaway receptacle that releasably joins the line side terminals to ... | 07/26/1988 |
| 4679884 | Fused electrical plug A fused electrical plug for interconnecting appliances with a power supply (such as a conventional wall outlet). The plug includes at least neutral and positive terminal posts and may includes a ground terminal. The plug also includes a first body portion... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4679877 | Electric plug with snap-fitted housing components An electric plug has registering housing shells which interlock when pressed together by way of flexible legs with locking feet on one of the shells which pass through passages in the other shell. These legs deflect while the feet pass through the passage... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4671597 | Power indicator light An improved female electrical receptacle connected to an electrical power extension cord has a power indicator light to signal that the extension cord has power.... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4659161 | Adapter plug for personal computers An adapter body for connection between an appliance, such as a personal computer, having a recessed male plug, comprising a body having a recessed male electrical connection and a boss portion forming a female electrical connection and a plurality of surf... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4500160 | Electrical connector device A connector device for placement between a female electrical outlet and a male plug including a housing having a first end wall with a post thereon mounting a tubular member, a pair of combined elongated prongs and prong receptacles mounted on the tubular... | 02/19/1985 |
| 4443050 | Electrical interconnectors An electrical interconnector, e.g. a male pin plug, comprises electrical connector members and associated terminals which are formed from sheet metal. The terminals include at least one (1) tooth adapted to pierce the insulation to make contact with the c... | 04/17/1984 |
| 4345223 | Fuseless safety magnetic plug A fuseless safety magnetic plug has a housing structure divided into a base and a cover, a pair of wire coupling devices, a magnetic device for preventing the plug from overloading, and two prongs for making electrical connections. The wire coupling devic... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4330167 | Fused electric plug A fused electric plug is consisted of a unique housing assembly, two unique fuse elements and an upper cover. Two unique copper plates having three leg elements are mounted respectively in the housing assembly, and the fuse elements are put on the housing... | 05/18/1982 |
| 4309068 | Fused plug assembly with spare fuse elements A fused electrical plug assembly is provided having a plug body with a fuse socket between projecting prongs, and a push-in fuse unit is received in the fuse socket. The fuse unit has an exposed enlarged head for gripping to remove the unit and has one op... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4309069 | Fused plug assembly with fuse unit having spare fuse elements A fused electrical plug assembly is provided having a plug body with a fuse socket between projecting prongs, and a push-in fuse unit is received in the fuse socket. The fuse unit has a pair of active fuse elements on one side and a spare pair on another ... | 01/05/1982 |
| 4284319 | Crimp fuse A fused plug wherein at least one wire of a line cord is connected to a prong member by means of a fuse assembly in which one end of a length of fuse wire or other fuse material is electrically connected as by soldering or crimping to a portion of the lin... | 08/18/1981 |
| 4274698 | Fused electric plug with snap-fitted body parts A fused electric plug has its housing made up by a pair of body shells and a slide door which can each be injection molded of a rigid thermoplastic material and yet will all snap-fit together and remain locked in position with a pair of conductor prongs h... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4196409 | Multiple fuse device A multiple fuse device having a multiple fuse assembly within the device rotatable about an axis in fixed directions through at least a certain predetermined angle and having at least two rotational positions in which at least one fresh fuse is connected ... | 04/01/1980 |
| 4176902 | Method for fusing male plug at end of power line cord A fused plug having the line cord wires terminating within the plug and a fuse link inside the plug between each wire and an associated plug prong.... | 12/04/1979 |
| 4080039 | Fusable electrical plug An electrical power plug having a fuse positioned within the plug housing. The fuse is formed from an elongated plastic fuse holder having a wire fuse element extending through each end. One end of the fuse holder contacts a planar contact plate which is ... | 03/21/1978 |
| 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 |
