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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7575487 | Electric connector An electric connector includes: a soldering portion, to be soldered to a substrate, and extending in a first direction; a rising portion, one end of which is connected to one end of the soldering portion, and extending in a second direction perpendicular to the firs... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7241191 | Current bridge A current bridge comprising an oblong support strip that has an end face, and a plurality of contact feet each having a first strip-shaped leg and a second strip-shaped leg. The contact feet extend from the end face of the support strip and are formed integrally wit... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7232335 | K-series watthour meter socket adapter A watthour meter socket adapter carries rigid conductors extending from a connection to jaw contacts in a housing, the conductors mounting the socket adapter between the lower load mounting connections and the upper line mounting connections in a meter fitting to de... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7217162 | Tabular terminal-use female terminal A tabular terminal-use female terminal in which a tabular terminal is inserted is provided, which tabular terminal-use female terminal includes: a pair of elastic holding pieces extending in an insertion direction of the tabular terminal; a holding portion provided ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7201616 | Fuse linked relay A relay including a coil, a yoke having a first yoke leg and a second yoke leg, a first connector terminal being electrically connected to a first contact terminal, a second connector terminal being electrically connected to a second contact terminal via a movable c... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7153157 | Terminal block jumper An electrically insulated body carries one of more jaw members which are mountable over threaded terminals in a meter socket to provide a bypass connection between line and load socket terminals to enable a watthour meter to be removed and reinstalled relative to th... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7086875 | Current-rail adapter A device (10) is shown and described for at least indirectly connecting a light fixture with a power track (11) and having a housing (38) holding at least one angularly movable control shaft (21 or 22) and formed of at least two ho... | 08/08/2006 |
| 7085139 | Surface mountable clip suitable for use in a mobile communication device A mobile communication device includes a printed circuit board (PCB); a radio frequency (RF) transceiver carried on the PCB; and an antenna coupled to the RF transceiver. A surface mountable antenna clip is mounted on the PCB for retaining the antenna. The clip is a... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7026910 | GMR module So that the parts and connections of a component, particularly a Giant Magneto-Resistor, may withstand external forces, a meander group (13M, 14M) with at least one meander element (13.1, . . . , 13.n, 14.1, . . . , 14.n) is positioned in... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6991498 | Spring contact for connectors A spring contact design used to connect varied electrical components to circuit boards such that the components may be installed onto the board and thereafter removed without soldering and desoldering of the component leads is disclosed. The inventive contacts use i... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6905224 | Container having clip type power-supply unit for lamp A container receives lamps each having a lamp tube and a conductive member. The container includes a container body exposing the lamp tube and covering the conductive member, and a clip type power-supply unit holding the conductive member in a clip-coupling manner s... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6837755 | Fuse holder component A fuse holder component includes a bottom plate fixed to a printed board, and first and second side plates whose main body portions individually extend from side edges of the bottom plate. The second side plate includes a suction portion extending through an extensi... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6802748 | Spring contact for connectors A spring contact design used to connect varied electrical components to circuit boards such that the components may be installed onto the board and thereafter removed without soldering and desoldering of the component leads is disclosed. The inventive contacts use i... | 10/12/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6692315 | Fuse holder and fuse holder clip A fuse-holder clip including two lugs designed to define a space for receiving a fuse cartridge with circular cross-section. The lugs are folded along lines parallel to a central axis of the cartridge when the cartridge is placed in the clip such that eac... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6558198 | Fuse device and fuse device connecting structure A fuse device is provided with a plurality of separate fuse main bodies in which fuse terminals and fuse terminals are formed at the opposite ends of fusing elements, and a plurality of connection terminals which are members separate from the fuse main bo... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6551141 | Fuse box A fuse box in which wire distribution blocks each have a receiving chamber and a metal wire clip in the receiving chamber, and tightening up screws are respectively threaded into the wire distribution blocks to compress the respective metal wire clips and... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6530804 | Battery holder A battery holder (1) includes a dielectric housing including a base (20), a pair of upwardly extending end walls (21, 22) at opposite ends of the base, and a pair of upwardly extending side beams (23) located between the end walls to define a receiving sp... | 03/11/2003 |
| 6407657 | Dual use fuse A metallic element for use with a blade fuse or other electrical component, and a blade fuse or other electrical component that includes that metallic element as one of its components. The fuse maybe mounted in a fuseholder having either male terminal rec... | 06/18/2002 |
| 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 |
| 6272000 | Circuit board blade fuse A fuse includes a housing and terminal blades extending therefrom. Each terminal blade includes a stop face, a stop brace, a hold face, and a hold brace. The stop face and stop brace prevent over insertion of the terminal blade through a circuit board and... | 08/07/2001 |
| 6039584 | Electrical power distribution system This invention is directed to an improved electrical power distribution system that provides continuous access for inserting take-off devices and also high current capacity. This invention provides enhanced electrical contact between the busbars and the s... | 03/21/2000 |
| 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 |
| 5879203 | Fuse holder clip A fuse clip is described for securing a fuse to a base and making electrical contact with fuse terminals, comprising a U-shaped contact clip having a bight portion positioned between two opposing legs. The bight portion, which provides a surface adjacent ... | 03/09/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5551894 | Electric junction box An electric junction box including a plurality of conductor holders and fuse holders respectively mounted on a base frame thereof, wherein the conductor holders each has opposite sloping sides sloping downwards outwards; the fuse holders have a respective... | 09/03/1996 |
| 5519586 | Fuse holder assembly having improved fuse clips for mounting on a printed circuit board A fuse holder assembly (100) has a pair of fuse clips (23) which provide electrical connection between a fuse (22) and a circuit in a printed circuit board (15). The fuse holder assembly (100) securely holds a fuse (22) adjacent to an edge of the printed ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5488346 | Connection terminal for fuse A connection terminal includes a pair of connection portions interconnected through a fusion portion, and each of the connection portions is defined by a bottom plate, opposite side plates formed respectively on opposite sides of the bottom plate, and a t... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5391098 | Method of mounting fuse holding clips for a fuse holder A method of mounting fuse holding clips for a fuse holder on a circuit board by such an automatic part inserter as is used for inserting radial parts and comprising a step of inserting a fuse holding clip by the automatic inserter while at least one direc... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5374205 | Fuse holder A fuse bolder used to be mounted on a circuit board for holding a cartridge fuse and comprising a pair of clips each having a stop provided integrally on their clip bodies at an upper end thereof so that the cartridge fuse, when it is inserted into the fu... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5145415 | Load base with integral wire lug and wire lug retainer A load base (10) with a housing (12) having at least one channel (14) for slidable insertion and capture of a wire lug (38), a tongue (26) having a cantilever structure attached to the housing (12) proximal the channel (14), which blocks removal of the lu... | 09/08/1992 |
| 5052952 | Fuse ejector, ejection system and method for assembly of fuse ejection systems A fuse ejector (10) for ejecting fuses from engagement with fuse clips (46) including a rotatable axle (12) with at least one female end portion (16) that is rotatively engageable with a male boss (52) or a male end portion (14) of another ejector if the ... | 10/01/1991 |
| 5049095 | Automotive fuse socket and terminals therefor A fuse socket is provided with a plastic housing having a fuse cavity for receiving an automotive fuse. The housing includes a pair of terminal receiving cavities for receiving the blades of the fuse. Blade receiving terminals are mounted in the respectiv... | 09/17/1991 |
| 5044965 | Output terminal structure for a paging receiver An output terminal structure for electrically connecting a paging receiver in a printer capable of printing out information received by the receiver. A retaining portion is formed integrally with a case of a battery containing portion which is included in... | 09/03/1991 |
| 4995819 | Set of strips of electrical terminals and a method of loading an electrical connector with said terminals A set of strips of electrical terminals connected together by carrier strips (122 and 120) each comprises electrical terminals (95) each having a receptacle portion (96), a barbed retention part (98) for retaining the terminal in a terminal receiving cavi... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4950195 | Cartridge fuse terminal adapter An adapter for cartridge fuses having ferrule type terminals which allows installing the fuses in larger size fuse holders. The adapter includes a solid body having a fuse clip engaging portion at one end and a fuse engaging portion at the other end. The ... | 08/21/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4872262 | Holder for a blade-type circuit element A holder and method of forming a holder for a removable plug-in circuit element is disclosed. The fuse holder comprises an insulated base, an electrical bus member, and a plurality of terminal members which are formed from the same blank of metal as the m... | 10/10/1989 |
| 4801278 | Low profile break-away fuseblock A fuse holder for a cylindrical fuse with a tubular body and conductive metal end caps is disclosed where the holder includes a molded base and metal terminals. The base is adapted to carry a pair of terminals in spaced apart alignment to receive at least... | 01/31/1989 |
