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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 5295849 | Fuseholder with sequential power disconnect and fuse tension release mechanism The rotation of a power control arm on a fuse box is used to rotate a contact, sequentially disconnecting power to a fuse and spreading the tensioned jaws on a fuse clip to reduce the force needed to remove a flat fuse terminal from the clip.... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5295850 | Fuse holder with fuse release The tensioned jaws of a fuse clip are spread by a rotating a pin that rests in a slot in each of the jaws. The pin has opposed flat surfaces that define a position at which the jaws are not spread. The pin has a flange that rests in the slots, holding the... | 03/22/1994 |
| 4971582 | Fuse clip reject member A reject type fuse clip for use with a cartridge type fuse having a grooved ferrule includes a fuse clip having a pair of upstanding clamping arms and a reject member disposed therebetween. The upstanding clamping arms of the fuse clip are provided with a... | 11/20/1990 |
| 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 |
| 4752962 | Loudspeaker unit with means for releasably fastening loudspeaker chassis is to its frame Loudspeaker unit including a frame (FIG. 2) serving as sound guide to which the loudspeaker chassis (FIG. 1) is releasably fastened. According to the invention, form-locking cooperating detent means (4-6, 29-31) are provided on the frame and on the loudsp... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4671588 | Fuse puller for barrel fuse An L-shaped member (20) is secured adjacent a fuse clip (12) to extend forwardly along one side of a fuse (F) received in that fuse clip. A flexible insulating strap (24) is secured to the outer end of the forwardly projecting post (20a) to lie within a g... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4383007 | Battery compartment A radio cabinet includes a compartment for three AAA size batteries. The compartment includes a housing having integral means for holding contacts which are intended to engage the batteries only when the batteries are placed in the housing in a predetermi... | 05/10/1983 |
| 4304453 | Articulable article clamp An article clamp particularly useful as an electrode clip and formed of resilient plastic material is provided. The clamp includes an open bottomed box-like enclosure including opposed side walls, frontal and distal end connecting portions as spaced-apart... | 12/08/1981 |
| 4084146 | Fuse assembly A fuse assembly having a dielectric base plate and a fuse strip laminated to the base plate. The fuse strip comprises a bus bar and one or more spaced contact portions each joined by a fuse link to the bus bar. At the end of each fuse link the laminate is... | 04/11/1978 |
| 4027096 | Electrical device housing A housing for receiving an electrical device and connecting the device into an electrical circuit has a pair of identical housing members joined together along confronting interior faces by complementary catch elements formed integral with the housing mem... | 05/31/1977 |
