Knife Blade Contact With Slotted Disk Patents (Class 337/254)
  • Patent number: 5963123
    Abstract: A fuse includes a tube, a pair of blade terminals projecting from opposite ends of the tube, at least one fuse element disposed in the tube and electrically coupled between the terminals, and a pair of metallic end caps disposed on opposite ends of the tube. Electrically insulative elements are disposed between the end caps and the terminals. The tube is filled with an arc-quenching material inserted through a fill hole that is plugged by a plastic drive rivet. Each terminal is attached to a metallic end plate by means of a staking tang inserted into a slot of the end plate, and by means of a separate solder joint. Each insulative element includes an axial sleeve through which a respective terminal extends for a part of its length. The fuse element comprises a one-piece metal element bent to form a pair of parallel, superimposed strips divided into sections by means of fusible weak points.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 5, 1999
    Assignee: Cooper Technologies Company
    Inventor: Robert S. Douglass
  • Patent number: 5880666
    Abstract: A fuse 15 includes a housing 2 of an insulative resin having a lid 13 and a housing body 11, and a fuse body 1 having a melting portion formed between a pair of press-connecting terminals 4 and 5 arranged in a staggered manner, the fuse body being received in the housing 2. A sheathed wire is press-connected to and retained by the press-connecting terminals 4 and 5 of the fuse body 1, a portion of the sheathed wire, mounted between the press-connecting terminals 4 and 5, being cut, to thereby provide a fuse which has a simple construction, and can be easily mounted at an existing circuit, and also to provide a method of mounting such a fuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1997
    Date of Patent: March 9, 1999
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Naoki Matsuoka, Kenji Muramatsu
  • Patent number: 4720695
    Abstract: A cartridge fuse including a tubular insulating body, integrally formed ferrule terminals secured over the respective ends of the insulating body, and a fusible strip extending within the insulating body electrically interconnecting the ferrule terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 19, 1988
    Assignee: Cooper Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Angelo Urani, Aldino Gaia
  • Patent number: 3969695
    Abstract: A fuse for elevated circuit voltages, e.g. 4-34 kv, has a tubular insulating casing closed on both ends thereof by means of plug terminals. The latter are provided with blind bores of which each receives one end of a fusible element, a spring means for clamping said end of said fusible element against the lateral wall of said blind bore, and a solder joint conductively interconnecting said end of said fusible element and one of said plug terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1975
    Date of Patent: July 13, 1976
    Assignee: The Chase-Shawmut Company
    Inventor: Richard A. Belcher