Comprising Coupling Part Housing For Enclosing Fuse (includes Outlet Box Or Faceplate) Patents (Class 439/620.29)
  • Patent number: 11719751
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods including: a relay, the relay including: at least one contact; a reflector attached to at least one contact; a sensor, the sensor including: an emitter configured to emit a pulse; a detector configured to receive a portion of the emitted pulse; where the reflector may be configured to reflect at least a portion of the emitted pulse to be received by the detector when the at least one contact may be in at least one of: an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2023
    Assignee: WEBASTO CHARGING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventor: Peter Gabrielsson
  • Patent number: 11636994
    Abstract: An electrical device assembly and method to attach an isolated single stud fuse assembly to an electrical device are disclosed. The electrical device assembly consists of multiple studs, one or more of which is replaced with the isolated single stud fuse. A conductive copper landing zone receives an electrically isolated steel stud. When the landing pad assembly is orbital riveted into a plastic housing of the electrical device, the stud is locked into the housing permanently. Electrical devices such as disconnect switches and power distribution modules, both of which include multiple studs, are good candidates for being adapted with the single stud fuse assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Littlefuse, Inc.
    Inventors: Geoffrey Schwartz, Tiziano Bianchin, Massimiliano Tinto
  • Patent number: 9142906
    Abstract: A power plug for connecting with a power outlet includes at least two metal connecting poles, two outputting cavities, and two conductive resilient sheets. The two outputting cavities are defined in a lower case of the power plug to connect an external device. The two conductive resilient sheets are received within an inner space of the power plug. The at least two metal connecting poles pass through an exterior surface of the power plug into the internal space to form two connecting terminals. Each of the conductive resilient sheets is connected between one of the two connecting terminals and a corresponding outputting cavity to transport electrical power from the power jack to the external device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Che-Yu Chou, Qun Huang, Tai-Shan Zhu, Tao Jiang, Wen-Chih Lan, Jun-Liang Zhang, Ji-Bing Guo, Hua-Yong Wang, Zhi-Jun Shi, Wei-Wei Yu, Hai-Qian Ge, Zhou Chen
  • Patent number: 9136083
    Abstract: There is provided a bus bar fuse holder configured to receive a fuse link and couple each end of the fuse link to a line conductor and a load conductor within the holder. The bus bar holder includes a housing that defines a space in the housing proximate one of a line terminal and load terminal. A clamp unit is configured to receive a portion of a bus bar with the lineup clamp unit disposed in the space defined in the housing. The space configured in the housing also encloses a substantial portion of the bus bar within the housing in a space defined between U-shaped members of the clamp unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: Regal Beloit America, Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy Joseph Brakefield, Joseph Brown, James Hemp
  • Patent number: 9099818
    Abstract: A terminal/fuse assembly is fitted in a cylindrical, metallic inner case. The terminal/fuse assembly disposes a terminal penetrating through a bottom wall, a fuse and a contact point disc that overlap inside a housing composed of a plastic cover plate and a fuse box. The fuse is provided with a fuse body at a tongue piece extending inward from a ring portion in a peripheral edge of an elastic conductive plate. A part of the ring portion is supported in the upward position from the terminal. The contact point disc in contact with the elastic conductive plate at the support portion presses the fuse body downward, and thereby the tongue piece makes contact with the terminal to be conductive from the contact point disc to the terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Valeo Japan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taiichiro Ikeda
  • Patent number: 8956190
    Abstract: A receptacle assembly for a vehicle charging inlet is provided having a base with apertures formed through, an external receptacle extending from the base in a first direction for receiving a charging cable connector, and an internal receptacle extending from the base in a second direction, opposite the first direction, for receiving a plurality of wires from a wire harness. The internal receptacle defines an internal cavity having at least one terminal receptacle formed about one of the apertures and at least one fuse receptacle. The internal receptacle includes wire channels for routing a wire having an inline fuse from the terminal receptacle to the fuse receptacle and from the fuse receptacle to a wire outlet. The inline fuse is received by the fuse receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Brantley Natter, Slobodan Pavlovic, Juan Lopez, Gerhard Drescher
  • Patent number: 8912443
    Abstract: The present invention is intended to provide a novel assembly for properly or accurately mounting the terminal portion of the bus bar on the terminal-accommodating portion of a body for an electric junction box without doing any harm to an electrical conduit(s) which is disposed within the electric junction box. An assembly for mounting a bus bar (1) to a body (12) for an electric junction box, comprises a hole (9) disposed in the bus bar (1), and having a burr (31) created during the hole punching process; and a projection (21) formed in the body (12), and suited for being press-fit into the hole (9), wherein the projection (21) extends beyond the burr after being press-fit into the hole (9). In this configuration, the hole (9) may serve as a basis for position determination of each terminal portion (3, 4) of the bus bar (1), and the projection (21) may serve as a basis for position determination of each terminal-accommodating portion (25) of the body (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
    Inventors: Masahiro Akahori, Takao Nogaki, Toshinori Iwai
  • Publication number: 20140322979
    Abstract: A terminal/fuse assembly is fitted in a cylindrical, metallic inner case. The terminal/fuse assembly disposes a terminal penetrating through a bottom wall, a fuse and a contact point disc that overlap inside a housing composed of a plastic cover plate and a fuse box. The fuse is provided with a fuse body at a tongue piece extending inward from a ring portion in a peripheral edge of an elastic conductive plate. A part of the ring portion is supported in the upward position from the terminal. The contact point disc in contact with the elastic conductive plate at the support portion presses the fuse body downward, and thereby the tongue piece makes contact with the terminal to be conductive from the contact point disc to the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 30, 2014
    Applicant: VALEO JAPAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Taiichiro Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20140273640
    Abstract: There is provided a bus bar fuse holder configured to receive a fuse link and couple each end of the fuse link to a line conductor and a load conductor within the holder. The bus bar holder includes a housing that defines a space in the housing proximate one of a line terminal and load terminal. A clamp unit is configured to receive a portion of a bus bar with the lineup clamp unit disposed in the space defined in the housing. The space configured in the housing also encloses a substantial portion of the bus bar within the housing in a space defined between U-shaped members of the clamp unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Marathon Special Products n/k/a Regal Beloit America, Inc., a subsidiary of Regal -Beloit Corpo
    Inventors: Timothy Vincent Brakefield, Joseph Brown, James Hemp
  • Patent number: 8808031
    Abstract: A battery connector system includes a tray assembly configured to be mounted to a battery module made from a plurality of battery cells. The tray assembly has a tray and a plurality of busbars held by the tray. The tray has a tray connector defining a mating interface being configured to mate with an electrical connector. The electrical connector may be either a wire harness connector or a circuit board connector. The busbars are coupled to the tray and have plates being configured to be electrically connected to corresponding cell tabs of the battery cells. The busbars have fuse terminals positioned in the tray connector. A plurality of fuses are coupled to the fuse terminals. The fuses may be serviceable fuses or resettable fuses. The fuses are connected between the plates of the busbars and the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: Weiping Zhao
  • Publication number: 20140134881
    Abstract: A circuit protection assembly includes a mounting block, a unitary fuse assembly, a post assembly and a plug connector. The unitary fuse assembly is disposed the mounting block and includes a plurality of fuses each of which is defined by a portion of a bus plate disposed on the lower surface of the mounting block to form a first terminal of the fuse, a second terminal disposed at least partially on the upper surface of the mounting block and a fuse element connecting the first terminal and the second terminal. The post assembly is disposed at least partially within the mounting block and a post extending from the block. The plug connector extends from a portion of the first terminal of at least one of the plurality of fuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: LITTELFUSE, INC.
    Inventors: Julio Urrea, Gary M. Gold
  • Publication number: 20120202383
    Abstract: A fuse connection unit includes a metal core substrate that includes a metal core plate and insulation layers formed on front and back faces of the metal core plate, and a fuse block mounted on the metal core substrate. The metal core substrate has a fuse connection terminal part which is projected from an end edge of each of the insulation layers. The fuse block has a fuse connection terminal. The fuse connection terminal part and the fuse connection terminal are configured to be connected to a fuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Akira Harao, Minoru Kubota
  • Publication number: 20120064771
    Abstract: A circuit protection assembly includes a mounting block, a unitary fuse assembly, a post assembly and a plug connector. The unitary fuse assembly is disposed the mounting block and includes a plurality of fuses each of which is defined by a portion of a bus plate disposed on the lower surface of the mounting block to form a first terminal of the fuse, a second terminal disposed at least partially on the upper surface of the mounting block and a fuse element connecting the first terminal and the second terminal. The post assembly is disposed at least partially within the mounting block and a post extending from the block. The plug connector extends from a portion of the first terminal of at least one of the plurality of fuses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Applicant: LITTELFUSE, INC.
    Inventors: Julio Urrea, Gary M. Bold
  • Publication number: 20110306243
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a direct-connect fuse unit for a battery terminal that can restrain from being upsized and can mount various kinds of electrical components. A conducting hardware is integrally provided with a connecting terminal. The connecting terminal is bent in a plate thickness direction of the conductive hardware to project from a surface of a casing. An electrical component housing contains and holds an external electrical component connected to the connecting terminal. The electrical component housing is separated from the casing and is adapted to be fitted in the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 15, 2011
    Applicant: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
    Inventor: Takashi SHIRAKI
  • Patent number: 7972177
    Abstract: These objects are attained by a box for connecting an output conductor of a solar panel with a feed cable and that has a flat base mountable on the solar panel and having a first opening for the feed cable and a second opening for the output conductor. A contact mounted on a conductor of the feed cable has a flat connection region extending parallel to the base. A contact clip secures the conductor to the connection region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2011
    Assignee: Lumberg Connect GmbH
    Inventor: Michael Richter
  • Patent number: 7893809
    Abstract: A service disconnect assembly for an electronic module includes a fuse carrier having a holder configured to hold a fuse for the electronic module, where the fuse carrier has an attachment finger extending from the holder. The attachment finger has a peg. The service disconnect assembly also includes a service disconnect cover having a hood forming a channel, with the hood having a window exposing a portion of the channel. The attachment finger is received in the channel to couple the fuse carrier to the service disconnect cover. The service disconnect cover is slidable with respect to the fuse carrier between an initial position and a final position, wherein the hood moves with respect to the attachment finger as the service disconnect cover is moved between the initial and final positions. The peg is aligned with the window in the final position. A handle is rotatably coupled to the service disconnect cover and the handle has a catch aligned with the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics Corporation
    Inventor: James Alan Head
  • Patent number: 7794280
    Abstract: A vehicular electrical system includes an electrical energy storage device, a charge receptacle shaped to mate with a charge plug, at least one fuse connected to the charge receptacle, and a plurality of conductors electrically interconnecting the electrical energy storage device and the at least one fuse. Substantially all of the plurality of conductors are electrically connected between the electrical storage device and the at least one fuse.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2010
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.
    Inventor: Craig R. Markyvech
  • Publication number: 20100227505
    Abstract: A vehicular electrical system includes an electrical energy storage device, a charge receptacle shaped to mate with a charge plug, at least one fuse connected to the charge receptacle, and a plurality of conductors electrically interconnecting the electrical energy storage device and the at least one fuse. Substantially all of the plurality of conductors are electrically connected between the electrical storage device and the at least one fuse.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2009
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.
    Inventor: CRAIG R. MARKYVECH
  • Patent number: 7750789
    Abstract: A breaker switch includes a connector housing having plug-in contacts and a socket housing having sockets. The connector housing has a fuse chamber having an opening through which a fuse can be inserted into the fuse chamber. A lever pivotably mounts the housings such that the connector housing is movable with the lever relative to the socket housing between starting and final positions. In the starting position the housings disengage such that the contacts and sockets disengage. In the final position the housings engage such that the contacts and sockets engage. A cover is movably connected to the connector housing to move between opened and closed positions. The cover opens the fuse chamber opening when opened and closes the fuse chamber opening when closed. When the cover is opened the cover prevents the connector housing from moving to the final position thereby preventing the contacts and sockets from electrically connecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Kostal Kontakt Systeme GmbH
    Inventors: Konstantinos Titokis, Volker Thurau
  • Patent number: 7704099
    Abstract: A manual disconnect system includes a battery part, a disconnect part, a circuit assembly and a fuse assembly with a fuse connector and a circuit connector connected to the battery part. The battery part has a main compartment and a fuse assembly subcompartment. The disconnect part is releasably connected to the battery part. The fuse assembly is releasably received by the fuse assembly subcompartment. When the disconnect part is connected to the battery part, the fuse assembly and the fuse connector are electrically connected together and the circuit assembly and the circuit connector are electrically connected together. Upon detaching the disconnect part and the battery part from each other, the circuit assembly and the circuit connector are electrically disconnected from one another while the fuse assembly remains releasably connected to the battery part in the fuse assembly subcompartment and electrically connected to the fuse connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: J.S.T. Corporation
    Inventors: Kin Boon Hong, Lee Yin Chuang
  • Publication number: 20090291594
    Abstract: A photovoltaic inverter with an inverter housing includes at least a first chamber and a second chamber separated by a wall. The first chamber has a higher Ingress Protection (IP) rating than the second chamber. The first chamber accommodates at least one electronic component part of the photovoltaic inverter. A surface of the wall facing the second chamber provides a plurality of fuse housings. Each of the fuse housings accommodates a fuse and being coupled to a plug connector electrically connected to the fuse. The plug connectors provide electrical connections to the first chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2009
    Publication date: November 26, 2009
    Applicant: SMA Solar Technology AG
    Inventors: Andreas DONTH, Gundolf MULLER, Klaus KUBE
  • Publication number: 20090211805
    Abstract: A device for electric connection to an energy supply conductor for intermediate and high voltage. The device includes an insulation part and an electrically conducting voltage-carrying part. The voltage-carrying part is surrounded by an outer shell formed by the insulation part. The insulation part is formed by a thermoplastic polymer. At least along a part of the length of the voltage-carrying part, the outer shell extends with a spacing between its inner periphery and the outer periphery of the voltage-carrying part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2007
    Publication date: August 27, 2009
    Applicant: ABB RESEARCH LTD.
    Inventors: Patrik Roseen, Robert Espeseth
  • Publication number: 20090191728
    Abstract: The present invention provides an electric connection box capable of reducing cost and capable of constituting small-sized formation by devising a structure of engaging a cover. The electric connection box including an electronic device and connected to a wire harness so as to electrically connect the electronic device and the wire harness includes a synthetic resin member including a mold stripping hole used for molding the synthetic resin member, and a cover including a engaging portion engaged with the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2009
    Publication date: July 30, 2009
    Applicant: YAZAKI CORPORATION
    Inventors: Katsuhiro Kubota, Keisuke Ozawa, Tomohiro Sugiura, Katsuyoshi Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 7530851
    Abstract: A control system for an accessory in a vehicle includes an adapter, a monitoring circuit, and a controller. The adapter couples with a fused power source. The monitoring circuit is coupled to the adapter and the controller is coupled to the adapter and the monitoring circuit. The control system provides a method of powering a vehicle accessory. The method monitors the amount of power drawn by a circuit connected to a power source and determines if the amount of power drawn is less than a threshold. Power is provided to the accessory based on the determination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2009
    Assignee: Check Corporation
    Inventor: William R. Parnis
  • Publication number: 20090001812
    Abstract: A modified vehicular fuse is disclosed wherein an end of a bus electrode can extend through a fuse housing where it may be connected to a wire and thereby provide an additional circuit. A removable cover on the modified vehicle fuse enables the fuse to be adapted to a multitude of uses. A cover can be optional, wherein the terminal extension can be protected in another manner. A circuit incorporating the modified vehicular fuse with a double U connector is also disclosed. The circuit may comprise a fuse comprising a shell and a pair of electrodes extending beyond the terminus of the shell, thus providing an additional fused circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Dennis L. Brooks
  • Patent number: 7416440
    Abstract: An electrical adapter for temporarily tapping into an electrical circuit external to the adapter having a first fuse holder member capable of receiving a first fuse holder member of the electrical circuit external to the adapter and a second fuse holder member capable of receiving a second fuse holder member of the electrical circuit external to the adapter. The fuse holder members or other temporary electrical quick disconnect connectors may be connected by cables to a power outlet or may be connected by cables to bare wires that may provide power to another circuit when clamped to the bare wires. When connected to an electrical circuit external to the adapter, the electrical adapter provides a source of electrical power while the electrical circuit external to the adapter is maintained and independently operated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
    Inventors: William Alan Homyk, John Mazzani
  • Publication number: 20070264874
    Abstract: A fuse structure of a semiconductor memory device may include a substrate including a fuse region, an insulation layer pattern having a multi-layered structure, and/or a plurality of fuse lines. The plurality of fuse lines may pass through an inner space of an opening portion of the insulation layer pattern having the multi-layered structure that exposes the fuse region and may be spaced apart from a surface of the fuse region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: November 15, 2007
    Inventor: Jong-Seop Lee
  • Patent number: 7118400
    Abstract: A power system includes power inputs, power outputs and power protection and/or power conditioning adapted between the power inputs and power outputs. In some embodiments, a graphics display is included in the system for displaying graphic images from an external video source. The power system is configurable such that the power inputs appear on the left side and outputs on the right side or the opposite with power inputs on the right side and outputs on the left.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: AAMP of Florida, Inc.
    Inventors: Alberto A. Lopez, John Catalano, Nathan Wincek