Fuse holder

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1998-05-22

1999-03-09

Picard, Leo P.

Electricity: electrothermally or thermally actuated switches

Electrothermally actuated switches

Fusible element actuated

337228, 337256, 337257, 337187, 337188, 361833, 361835, 361626, 361642, H01H 8520, H01H 8522, H01H 8556, H01H 8560

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058806652

ABSTRACT:
A holder (10) for a fuse (18) of the type typically used in automobile and marine applications. The fuse includes a fuse element encased within a generally rectilinear insulative fuse body (20), with a pair of parallel coplanar conductive blades (22, 24) in contact with opposite ends of the fuse element and extending out the fuse body. The holder is a unitary molded insulative plastic piece having a base member (12), a capture plate (14), and a cover member (16). The capture plate and cover member are hingedly secured to the base member on opposite sides thereof, with the capture plate adapted to overlie the base member and the cover member adapted to overlie the capture plate. The base member includes pockets with retention wings (50) for holding wire- terminating receptacles (28) and the capture plate locks the receptacles in place by means of blocks (62) extending into the pockets. The capture plate includes apertures (58, 60) aligned with the receptacles for receiving therethrough the fuse blades. The cover member includes a cavity (92) for holding the fuse bodies of the fuses engaged with the receptacles and strain relief blocks (96) engaging the wire segments (52) terminated by the receptacles.

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