Fuse adapter
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsBhupinder Rangi, David Menzies, Michael Glick, Lewis Galligan, Imad Beydoun
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Abstract
A fuse adapter assembly includes a fuse adapter having an adapter base. A fuse shroud extends from the adapter base and defines a fuse cavity. An adapter shroud also extends from the adapter base and defines an adapter terminal space. A fuse terminal opening passes through the adapter base between the fuse cavity and the adapter terminal space. A fuse enclosure is located within the fuse cavity and is configured to retain a fuse. The fuse cavity is configured to engage a header and the adapter shroud is configured to engage an electrical connector.
Claims17
A fuse adapter comprising:
- an adapter base having an interior wall;
- a fuse shroud that is integrally formed with the interior wall and extends from the interior wall in a first direction and defines a fuse cavity;
- an adapter shroud that is integrally formed with the interior wall and extends from the interior wall in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction and defines an adapter terminal space;
- a fuse terminal opening that extends through the interior wall from the fuse cavity to the adapter terminal space;
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- a fuse located within the fuse cavity, the fuse having a first fuse terminal that extends from the fuse in the first direction through the fuse cavity and a second fuse terminal that extends from the fuse in the second direction through the fuse terminal opening into the adapter terminal space.
An assembly comprising:
- a header including a header shroud defining a terminal space and a terminal located within the terminal space;
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- a fuse adapter including:
- an adapter base having an interior wall;
- a fuse shroud that is integrally formed with the interior wall and extends from the interior wall in a first direction and defines a fuse cavity;
- an adapter shroud that is integrally formed with the interior wall and extends from the interior wall in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction and defines an adapter terminal space;
- a fuse terminal opening that extends through the interior wall from the fuse cavity to the adapter terminal space;
- a fuse located within the fuse cavity, the fuse having a first fuse terminal that extends from the fuse in the first direction through the fuse cavity and a second fuse terminal that extends from the fuse in the second direction through the fuse terminal opening into the adapter terminal space;
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- a fuse enclosure located within the fuse cavity,
- wherein the terminal is located at least partially within the fuse enclosure, the header shroud is located within the fuse shroud, and the fuse enclosure is located within the header shroud.
A fuse adapter comprising:
- an adapter base having an interior wall;
- a fuse shroud that is integrally formed with the interior wall and extends from the interior wall in a first direction and defines a fuse cavity;
- an adapter shroud that is integrally formed with the interior wall and extends from the interior wall in a second direction that is opposite to the first direction and defines an adapter terminal space;
- a fuse terminal opening that extends through the interior wall from the fuse cavity to the adapter terminal space;
- a fuse enclosure retained within the fuse cavity, wherein a shroud space is located in the fuse cavity between the fuse shroud and the fuse enclosure;
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- a fuse located within the fuse enclosure, the fuse having a first fuse terminal that extends from the fuse in the first direction through the fuse enclosure and a second fuse terminal that extends from the fuse in the second direction through the fuse terminal opening into the adapter terminal space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.