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US 12,537,367 B2Granted
Jumper bus bar with PDM housing support
AssigneeSuzhou Littelfuse OVS Co., Ltd.
InventorsShangchun Pan, Renan Liu, Edward Jin
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Abstract
A jumper bus bar may include a frame and a terminal assembly. The frame is to be seated along a surface of a housing of an electrical box. The terminal assembly features a first fork terminal perpendicular to the frame and a second fork terminal perpendicular to the frame. The first fork terminal is adjacent the second fork terminal. The terminal assembly also includes a slot to receive a terminal of a fuse or relay, the slot being coplanar with the frame.
Claims18
An electrical box comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a surface;
- and
- a cavity disposed orthogonal to the surface, the cavity comprising a pair of ribs extending upward from a bottom surface of the cavity, the pair of ribs forming a central channel therebetween;
- and
- a jumper bus bar comprising:
- a frame seated along the surface;
- and
- a first terminal assembly disposed within the cavity, the first terminal assembly comprising:
- a first fork terminal disposed orthogonal to the frame;
- a second fork terminal disposed orthogonal to the frame, wherein the first fork terminal is adjacent the second fork terminal;
- and
- a first slot to receive a first terminal of the fuse or the relay, wherein the first slot is coplanar with the frame,
- wherein the pair of ribs abut against exterior surfaces of the first fork terminal and the second fork terminal to position interior surfaces of the first fork terminal and the second fork terminal tightly against the terminal located therebetween, and
- wherein the interior surfaces of the first fork terminal and the second fork terminal are opposite the exterior surfaces of the first fork terminal and the second fork terminal.
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A power distribution module to house a fuse or a relay, the power distribution module comprising:
- a housing comprising:
- a substantially flat surface;
- and
- a cavity disposed orthogonal to the surface, the cavity comprising a pair of ribs extending upward from a bottom surface of the cavity, the pair of ribs forming a central channel therebetween;
- and
- a jumper bus bar comprising:
- a frame seated upon the substantially flat surface;
- and
- a terminal assembly disposed within the cavity, the terminal assembly comprising:
- a first fork terminal disposed orthogonal to the frame;
- a second fork terminal disposed orthogonal to the frame, wherein the first fork terminal is adjacent the second fork terminal;
- and
- a slot to receive a terminal of the fuse or the relay, wherein the slot is coplanar with the frame,
- wherein the pair of ribs abut against exterior surfaces of the first fork terminal and the second fork terminal to position interior surfaces of the first fork terminal and the second fork terminal tightly against the terminal located therebetween to maintain a connection therebetween for current flow, and
- wherein the interior surfaces of the first fork terminal and the second fork terminal are opposite the exterior surfaces of the first fork terminal and the second fork terminal.
12 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.