Combined fuse holder and current monitor
AssigneeMarconi Intellectual Property (Ringfence), Inc.
InventorsTimothy Kolody, Richard E. Trifiletti, Scott C. Lewis, Kurt P. Fattman
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Abstract
A combined fuse holder and shunt has a shunt integrated into a one-piece assembly between a fuse holder and a circuit connector. The housing for the connectors is made in two halves that are heat staked together after the connectors are inserted therein. Slots and ribs in the housing retain the connectors therein without requiring supplemental fasteners.
Claims20
A combined fuse holder and shunt having a pair of circuit connectors, a pair of fuse connectors connected between said pair of circuit connectors, and a shunt connected between one of said fuse connectors and one of said circuit connectors.
A combined circuit and fuse connector comprising:
- a circuit connector terminal;
- a fuse connector terminal having a fuse connector thereon;
- and
- a shunt soldered between said circuit connector terminal and said fuse connector terminal.
A combined fuse holder and shunt comprising:
- a two part housing, each housing part having opposite end walls, a bottom, one sidewall and an open side opposite from said one sidewall;
- each end wall having a slot therein extending from said open side toward said one sidewall parallel to said bottom;
- each sidewall having a plurality of vertical ribs thereon spaced-apart in a direction between said end walls;
- said ribs having rib bottom ends spaced above said bottom;
- said housing parts being secured together with said open sides thereof butted together;
- a first connector having a first circuit connector terminal extending through said slots in one of said end walls and having a first fuse connector terminal within said housing, opposite side portions of said first fuse connector terminal being received between certain of said rib bottom ends and said housing bottom, said first fuse connector terminal having a first fuse connector extending upwardly therefrom between said sidewalls;
- a second connector having a second circuit connector terminal extending through said slots in the other of said housing end walls and having a second fuse connector terminal within said housing, opposite side portions of said second fuse connector being received between certain other of said rib bottom ends and said housing bottom, said second fuse connector terminal having a second fuse connector extending upwardly therefrom between said sidewalls;
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- a shunt connected between said second circuit connector terminal and said second fuse connector terminal within said housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.