Fuse holder and carrier
AssigneeRegal Beloit America, Inc.
InventorsTimothy Joseph Brakefield, Joseph Allen Brown
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Abstract
A fuse holder for holding a fuse is provided. The fuse holder includes a body, a line side connector supported by the body, and a load side connector supported by the body. The fuse holder also includes a fuse carrier supported by the body. The fuse carrier is adapted for holding the fuse and the fuse carrier is adapted to be removed from the fuse holder. The fuse carrier defines a longitudinal axis thereof. The fuse carrier is separable from the body in a direction along the longitudinal axis of the fuse carrier.
Claims20
A fuse holder for holding a fuse, comprising:
- a body;
- a line side connector supported by said body;
- a load side connector supported by said body;
- a fuse carrier, said fuse carrier supported by said body, said fuse carrier holding the fuse and said fuse carrier removable from said fuse holder, said fuse carrier defining a longitudinal axis, said fuse carrier being separable from said body in a direction along the longitudinal axis of said fuse carrier;
- a switch supported by said body, said switch including a first position providing electrical connection between said line side connector and said load side connector and including a second position providing electrical isolation between said line side connector and said load side connector;
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- a cam pivotably supported by said body and connected to said switch and engageable with said fuse carrier to move said switch from the first position to the second position and to release the fuse carrier from said body as the fuse carrier is separated from the body in a direction along the longitudinal axis of said fuse carrier.
A fuse holder for holding a fuse, comprising:
- a body;
- a line side connector supported by said body;
- a load side connector supported by said body;
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- a fuse carrier, said fuse carrier supported by said body, said fuse carrier holding the fuse and said fuse carrier removable from said fuse holder, said fuse carrier defining a longitudinal axis, said fuse carrier being separable from said body in a direction along the longitudinal axis of said fuse carrier;
- a switch supported by said body, said switch including a first position providing electrical connection between said line side connector and said load side connector and including a second position providing electrical isolation between said line side connector and said load side connector;
- a member in intimate contact with said switch and in intimate contact with said fuse carrier when said fuse carrier is full engaged in said body to move said switch from the first position to the second position as the fuse carrier is separated from the body in a direction along the longitudinal axis of said fuse carrier by merely pulling said fuse carrier from said body in a direction along the longitudinal axis of said fuse carrier.
A fuse carrier for use with a fuse holder having a toggle switch for selectively providing an electrical isolation and an electrical connection between a line side connector and a load side connector, said fuse carrier comprising a fuse carrier body, said fuse carrier body defining an opening thereof for receiving a fuse, said fuse carrier body defining a protrusion for cooperation with a pocket in a member which engages the switch to urge said switch from toggled engagement in first position to toggled engagement in second position as said fuse carrier is removed from said fuse holder and to release the fuse carrier from said body as the fuse carrier is separated from the body in a direction along the longitudinal axis of said fuse carrier by merely pulling said fuse carrier from said body in a direction along the longitudinal axis of said fuse carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.