Fused electrical plug

In a fusable electrical plug,

• a plug body having an end wall and a side wall adjoining the end wall, said plug body being formed with a fuse recess for receiving a fuse and said side wall having an access opening therein to said fuse recess,
• an electrical conductor terminating at a respective contact member at one end portion of the fuse recess,
• a conductor prong projecting through said end wall for insertion into a socket and having a respective contact member at an opposite end portion of the fuse recess,
• a slide door cooperating with the plug body to be moved outwardly from a closed position covering the access opening to an open position providing access to the fuse recess so that a fuse can be inserted or removed,
• and a slide flange secured at the outer end of the slide door having a sliding engagement with said prong and being arranged to seat against said end wall when the slide door is in closed position.

A fusable plug comprising:

• a plug body having front and rear end faces interconnected by side faces and formed with a pair of longitudinal side-by-side fuse recesses, one of said side faces having an access opening to said fuse recesses,
• a pair of electrical conductors entering said body and terminating in respective contact members at the rear end portion of said fuse recesses,
• a pair of parallel conductor prongs projecting through the front end of said body for insertion into a socket and presenting respective contact members at the front end portion of said fuse recesses,
• a pair of fuses seated in said fuse recesses and connecting respective of the conductor contact members to respective of the prong contact members, said fuses being adapted to pass through said fuse access opening,
• a slide door interfitting with the plug body to cover said access opening when in a closed position and to give access to said fuses when in an open position,
• and a slide flange at the rear end of the slide door projecting between said prongs, said side flange being arranged to engage the front end of the plug body when the slide door is in closed position.

A fused electrical plug comprising:

• a plug housing having therein a laterally spaced outer pair of longitudinal prong recesses and a central separated adjacent pair of longitudinal fuse recesses positioned side-by-side directly between and adjacent to said prong recesses, said fuse recesses each having a respective access opening located at one face of said housing,
• said housing having a slide cover at said one face of the housing for closing said access openings when the cover is in closed poistion,
• a pair of longitudinal conducting prongs in said prong recesses and projecting in parallel laterally spaced relation from an end face of said housing different from said one face, each of said prongs having a prong contact projecting into the adjoining fuse recess at the end thereof adjacent said end face of the housing,
• a pair of elongated fuses with contacts at their opposite ends located in said fuse recesses and adapted to pass through said access openings when said cover is in open position, the fuse contacts at one end of the fuses engaging respective of said prong contacts,
• a pair of conductor leads passing side-by-side externally through said housing adjacent the other ends of said fuse recesses which are located remote from said end face of the housing, said conductor leads having respective conductor contacts positioned in the fuse recesses at said other ends and arranged to be engaged by respective of the fuse contacts at the other end of the fuses,
• means for holding the fuse contacts in operative engagement with the prong contacts and the conductor contacts,
• and a flange on the slide cover interfitting with said prongs and engaging the plug housing when the cover is in closed position.

In a fusable electrical plug,

• a plug body having an end wall and a side wall adjoining the end wall, said plug body being formed with a fuse recess for receiving a fuse and said wall having an access opening therein to said fuse recess,
• an electrical conductor terminating at a respective contact member at one end portion of the fuse recess,
• a conductor prong projecting through said end wall for insertion into a socket and having a respective contact member at an opposite end portion of the fuse recess,
• a slide door slidably interfitting with the plug body to be moved outwardly from a closed position covering the access opening to an open position providing access to the fuse recess so that a fuse can be inserted or removed,
• and means on the slide door for maintaining the interfit with the plug body when the slide door is in its open position.

A fused plug comprising:

• a plug body having front and rear end faces interconnected by side faces and formed with a pair of separated longitudinal side-by-side fuse recesses each having a closed bottom face, one of said side faces having an access opening to said fuse recesses opposite from the bottom face thereof,
• a pair of electrical conductor means in said body having respective exposed terminal portions at the rear end portion of said fuse recesses which are seated against the bottom thereof,
• a pair of parallel conductor prongs projecting through the front end of said body for insertion into a socket and presenting respective exposed contact members at the front end portion of said fuse recesses which are seated against the bottom thereof,
• a pair of fuses in said fuse recesses and having respective elongated fuse links with coplanar contact portions facing toward the bottom of the fuse recesses and arranged to engage and connect respective of said terminal portions to respective of the prong contact members, said fuses being adapted to pass through said fuse access opening, and
• door means on the plug body for covering said access opening when in a closed position and for giving access to said fuses when in an open position, said door means engaging said fuses when in its closed position to hold the contact portions of the fuse link of each fuse in engagement with the underlying terminal portions of the conductor members and the prong contact members.