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US 5,346,411 AGranted
Tap-in blade fuse
OwnerKurt D. Nikkineninventor
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Abstract
A tap-in blade fuse is disclosed. A first embodiment comprises a plastic transparent body with two terminal blades on one side for use with an electrical fuse panel/box in an automobile. The other side of the body has an accessory blade extending from the body with a through-hole in the the accessory blade for allowing a wire connection to pass through the hole for connection to automobile accessories. All the blades arc connected together with visible fuse links. A second embodiment further includes a panel shaped insulator which separates the fuse links within the body.
Claims10
A tap-in blade fuse comprising:
- terminal blades with one end within a housing and a second end for connection to an electrical panel;
- an accessory blade with one end connected to the housing and a second end extending from the housing, wherein the second end includes a through-hole therethrough;
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- fuse links for connecting all the blades together.
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A tap-in fuse comprising:
- terminal blades each having one end within a housing and a second end for connection to an electrical panel;
- an accessory blade with one end connected to the housing and a second end extending from the housing;
- fuse links for connecting the blades to one another, and
- an insulator panel within the housing for insulating the fuse links from one another.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.