Electrical connector housing
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsSlobadan Pavlovic, Mohamad Zeidan, David Menzies
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Abstract
A fuse holder for an electrical fuse includes a first housing portion which has first and second electrical terminals disposed therein. A second housing portion is pivotally attached to the first housing portion, and is configured to carry the electrical fuse. Pivoting the first and second housing portions together automatically and sequentially connects the fuse carried by the second housing portion to the terminals disposed within the first housing portion. This provides a convenient mechanism for connecting and disconnecting the fuse, and facilitates the use of a fuse without its own insulating material.
Claims14
An electrical connector housing, comprising:
- a first housing portion including first and second electrically conducting elements, each of the first and second electrically conducting elements having first and second connector portions, each of the first connector portions including a respective male blade and being configured to cooperate with an electrical connector to electrically connect the first and second electrically conducting elements, each of the first and second electrically conducting elements being integrally molded with the first housing portion such that a built-in strain relief is provided for the electrical connector when the electrical connector connects the first and second electrically conducting elements;
- a pair of female electrical terminals configured for connection to a corresponding one of the male blades;
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- a second housing portion configured to cooperate with the first housing portion to at least partially enclose the first connector portion of each of the first and second electrically conducting elements and the electrical connector when the electrical connector is positioned to electrically connect the first and second electrically conducting elements, each of the second connector portions extending outwardly from the first housing portion such that they are accessible from outside the first housing portion when the first and second housing portions are cooperating to at least partially enclose the first connector portions,
- each of the second connector portions being configured to receive a wire to provide an in-line connection of the wires when the electrical connector is positioned to electrically connect the first and second electrically conducting elements.
A fuse holder for a high power electrical fuse, the fuse holder comprising:
- a first housing portion including first and second male electrical terminals integrally molded therewith;
- a second housing portion configured to carry the electrical fuse, and being further configured to cooperate with the first housing portion such that the fuse carried by the second housing portion electrically connects the first and second terminals when the first and second housing portions are disposed proximate each other in a first mating position, the integrally molded first housing portion and electrical terminals providing a built-in strain relief for the fuse when the fuse connects the first and second electrical terminals,
- wherein each of the first and second terminals includes a connector portion extending outwardly from the first housing portion and accessible from outside the first housing portion when the first and second housing portions are in the first mating position, each of the connector portions being configured to receive an unterminated wire to provide in-line fuse protection for the wires when the first and second housing portions are in the first mating position;
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- a pair of female electrical terminals configured to electrical connection to a corresponding one of the male electrical terminals, and further configured for electrical connection to the fuse.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.