Fuse assemblies
AssigneeHamilton Sundstrand Corporation
InventorsFrancis C. Belisle, John N. Buzzard
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Abstract
A fuse assembly includes a bus bar fuse and a clip. The bus bar fuse has a leg with a slotted opening. The clip surrounds a portion of the leg. The clip includes a first side having a threaded through-hole and a second side extending from the first side at an angle with respect to the first side. A third side extends from the second side at an angle with respect to the second side. The third side includes a through-hole. The threaded through-hole of the clip provides for captivation of the fastener within the clip when mounting the fuse assembly to the fuse mounting block assembly.
Claims14
A fuse assembly comprising:
- a bus bar fuse having a leg with a slotted opening;
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- a clip surrounding a portion of the leg, wherein the clip includes:
- a first side having a threaded through-hole;
- a second side extending from the first side at an angle with respect to the first side;
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- a third side extending from the second side at an angle with respect to the second side, wherein the third side includes a through-hole, wherein at least one of the first or third sides includes a lip to guide the clip onto the bus bar fuse and to restrict motion of the clip when assembled onto the bus bar fuse.
A fuse block assembly:
- a fuse mounting block body assembly having a threaded female mating portion extending therefrom;
- a bus bar fuse including a leg operatively connected to the fuse mounting block body assembly;
- a clip surrounding a portion of the leg, wherein the clip includes:
- a first side having a threaded through-hole;
- a second side extending from the first side at an angle with respect to the first side;
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- a third side extending from the second side at an angle with respect to the second side, wherein the third side includes a through-hole, wherein at least one of the first or third sides includes a lip;
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- a fastener threaded into the fuse mounting block body assembly, wherein the fastener passes through the threaded through-hole of the first side of the clip, the through-hole of the third side of the clip, and the slotted opening of the leg of the bus bar fuse, wherein a portion of the fastener is surrounded about its periphery by the threaded through-hole of the first side and the through-hole of the third side to retain the fastener within the leg of the bus bar fuse when not threaded into the fuse mounting block body assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.