UNIVERSAL DUAL STUD MODULAR FUSE HOLDER ASSEMBLY FOR BUSSED AND NON-BUSSED POWER CONNECTIONS
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1. A modular fuse holder assembly comprising:
- at least one insulative body; and
first and second studs projecting from the body in a spaced apart and generally parallel relationship to one another;
wherein each of the first and second studs comprises a threaded terminal portion having a first outer diameter, and a bus bar receiving portion having a second outer diameter larger than the first diameter, the bus bar receiving portion defining a generally planar fuse terminal receiving surface proximate one end of the terminal portion.
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Abstract
Modular fuse holders include dual studs with stepped configuration allowing the fuse holders to be universally used with and without bus bars while ensuring proper connection of a fuse.
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1. A modular fuse holder assembly comprising:
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at least one insulative body; and first and second studs projecting from the body in a spaced apart and generally parallel relationship to one another; wherein each of the first and second studs comprises a threaded terminal portion having a first outer diameter, and a bus bar receiving portion having a second outer diameter larger than the first diameter, the bus bar receiving portion defining a generally planar fuse terminal receiving surface proximate one end of the terminal portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A modular fuse holder assembly comprising:
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a plurality of insulative bodies configured to be ganged to one another in a side-by-side arrangement to form a fuse block, one of the insulative bodies including a power input stud attached thereto and the other of the insulative bodies each having a pair of terminal studs attached thereto, the power input terminal in the one insulative body having a first outer diameter and each of the pair of terminal studs in the other of the insulative bodies having threaded portions with a second outer diameter smaller than the first outer diameter; each of the pair of terminal studs in the other of the insulative bodies further including a bus bar receiving portion having an outer diameter approximately equal to the first outer diameter of the power input stud, the bus bar receiving portions each defining a fuse terminal receiving surface spaced from the respective insulative bodies; whereby a fuse may be connected between each pair of terminal studs in the other of the insulative bodies with opposed terminal elements of the fuse maintained in contact with the fuse terminal receiving surface in spaced relation to the other of the insulative bodies. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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