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Fuse holder clip and clip-type fuse holder for selectively holding different electrical fuses

  • US 4,606,590 A
  • Filed: 02/06/1985
  • Issued: 08/19/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/1984
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A fuse holder clip formed of an electrically conductive material for selectively accommodating one end cap of the first end caps of a first electrical fuse of a first type and of a second electrical fuse of a second type each having oppositely situated first and second end caps, comprising:

  • a substantially U-shaped first clip means having two first legs and a connecting web;

    said two first legs having related substantially arcuate first clamping regions and substantially conjointly defining a first hypothetical longitudinal axis of said first clip means about which said first clamping regions are substantially concentric;

    said two first legs extending in a substantially common direction at related predetermined transverse distances from and on opposite sides of said first hypothetical longitudinal axis;

    a substantially U-shaped second clip means having two second legs connected by a connecting web;

    said two second legs having related substantially arcuate second clamping regions substantially conjointly defining a second hypothetical longitudinal axis of said second clip means about which said second clamping regions are substantially concentric and which second hypothetical longitudinal axis extends in a direction substantially parallel to said first hypothetical longitudinal axis;

    said two second legs extending substantially in said substantially common direction of said two first legs and at related predetermined transverse distances from and on opposite sides of said second hypothetical longitudinal axis;

    said two first clamping regions being configured to accommodate the first end cap of the first electrical fuse;

    said two second clamping regions being configured to accommodate the first end cap of the second electrical fuse;

    each of said two first legs having a first inner end;

    said first inner ends mutually defining a hypothetical plane extending substantially parallel to said first hypothetical longitudinal axis;

    the first end cap of the first electrical fuse having a predetermined first radius;

    the first end cap of the second electrical fuse having a predetermined second radius;

    said second radius defining a hypothetical cylinder about said second hypothetical longitudinal axis;

    said first clip means and said second clip means being mutually electrically and mechanically connected essentially by means of the related connecting webs;

    said two first legs of said first clip means and said two second legs of said second clip means being arranged in a mutually substantially independent and substantially juxtaposed relationship with respect to said first hypothetical longitudinal axis; and

    said hypothetical plane being spaced from said hypothetical cylinder defined by said second radius of said first end cap of said second electrical fuse by an amount which does not exceed the value of said predetermined first radius of said first and end cap of said first.

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