Split end plate fuse assembly
First Claim
1. An electrical fuse terminal assembly comprisingan end plate assembly, anda terminal element received in said end plate assembly,said end plate assembly comprising two or more end plate pieces abutting each other along abutting portions of abutting edges and having substantially the same plate thickness along said abutting edges, said abutting edges defining a terminal hole which receives said terminal element,said terminal element comprising a base portion and a terminal connection portion, said base portion comprising two parallel overlap portions spaced a distance by a neck portion, said distance being substantially equal to the plate thickness of the end plate pieces, and said neck portion fitting within said terminal hole and being collared by said end plate pieces,said abutting edges fitting between said overlap portions, the portions of the edges defining said hole being covered by a said overlap portion.
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Abstract
A terminal assembly for a fuse using multiple end plate pieces to collar a terminal element around a neck portion, the end plate pieces being attached to a housing.
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40 Claims
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1. An electrical fuse terminal assembly comprising
an end plate assembly, and a terminal element received in said end plate assembly, said end plate assembly comprising two or more end plate pieces abutting each other along abutting portions of abutting edges and having substantially the same plate thickness along said abutting edges, said abutting edges defining a terminal hole which receives said terminal element, said terminal element comprising a base portion and a terminal connection portion, said base portion comprising two parallel overlap portions spaced a distance by a neck portion, said distance being substantially equal to the plate thickness of the end plate pieces, and said neck portion fitting within said terminal hole and being collared by said end plate pieces, said abutting edges fitting between said overlap portions, the portions of the edges defining said hole being covered by a said overlap portion.
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6. The electrical fuse terminal assembly of claim wherein the abutting portions of the abutting edges are flat surfaces at nonperpendicular angles to the faces of the plate pieces.
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21. An electrical fuse comprising
a hollow housing comprising a first opening, a first terminal assembly affixed to said housing at said first opening and covering said first opening, said first terminal assembly comprising a first end plate assembly, and a first terminal element received in said first end plate assembly, and one or more fusible elements connected to said first terminal element and disposed within said housing, said first end plate assembly comprising two or more end plate pieces abutting each other along abutting portions of abutting edges and having substantially the same plate thickness along said abutting edges, said abutting edges defining a terminal hole which receives said terminal element, said first terminal element comprising a base portion and a terminal connection portion, said base portion comprising two parallel overlap portions spaced a distance by a neck portion, said distance being substantially equal to the plate thickness of the end plate pieces, and said neck portion fitting within said terminal hole and being collared by said end plate pieces, said abutting edges fitting between said overlap portions, the portions of the edges defining said hole being covered by a said overlap portion.
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31. The method of making an electrical fuse comprising the steps of
providing first and second terminal elements, each of said terminal elements comprising a base portion and a terminal connection portion, said base portion comprising two parallel overlap portions spaced a distance by a neck portion and further comprising one or more fusible element contact areas, electrically conductively attaching one or more fusible elements to said fusible element contact areas of said first and second terminal elements so as to interconnect said first and second terminal elements to form a subassembly, inserting abutting edges of a first set of two or more end plate pieces between the overlap portions of said first terminal element so as to collar said first terminal element around its neck portion, providing a hollow housing, said housing having a cavity and a first and a second opening at opposing ends in communication with said cavity, disposing said subassembly in said cavity by inserting said subassembly through said first opening, second terminal first, until said first set of end plate pieces contact said housing and said second terminal element protrudes through said second opening, affixing said first set of end plate pieces to said housing, inserting abutting edges of a second set of two or more end plate pieces between the overlap portions of said second terminal element so as to collar said second terminal element around its neck portion, and affixing said second set of end plate pieces to said housing.
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