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Combined fuse holder and current monitor

  • US 6,774,759 B2
  • Filed: 05/18/2001
  • Issued: 08/10/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A combined fuse holder and current monitor comprising:

  • a two part housing, each housing part having opposite end walls, a bottom, one sidewall and an open side opposite from said one sidewall;

    each end wall having a slot therein extending from said open side toward said one sidewall parallel to said bottom;

    each sidewall having a plurality of vertical ribs thereon spaced-apart in a direction between said end walls;

    said ribs having rib bottom ends spaced above said bottom;

    said housing parts being secured together with said open sides thereof butted together;

    a first connector having a first circuit connector terminal extending through said slot in one of said end walls and having a first fuse connector terminal within said housing, opposite side portions of said first fuse connector terminal being received between certain of said rib bottom ends and said housing bottom, said first fuse connector terminal having a first fuse connector extending upwardly therefrom between said sidewalls;

    a second connector having a second circuit connector terminal extending through said slot in the other of said housing end walls and having a second fuse connector terminal within said housing, opposite side portions of said second fuse connector being received between certain other of said rib bottom ends and said housing bottom, said second fuse connector terminal having a second fuse connector extending upwardly therefrom between said sidewalls; and

    a current monitoring device connected between said second circuit connector terminal and said second fuse connector terminal within said housing.

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