Fused electrical disconnect device for high current applications
First Claim
1. A fused electrical disconnect device comprising:
- a housing defining a cartridge receptacle and including a line interface and a load interface within said receptacle;
a line terminal extending into said body and being in electrical communication with said line interface;
a load terminal extending into said body and being in electrical communication with said load interface;
a fuse holding cartridge removably insertable into said cartridge receptacle and releasably accommodating a load protection fuse, said fuse holding cartridge establishing an electrical current path between said line and load interfaces when said fuse holding cartridge accommodates a load protection fuse and is inserted into said cartridge receptacle, said fuse holding cartridge comprising a pair of resilient spring elements to engage said line and load interfaces thereby to retain said fuse holding cartridge in said cartridge receptacle; and
an alarm signal circuit in electrical communication with said line and load terminals, said alarm signal circuit generating an alarm signal when said electrical current path is interrupted and said line and load terminals are electrically coupled to a power source and load respectively.
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Abstract
A fused electrical disconnect device includes a housing defining a cartridge receptacle. A line interface and a load interface are disposed within the receptacle. A line terminal extends into the body and is in electrical communication with the line interface. A load terminal also extends into the body and is in electrical communication with the load interface. A fuse holding cartridge is removably insertable into the cartridge receptacle and releasably accommodates a load protection fuse. The fuse holding cartridge establishes an electrical current path between the line and load interfaces when the fuse holding cartridge accommodates a load protection fuse and is inserted into the cartridge receptacle. An alarm signal circuit is also in electrical communication with the line and load terminals. The alarm signal circuit generates an alarm signal when the electrical current path is interrupted and the line and load terminals are electrically coupled to a power source and a load respectively.
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46 Claims
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1. A fused electrical disconnect device comprising:
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a housing defining a cartridge receptacle and including a line interface and a load interface within said receptacle;
a line terminal extending into said body and being in electrical communication with said line interface;
a load terminal extending into said body and being in electrical communication with said load interface;
a fuse holding cartridge removably insertable into said cartridge receptacle and releasably accommodating a load protection fuse, said fuse holding cartridge establishing an electrical current path between said line and load interfaces when said fuse holding cartridge accommodates a load protection fuse and is inserted into said cartridge receptacle, said fuse holding cartridge comprising a pair of resilient spring elements to engage said line and load interfaces thereby to retain said fuse holding cartridge in said cartridge receptacle; and
an alarm signal circuit in electrical communication with said line and load terminals, said alarm signal circuit generating an alarm signal when said electrical current path is interrupted and said line and load terminals are electrically coupled to a power source and load respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A low voltage, high current fused electrical disconnect device comprising:
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a housing defining a cartridge receptacle and including electrically conductive, laterally spaced line and load interfaces within said receptacle;
generally cylindrical, laterally spaced line and load terminals extending from said housing, said line terminal being electrically coupled to said line interface and said load terminal being electrically coupled to said load interface;
a fuse holding cartridge removably insertable into said receptacle and releasably accommodating a load protection fuse, said fuse holding cartridge establishing an electrical current path between said line and load interfaces when said fuse holding cartridge accommodates a load protection fuse and said fuse holding cartridge is inserted into said receptacle, said fuse holding cartridge comprising a pair of resilient spring elements to engage said line and load interfaces thereby to retain said fuse holding cartridge in said cartridge receptacle; and
an alarm signal circuit in electrical communication with said line and load terminals, said alarm signal circuit generating an alarm signal when said electrical current path is interrupted and said line and load terminals are electrically coupled to a power source and load respectively. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A fused electrical disconnect device comprising:
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a housing defining a cartridge receptacle and including a line interface and a load interface within said receptacle;
a line terminal extending into said body and being in electrical communication with said line interface;
a load terminal extending into said body and being in electrical communication with said load interface;
a fuse holding cartridge removably insertable into said cartridge receptacle and releasably accommodating a load protection fuse, said fuse holding cartridge establishing an electrical current path between said line and load interfaces when said fuse holding cartridge accommodates a load protection fuse and is inserted into said cartridge receptacle, said fuse holding cartridge comprising a biased retaining mechanism to maintain said fuse holding cartridge in secure contact with said line and load interfaces; and
an alarm signal circuit in electrical communication with said line and load terminals, said alarm signal circuit generating an alarm signal when said electrical current path is interrupted and said line and load terminals are electrically coupled to a power source and load respectively. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A low voltage, high current fused electrical disconnect device comprising:
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a housing having an upper surface and defining a cartridge receptacle and including electrically conductive, laterally spaced line and load interfaces within said receptacle;
laterally spaced line and load terminals extending from said housing, said line terminal being electrically coupled to said line interface and said load terminal being electrically coupled to said load interface;
a fuse holding cartridge removably insertable into said receptacle and releasably accommodating a load protection fuse, said fuse holding cartridge being flush with said upper surface and establishing an electrical current path between said line and load interfaces when said fuse holding cartridge accommodates a load protection fuse and is inserted into said receptacle, said fuse holding cartridge including bias clips to engage said line and load interfaces, thereby to retain said fuse holding cartridge in said cartridge receptacle; and
an alarm signal circuit in electrical communication with said line and load terminals, said alarm signal circuit generating an alarm signal when said electrical current path is interrupted and said line and load terminals are electrically coupled to a power source and load respectively. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A fused electrical disconnect comprising:
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a housing comprising a fuse cartridge receptacle, a line side terminal extending from said receptacle and a load side terminal extending from said receptacle; and
a retractable fuse cartridge comprising a body, a line side clip within said body, a load side clip within said body and a load protection fuse extending between said line side and load side clips, said line side terminal and line side clip and said load side terminal and load side clip being in secure biased contact when said fuse cartridge is inserted into said receptacle. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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