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 Title: |
US4758184:
Fused plug for electrical appliance cord
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Call, Wilson; Bakersfield, CA 93301
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| Assignee: |
None
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| Published / Filed: |
1988-07-19
/ 1987-09-08
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| Application Number: |
US1987000094154
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
H01R 13/68;
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IPC-7:
H01R 13/68;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
439/620.31;
337/197;
Original:
439/622;
337/197;
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| Field of Search: |
337/197,198,201,213
439/621,622
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| Priority Number: |
| 1987-09-08 |
US1987000094154 |
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| Abstract: |
An electrical plug housing is provided having a base part and a fuse part. Both parts fit together and secure electrical contact members that provide male and female plug connections. One of the members comprises two sections each of which are in engagement with a fuse connector. The housing fuse part includes transverse openings which extend from a compartment in the housing face. One end of the fuse connector extends through the transverse opening and engages one of the contact member sections. The opposing end provides a clamp for one end of a fuse.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Hovet, Kenneth J. ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Weidenfeld, Gil; Paumen, Gary F.
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A fused electrical plug comprising:
- a housing having at least first, second and third contact member openings and an integral compartment containing a fuse device having a wall unitary with said housing with apertures extending from said compartment to each of said second and third openings;
- a first electrical contact member constrained within said first opening and a second contact member comprising two sections, each one being located in a respective second and third opening; and,
- fuse connector means attached to said fuse device in said compartment and extending from said compartment through said apertures for engagement with a respective said section to provide electrical communication between said sections, said fuse connector means comprising two resilient strips each folded together and formed into a wedge shape having a contact engagement portion comprising the apex of said wedge shape from which extend opposing wedge portions each of which merge into a fuse attachment portion, said wedge shape including an outwardly extending abutment flange for engagement with a respective aperture.
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| Forward References: |
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