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US3102178A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Fuse tube construction

Assignee: McGraw Edison Co
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Filing: 1960-06-29
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Granted: 1963-08-27
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Expires: 1980-06-29
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Raymond J Bronikowski

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 19:13
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01H; H01H31/00; H01H31/02; H01H31/12; H01H31/122; H01H31/127

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim 127 words
IN A DROP OUT FUSE CUTOUT THE COMBINATION OF, GAS EVOLVING EXPULSION FUSE TUBULAR MEANS HAVING A FUSE LINK THEREWITHIN, SAID FUSE LINK HAVING A RUPTURABLE PORTION INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS THEREOF, SPACED APART TERMINAL MEANS AFFIXED TO SAID TUBULAR MEANS AND ELECTRICALLY CONNECTED TO SAID ENDS OF SAID FUSE LINK, CLOSURE MEANS FOR ONE END OF SAID TUBULAR MEANS, WHEREBY GAS EXPELLED FROM THE OPEN OTHER END OF SAID TUBULAR MEANS INCIDENT TO RUPTURE OF SAID FUSE LINK RESULTS IN A RECOIL FORCE ON SAID TUBULAR MEANS, ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE SLEEVE MEANS HAVING AN INTERNAL DIAMETER NO GREATER THAN THAT OF SAID TUBULAR MEANS DISPOSED WITHIN SAID TUBULAR MEANS AND SURROUNDING SAID FUSE LINK AND BEING SPACED AXIALLY OF SAID TUBULAR MEANS FROM SAID RUPTURABLE PORTION, SAID ELEC-

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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows

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3.5 Years (Year 4) 1966-08-26 1967-02-25 1967-08-27 $2000.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8) 1970-08-26 1971-02-25 1971-08-27 $3760.00 Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12) 1974-08-26 1975-02-25 1975-08-27 $7700.00 Window Closed / Lapsed

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