Circuit protector

Claim 2

An electric circuit protector comprising: a body member made of electrically insulating material, said body member including a main support portion which is planar and of a generally rectangular shape, a pair of spaced metal terminals carried by said body member, said terminals each having a forward portion projecting from one side of said planar support portion and which is adapted to be mated with a mating terminal and a rearward portion projecting from the other side of said planar support portion, a metal fuse element secured adjacent one end to the rearward portion of one of the terminals and secured adjacent its other end to the rearward portion of the other terminal, said fuse element and said rearward portions of said terminals lying wholly within a space defined by planes passing through the external sides of said generally rectangularly shaped main support portion, a cover means comprising a hollow cover shaped complementary with and positioned in abutting engagement with the other side of said main support portion to cover the rearward portion of the terminals and said fuse element and an outwardly extending handle integral with the cover to enable the circuit protector to be manually grasped, and cooperable means on said cover and said body member to retain the cover in place when positioned in abutting engagement with the other side of said main support portion of said body member.

Claim 3

An electric circuit protector comprising: a body member made of electrically insulating material, said body member being planar and of a substantially rectangular shape, a pair of spaced terminals embedded within said body member, said terminals each having a forward planar blade portion projecting from one side of said body member and which is adapted to be mated with a mating female terminal and a rearward planar portion projecting from the other side of said body member, said rearward portions of said terminals comprising a first section adjacent the body member which is of a given width and a second section integral therewith which is of a lesser width to define transversely extending abutment surfaces at their juncture, a metal fuse element having first and second end portions and an intermediate portion of a narrower width than the end portions, said end portions having a through opening shaped complementary to the second sections of said rearward portion of said terminals, said end portions being slidably received on said second sections of said rearward portions until they abuttingly engage the abutment surfaces and being soldered to the rearward sections of the terminal, a cover means comprising a hollow cover shaped complementary with and in abutting engagement with the other side of the body member to cover the rearward portion of the terminal and the fuse element and an outwardly extending handle integral with the cover to enable the circuit protector to be manually grasped, and cooperable means on said cover and said body member to retain the cover in place relative to the body member, said cooperable means comprising a pair of recesses on the opposite sides of said body member and a pair of forwardly projecting fingers integral with the cover member and which are slidably received within the recesses and then bent over the one side of the body member by heat staking the fingers in place.

Claim 4

An electric circuit protector comprising: a body member made of electrically insulating material, said body member being planar and of a substantially rectangular shape, a pair of spaced terminals embedded within said body member, said terminals each having a forward planar blade portion projecting from one side of said body member and which is adapted to be mated with a mating female terminal and a rearward planar portion projecting from the other side of said body member, said rearward portions of said terminals comprising a first section adjacent the body member which is of a given width and a second section integral therewith which is of a lesser width to define transversely extending abutment surfaces at their juncture, a metal fuse element having first and second end portions and an intermediate portion of a narrower width than the end portions, said end portions having a through opening shaped complementary to the second sections of said rearward portion of said terminals, said end portions being slidably received on said second sections of said rearward portions until they abuttingly engage the abutment surfaces and being soldered to the rearward sections of the terminal, a cover means comprising a hollow cover shaped complementary with and in abutting engagement with the other side of the body member to cover the rearward portion of the terminal and the fuse element and an outwardly extending handle integral with the cover to enable the circuit protector to be manually grasped, and cooperable means on said cover and said body member to retain the cover in place relative to the body member, said cooperable means comprising a pair of recesses on the opposite sides of said body member and a pair of forwardly projecting fingers integral with the cover member and which are slidably received within the recesses and then bent over the one side of the body member by heat staking the fingers in place.

Claim 5

An electric circuit protector comprising: a U-shaped body member made of electrically insulating material, said body member having a planar main support portion and spaced side portions, a pair of spaced terminals embedded within said main support portion and partially embedded within an adjacent side portion of said body member, said terminals each having a forward planar blade portion projecting from one side of said main suport portion and which is adapted to be mated with a mating female terminal and a rearward planar portion projecting from the other side of said main support portion, said rearward portions of said terminals comprising a first section adjacent the body member which is of a given width and a second section integral therewith which is of a lesser width to define transversely extending abutment surfAces at their juncture, a metal fuse element having first and second end portions and an intermediate portion of a narrower width than the end portions, said end portions having a through opening shaped complementary to the second sections of said rearward portion of said terminals, said end portions being slidably received on said second sections of said rearward portions until they abuttingly engage the abutment surface and being soldered to the rearward sections of the terminal, a cover means comprising a hollow cover shaped complementary with and in abutting engagement with the other side of the body member to cover the rearward portion of the terminal and the fuse element and an outwardly extending handle integral with the cover to enable the circuit protector to be manually grasped, and cooperable means on said cover and said body member to retain the cover in place relative to the body member, said cooperable means comprising a pair of recesses on the opposite sides of said body member and a pair of forwardly projecting fingers integral with the cover member and which are slidably received within the recesses and then bent over the one side of the body member by heat staking the fingers in place.

Claim 6

An electric circuit protector comprising: a U-shaped body member made of electrically insulating material, said body member having a planar main support portion and spaced side portions, a pair of spaced terminals embedded within said main support portion and partially embedded within an adjacent side portion of said body member, said terminals each having a forward planar blade portion projecting from one side of said main suport portion and which is adapted to be mated with a mating female terminal and a rearward planar portion projecting from the other side of said main support portion, said rearward portions of said terminals comprising a first section adjacent the body member which is of a given width and a second section integral therewith which is of a lesser width to define transversely extending abutment surfAces at their juncture, a metal fuse element having first and second end portions and an intermediate portion of a narrower width than the end portions, said end portions having a through opening shaped complementary to the second sections of said rearward portion of said terminals, said end portions being slidably received on said second sections of said rearward portions until they abuttingly engage the abutment surface and being soldered to the rearward sections of the terminal, a cover means comprising a hollow cover shaped complementary with and in abutting engagement with the other side of the body member to cover the rearward portion of the terminal and the fuse element and an outwardly extending handle integral with the cover to enable the circuit protector to be manually grasped, and cooperable means on said cover and said body member to retain the cover in place relative to the body member, said cooperable means comprising a pair of recesses on the opposite sides of said body member and a pair of forwardly projecting fingers integral with the cover member and which are slidably received within the recesses and then bent over the one side of the body member by heat staking the fingers in place.