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Fuse and distribution arrangement box for motor vehicles
Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
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Filing: 1985-01-30
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Granted: 1985-11-26
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Expires: 2005-01-30
Abstract
Abstract A fuse and distribution box arrangement for motor vehicles includes a printed circuit board with wiring in the form of a printed circuit, electrical fuses and spring-biased contacts for directly connecting consumers of power. The fuses include first and second contacts, the first contacts of which are directly connected to the printed circuit board, and the second contacts of which are directly connected to the spring-biased contacts which thereby connect consumers of power.
Inventors
- 👤 Hartwig Lobe
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 20:45
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01H; H01H85/00; H01H85/02; H01H85/20; H01H85/203; H01H85/2035; H02; H02G; H02G3/00; H02G3/02; H02G3/08; H02G3/16; H01H2085/2075; H01H2085/208; H01H2085/209; H01H85/205; H05; H05K; H05K1/00; H05K1/18; H05K3/00; H05K3/30; H05K3/301
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
206 words
A fuse and distribution box arrangement for motor vehicles wherein an electrical load is connected to a printed circuit board in the distribution box by an electrical fuse, the arrangement comprising a distribution box means for housing a printed circuit board, a printed circuit board having a printed circuit connected to a power supply of a motor vehicle, an electrical fuse having a plurality of contacts, first discrete spring-biased contact means associated with an electrical load for connecting the load to one of the plurality of contacts of the fuse, and second spring-biased contact means associated with said printed circuit for connecting another of said plurality of contacts of said fuse to said printed circuit, and first spring-biased contact means including resilient means for attaching said first spring-biased contact means to said box means, said second spring-biased contact means being directly connected to the printed circuit board wherein the electrical load is connected to the printed circuit by the discrete spring-biased contact means associated with the load being positioned relative to the box means by the resilient means and the fuse interconnecting the first discrete spring-biased contact means associated with the load to the second spring-biased contact means associated with the power supply of the vehicle.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
206 words
A fuse and distribution box arrangement for motor vehicles wherein an electrical load is connected to a printed circuit board in the distribution box by an electrical fuse, the arrangement comprising a distribution box means for housing a printed circuit board, a printed circuit board having a printed circuit connected to a power supply of a motor vehicle, an electrical fuse having a plurality of contacts, first discrete spring-biased contact means associated with an electrical load for connecting the load to one of the plurality of contacts of the fuse, and second spring-biased contact means associated with said printed circuit for connecting another of said plurality of contacts of said fuse to said printed circuit, and first spring-biased contact means including resilient means for attaching said first spring-biased contact means to said box means, said second spring-biased contact means being directly connected to the printed circuit board wherein the electrical load is connected to the printed circuit by the discrete spring-biased contact means associated with the load being positioned relative to the box means by the resilient means and the fuse interconnecting the first discrete spring-biased contact means associated with the load to the second spring-biased contact means associated with the power supply of the vehicle.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
The arrangement according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of electrical loads are connected directly to the printed circuit by a plurality of fuses, each of the plurality of electrical loads having a discrete spring-biased contact means associated therewith.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the plurality of contacts of each of the plurality of fuses includes knife-like contacts.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
The arrangement according to claim 3, wherein said plurality of fuses are arranged one behind the other on at least one edge of the printed circuit board.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
58 words
The arrangement according to claim 2, wherein the arrangement includes a bus bar for connecting the plurality of fuses directly to a positive potential of the power source of the vehicle located under the printed circuit board and extending through an edge area of the printed circuit board into receptacles adapted to receive the second spring-biased contact means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
48 words
The arrangement according to claim 5, wherein the printed circuit board has relays which are connected to the printed circuit, said bus bar extending under the printed circuit board to the relays and, with contact parts, extending through the printed circuit board to positive inputs of the relays.
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