Patent ID: 8328581
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: B60L,H01R

Abstract:
1. An in-line fused connector comprising: an outer housing having a front end; and a fuse subassembly disposed in the outer housing, the fuse subassembly including a mating terminal configured to engage a first conductive body of a power distribution module and an internal terminal configured to be electrically coupled with a fused conductor that is configured to be electrically coupled with an electronic device, the mating terminal and the internal terminal shaped to receive a fuse to electrically couple the mating terminal and the internal terminal, wherein electric current that is supplied by the power distribution module is conveyed through the fuse subassembly when the fuse subassembly receives the fuse and the mating terminal of the fuse subassembly mates with the first conductive body of the power distribution module through an opening in the front end of the outer housing, further wherein the fuse is removable from the fuse subassembly through the front end.