Patent ID: 6917278
Filing Date: 2005-07-12
Classification: B60T,H01C

Abstract:
1. A resistor bank, comprising a resistor element formed by a strip of resistor material which is bent into a zigzag shape so as to have a plurality of bent regions at opposing sides, these bent regions each having at least one fastening hole formed therein, first and second supporting members disposed adjacent the respective opposing sides of the resistor element, insulating means mounted on each of the supporting members for isolating the element from the supporting members and holding means for holding the element at each bent region thereof on to a respective one of the supporting members, the improvement wherein the holding means comprises a plurality of generally U-shaped clips which fit around the insulating means on the supporting means, each clip having at least one fastening lug for insertion into the at least one fastening hole in a corresponding bent region of the element, wherein each clip also has a surface adjacent to each lug which is bent to substantially the same curvature as the corresponding bent region and wherein the element is securely retained by engagement of the respective lugs through the respective fastening holes followed by bending back of the lugs towards the adjacent curved surfaces.