Patent ID: 7301433

Claim:
A fuse and truck cable assembly for a rail vehicle third rail current collector comprising: a truck cable; a cable-engaging element having a sleeve portion crimped onto the truck cable; a fuse canister having an open end through which a fuse may be inserted, said open end being threaded; a canister closure assembly having a threaded end for engaging the threads at the opening of the fuse canister, said canister closure assembly having a cylindrical socket and a spring seated in the cylindrical socket; a fuse contact element comprising a contact disc configured on a first face to contact a fuse positioned in the fuse canister and on a second face to contact the spring seated in the cylindrical socket of the canister closure assembly such that the spring biases the fuse contact element away from the canister closure assembly, said fuse contact element further having an extension from the second face configured for being secured to the cable-engaging element; and a flexible cable gland secured to the truck cable and the canister closure assembly permitting a slight relative movement therebetween, whereby a fuse can be replaced in the fuse canister by turning the canister closure assembly free of the fuse canister without removing the gland.