Patent ID: 7773368

Claim:
An installation adapter for installing a fuse in a non-standard mounting for the fuse, the fuse including a housing having a first end, a second end and an outer surface, the first end including a first coupling ferrule and the second end including a second coupling ferrule, the first and second coupling ferrules sized and configured to engage a standard mounting for the fuse, the adapter comprising: a first adapter member, the first adapter member to be received about a portion of the first end and a portion of the first coupling ferrule and to electrically couple to the first coupling ferrule, the first adapter member further having a first electrical contact to engage a first contact of the non-standard mounting; a second adapter member, the second adapter member having a first portion to be received about a portion of the second end and a portion of the second coupling ferrule and to electrically couple to the second coupling ferrule, the second adapter member having an electrically conducting sleeve portion extending from the first portion, the sleeve portion having an end and a second electrical contact formed at the end to engage a second contact of the non-standard mounting; and wherein the second electrical contact is adjustably moveable and securable along the sleeve member for setting a distance between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact.