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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1986
Robert G Plyler, Vienna, OH (US);
Jay H Garretson, Warren, OH (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A fuse package for a vehicle handles a row of plug-in type fuses in a simple and convenient fashion. An insulator block includes a plurality of terminals arrayed so that a row of fuses held in a cover will plug into the terminals as the cover is installed on the block. The terminals grip the fuses more strongly than the fuses are held within the cover so that the terminals will be pulled out of the cover and stay plugged in to the terminals as the cover is removed, giving easy servicing access to the fuses. The fuses are not held within the cover strongly enough to stay with the cover as the cover is handled, however. A retainer fits within the cover strongly enough to maintain the cover and fuses as a unitary assembly that can be separately handled and installed. The retainer also includes a locking means that interengages with a locking means on the block as the cover assembly is installed to cooperatively keep the cover on the block. The locking force is also strong enough to pull the retainer out of the cover as the cover is removed. The retainer therefore stays with the block so as to let the fuses by easily accessed.