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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2007
Pax Maguire, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Venkateswa Sankaran, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jacob Mathews, Canton, MI (US);
Pax Maguire, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Venkateswa Sankaran, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Jacob Mathews, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A circuit disconnect assembly for a high-voltage electrical storage device in a vehicle includes a handle, a fuse and a detent. The handle is manually manipulated within a housing of a circuit between a locked position and an unlocked position. The fuse includes a first terminal and a second terminal which are moveable by the handle between the locked position to close the circuit and the unlocked position to open the circuit. The detent prevents shifting of the handle until a predetermined force is applied to the handle.