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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2011
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2008
Juergen Scheele, Wildeshausen, DE;
Ronald Michael Rygiel, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Julio Cesar Urrea, Chicago, IL (US);
Kerri Michelle Hood, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Timothy R. Goldsberry, Orland Hills, IL (US);
Joseph Butler, Warren, MI (US);
Edwin J. Harris, Oak Park, IL (US);
Juergen Scheele, Wildeshausen, DE;
Ronald Michael Rygiel, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Julio Cesar Urrea, Chicago, IL (US);
Kerri Michelle Hood, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Timothy R. Goldsberry, Orland Hills, IL (US);
Joseph Butler, Warren, MI (US);
Edwin J. Harris, Oak Park, IL (US);
Littelfuse, Inc., Des Plaines, IL (US);
Abstract
A power distribution module for a vehicle includes an insulating housing including a component grid, the component grid defining a plurality of circuit protection footprints, the housing further including at least one connector mount or terminal mating location; a printed circuit board ('PCB') located within the housing and beneath the component grid, the PCB holding a plurality of fuse mounting terminals and at least one connector mounting terminal, the PCB including a plurality of conducting traces connecting the fuse mounting terminals to the at least one connector mounting terminal; and a cover that threadingly engages the housing, the threading engagement leading to a locking of the cover to the housing that tends to prevent the cover from loosening from the housing when the vehicle is being driven, the locking of the cover able to be overcome by a person so that the cover can be unthreaded readily from the housing.