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Two embodiments of a panel mount fuseholder, a bayonet-lock type or a screw type, utilize numerous common components and are adaptable to receive a variety of fuse lengths. A common body member may be provided with a contact member of longer length to receive shorter fuses, and only an extension por

Two embodiments of a panel mount fuseholder, a bayonet-lock type or a screw type, utilize numerous common components and are adaptable to receive a variety of fuse lengths. A common body member may be provided with a contact member of longer length to receive shorter fuses, and only an extension portion need be varied to accept a bayonet lock or screw lock cap member. A common cap member is provided with a joining member freely rotatably fastened thereto by a plurality of resilient fingers cooperating with a groove in the common cap member, and has an interior surface provided with either bayonet-lock means or a screw thread, for cooperating with corresponding means on the extension portion. The joining means of the invention and the general structure of the common cap member are also applicable to connectors in general.

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A fuseholder, comprising: a body portion, said body portion being adapted to contain at least a portion of a generally cylindrical fuse member, said fuse member having a body portion and first and second end cap portions at opposite ends thereof; said body portion including at a first end thereof a

A fuseholder, comprising: a body portion, said body portion being adapted to contain at least a portion of a generally cylindrical fuse member, said fuse member having a body portion and first and second end cap portions at opposite ends thereof; said body portion including at a first end thereof a contact member adapted to contact said first end cap portion of said fuse member, said contact member extending the exterior of said first end of said body portion and including a connection portion adapted to receive an electrical connection thereto; a cap portion for retaining said fuse member in said fuseholder, said cap portion including means for retaining said second end cap portion of said fuse member and resilient means adapted to contact said second end cap portion to urge said fuse member towards said contact member when said cap portion is joined to said body portion said means for retaining said second end cap portion being a tubular member protruding from an end thereof and adapted to be inserted into said body portion; said body portion including a second contact portion adapted to frictionally received said tubular member and to establish electrical connection thereto, said second contact postion including a generally ring-shaped portion adapted to receive said tubular portion and a second connection portion extending to the exterior of said body portion and adapted to receive an electrical connection thereto; said cap member having a joining member for joining said cap portion to said body portion, said joining portion being freely rotatably mounted to said cap member; said joining member being freely rotatably mounted to said cap member by a plurality of resilient mounting fingers integral with said joining member and adapted to cooperate with a circumferential groove of said cap member, said cap member defining said groove in an outer surface thereof; said body portion including means adapted to cooperate with said joining member for joining said cap portion to said body portion, and establishing an electrical current path from said second end cap portion through said tubular member and said resilient means to said generally ring-shaped portion and said second connection portion.