SCHEDULE 13G Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. 4)* BEL FUSE INC. ___________________________________________________________________________ (Name of Issuer) COMMON STOCK ___________________________________________________________________________ (Title of Class of Securities) 07734710-2 ___________________________________________________________________________ (CUSIP Number) Check the following box if a fee is being paid with this statement [ ]. (A fee is not required only if the filing person: (1) has a previous statement on file reporting beneficial ownership of more than five percent of the class of securities described in Item 1; and (2) has filed no amendment subsequent thereto reporting beneficial ownership of five percent or less of such class.) (See Rule 13d-7). *The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter the disclosures provided in a prior cover page. The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however, see the Notes.) 1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSON S.S. or I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON Howard B. Bernstein ###-##-#### 2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP* (a) (b) 3 SEC USE ONLY 4 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION United States NUMBER OF SHARES BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON WITH: 5 SOLE VOTING POWER 305,300 6 SHARED VOTING POWER 500 (shares held by Mr. Bernstein's wife) 7 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER 305,300 8 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER 500 (see box 6) 9 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON 305,800 10 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES* 11 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9 6.1% 12 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON* IN Item 1. (a) Name of Issuer Bel Fuse Inc. (b) Address of Issuer's Principal Executive Offices 198 Van Vorst Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 Item 2. (a) Name of Person Filing Howard B. Bernstein (b) Address of Principal Business Office or, if none, Residence c/o Bel Fuse Inc. 198 Van Vorst Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 (c) Citizenship United States (d) Title of Class of Securities Common Stock (e) CUSIP Number 07734710-2 Item 3. If this statement is filed pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b), or 13d-2(b), check whether the person filing is a: (a) Broker or Dealer registered under Section 15 of the Act (b) Bank as defined in section 3(a)(6) of the Act (c) lnsurance Company as defined in section 3(a)(19) of the act (d) Investment Company registered under section 8 of the Investment Company Act (e) Investment Adviser registered under section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (f) Employee Benefit Plan, Pension Fund which is subject to the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 or Endowment Fund; see 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F) (g) Parent Holding Company, in accordance with 240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G) (Note: See Item 7) (h) Group, in accordance with 240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(H) Item 4. Ownership (a) Amount Beneficially Owned 305,800 (b) Percent of Class 6.1% (c) Number of shares as to which such person has: (i) sole power to vote or to direct the vote 305,300 (ii) shared power to vote or to direct the vote 500 (held by Mr. Bernstein's wife) (iii) sole power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 305,300 (iv) shared power to dispose or to direct the disposition of 500 (held by Mr. Bernstein's wife) Item 5. Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class N/A Item 6. Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of Another Person. N/A Item 7. Identification and Classification of the Subsidiary Which Acquired the Security Being Reported on By the Parent Holding Company N/A Item 8. Identification and Classification of Members of the Group N/A Item 9. Notice of Dissolution of Group N/A Item 10. Certification N/A SIGNATURE After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct. February , 1996 Date Howard B. Bernstein By: /s/Peter H. Ehrenberg Signature Peter H. Ehrenberg, Attorney-in-Fact Name/Title Attention: Intentional misstatements or omissions of fact constitute Federal criminal violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)