Patent ID: 9484170
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: H01H

Claim Text:
1. A fuse securing structure for a power source circuit cutoff device, comprising: a plug body comprising a main body housing, a fuse having a pair of terminals protruding outside the main body housing with the fuse being accommodated in the main body housing, and a cover attached to the main body housing; a circuit accommodating body accommodating a pair of terminals on a mating side connected to the pair of terminals of the fuse; a rotatable lever operating to rotate while being connected to the plug body and the circuit accommodating body through a cam mechanism, engaging or disengaging the plug body and the circuit accommodating body by a cam thrust force of the cam mechanism, and connecting and disconnecting between the pair of terminals of the fuse and the pair of terminals on the mating side; and a fuse biasing portion biasing the fuse accommodated in the main body housing toward the cover is provided, wherein the fuse biasing portion is an elastically deformable arm portion provided in the main body housing, wherein the arm portion abuts a lower surface of at least one of the pair of terminals of the fuse accommodated in the main body housing to bias the at least one of the pair of terminals toward the cover to hold the terminal between the arm portion and the cover with the cover abutting an upper surface of the at least one of the pair of terminals, wherein at least one of the pair of terminals of the fuse has a cutout retaining a jig upon mounting of the fuse, and wherein the main body housing has a retaining portion retaining the cutout upon the fuse being mounted to the main body housing to prevent disconnection of the fuse.