Patent ID: 6726506
Filing Date: 2004-04-27
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A fuse holder, into which a blade type fuse, having a body and blade terminals protruding from the body, is fittable, said fuse holder comprising:a holder housing having wide front and rear walls at the front and the rear and narrow right and left walls on the right and the left, wherein inner wall surfaces of these walls bound a chamber, which will hold the blade terminals and at least a part of the body of the blade type fuse inserted from a top side of the fuse holder, first and second coupling parts that are provided on the holder housing and that are adapted to disconnectably fit the holder housing onto two other holder housings of two other adjacent fuse holders, wherein the first coupling part comprises two plates, which are provided on a first one of the walls and have free protruding ends opposed to each other, and in a plan view, one of the plates has an inverted L shape, and the other one of the plates has an inverted reversed L shape, and the second coupling part comprises ribs, which are provided on second and third ones of the walls, extend in a height direction, and are configured, located and adapted to be held between free protruding ends of an adjacent first coupling part and an adjacent first wall, on which the adjacent first coupling part is provided, of one of the other adjacent fuse holders, and two contacts, each of which has an intermediate part fixed to the holder housing, a connecting part, at one end of the contact, extending into the chamber to fit with one of the blade terminals, and a leg, at another end of the contact, extending out of the holder housing and adapted to be soldered or press-fitted onto a printed circuit board.