Patent ID: 6955571
Filing Date: 2005-10-18
Classification: H01H,H01R

Abstract:
1. A fuse connector for a fuse having a pair of tab terminals, the fuse connector comprising: a housing having opposite front and rear ends, the front end of the housing being configured for receiving at least part of the fuse; at least two terminal fittings accommodated in the housing, each of said terminal fittings having a base wall with opposite front and rear ends, opposed sidewalls extending from the base wall, resilient contact pieces formed unitarily with the respective sidewalls and bent inwardly relative to the respective sidewalls, the resilient contact pieces being configured for contacting the tab terminals of the fuse when the fuse is received in the housing, portions of each said terminal fitting rearward of the resilient contact pieces including a rectangular tube defined by the base wall, the sidewalls and at least one ceiling wall opposed to the base wall, portions of the terminal fitting opposed to the base wall and forward of the ceiling wall being open, a protection wall projecting in at the front end of the base wall and auxiliary protections walls extending in at the front ends of the sidewalls, the side walls defining frame pieces extending from the auxiliary protection walls to the rectangular tube for protecting the resilient contact pieces from contact laterally.