Patent ID: 8382525
Filing Date: 2013-02-26
Classification: H01H,H01R

Abstract:
1. A direct-connect fuse unit for a battery terminal and for use with an external electrical cable, comprising: a flat plate-like conducting hardware including front and reverse sides and being integrally provided with an input side terminal section for connection with the battery terminal, an output side terminal section for connection to the external electrical cable, and a fusing section for interconnecting the input and output side terminal sections; and a casing molded of synthetic resin that partially covers the front and reverse sides of the conducting hardware; the conducting hardware being integrally provided with a connecting terminal, said connecting terminal being bent in a plate thickness direction of the conducting hardware to project from a surface of the casing; and an electrical component housing adapted to contain the connecting terminal so that the external electrical component connected to the connecting terminal is held in the housing, the housing being formed separately from the casing and adapted to be fitted in the casing.