Patent ID: 8339236
Filing Date: 2012-12-25
Classification: H01H,H02G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An electric connection box comprising: a fuse cavity, made of synthetic resin, into which a fuse can be inserted from an upper side, the fuse including a pair of fuse terminals, a fusible element electrically connecting the fuse terminals, and a housing made of synthetic resin and accommodating the fuse terminals so as to cover the fusible element; and a pair of cavity terminals configured to come in contact with the fuse terminals to be electrically connected thereto when the fuse is inserted into the fuse cavity, wherein a lower face of the housing of the fuse inserted in the fuse cavity is configured to abut against an inner bottom portion of the fuse cavity, so that the fuse is positioned in the fuse cavity in a downward direction; wherein the inner bottom portion has a non-projecting portion and a projecting portion formed on an inner bottom face of the inner bottom portion, the projecting portion extending upwardly from the inner bottom face more than the non-projecting portion; wherein an upper face of the projecting portion abuts against the lower face of the housing; wherein an empty space is formed between an upper face of the non-projecting portion and the lower face of the fuse housing; wherein the inner bottom portion is in a range of the height of a pair of opposing side walls of the fuse cavity; wherein the non-projecting portion is formed in a plane; and wherein a total area of the non-projecting portion is more than or equal to a total area of the upper face of the projecting portion.