Patent ID: 6243246
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A device for warning breakdown of an electric circuit of motor vehicles, said device comprising:a housing having a base and a transparent shell, said shell being mounted on said base and provided with a receiving slot having an open top and a bottom which is provided with two retaining blocks; anda warning apparatus provided with a negative conductive piece having a retaining slot engageable with one of said two retaining blocks, a positive conductive piece having a retaining slot engageable with other one of said two retaining blocks, a fuse connecting said negative conductive piece and said positive conductive piece, a light-emitting diode fastened with said negative conductive piece and provided with a positive current receiver, a coiled spring fastened at one end thereof with said positive conductive piece, and an elastic piece fastened with other end of said coiled spring such that said elastic piece is in contact with said fuse;said warning apparatus being located in said receiving slot of said housing such that said retaining slots of said negative conductive piece and said positive conductive piece are engaged with said two retaining blocks of said receiving slot of said housing, and that said fuse melts to break the electric circuit which is overloaded with electric current, thereby resulting in said elastic piece being actuated by said coiled spring to come in contact with said positive current receiver of said light-emitting diode so as to make electric current available to said light-emitting diode which emits light to warn of breakdown of the electric circuit of motor vehicles.