Patent ID: 6359543
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
A fuse, comprising:a fuse element including: a pair of parallel flat-plate terminal portions, each of said flat-plate terminal portions having an upper end edge, an inner side edge and an outer side edge, said outer side edge positioned laterally with respect to said inner side edge; and a fusible portion formed between said inner side edges of the flat plate-plate terminal portions; and an insulating housing covering the fusible portion, said upper end edges and at least portions of said inner side edges of the flat-plate terminal portions, wherein at least portions of said outer side edges of said terminal portions, laterally across from said covered portions of said inner side edges, are exposed, and wherein a middle portion of each of the flat-plate terminal portions in a mounting direction of the fuse can be fixedly gripped between gripping portions of each mating terminal of a fuse mounting portion in a plate thickness direction of the flat-plate terminal portions, so that the flat-plate terminal portions are electrically connected respectively to the mating terminals.