Patent ID: 8130070
Filing Date: 2012-03-06
Classification: H01H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A multiple fuse device assembly comprising: a circuit board; an insulator housing that covers and insulates at least a part of the circuit board; and the circuit board comprising: a battery-side bus bar portion including a battery-connection terminal; and an alternator-side bus bar portion including an alternator-side connection terminal, wherein each of said bus bar portions includes a plurality of input/output terminals, each of said input/output terminals connected to an individual fusing portion, and wherein the battery-side bus bar portion and the alternator-side bus bar portion are connected together by a charge current protection fusing portion, and wherein the battery-side bus bar portion and the alternator-side bus bar portion are additionally connected together at a location away from the charge current protection fusing portion by a temporary joint portion, and wherein the temporary joint portion is provided at a recessed portion which is recessed from an outer edge of the insulator housing, said outer edge being distal from said plurality of input/output terminals, and wherein the temporary joint portion is at least partially exposed by the insulator housing, and wherein a certain part exposed of the temporary joint portion is removed from the assembly after covering the circuit board by the insulator housing, and after completing the manufacturing process of the assembly but prior to connecting the assembly into an electrical circuit and prior to any exposure of charging current or fusing, and wherein only remaining portions remain but do not protrude out of the recessed portion.