Patent ID: 7740504
Filing Date: 2010-06-22
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A fuse comprising: a tube-shaped housing; a fuse element received in the housing; and a pair of plate-shaped terminals, one end part of which is received in the housing and connected to the fuse element, while an opposite end part of which is positioned outside the housing, wherein the plate-shaped terminal is provided with a bent part bent in such a manner that a surface on the side of the one end part and a surface on the side of the opposite end part meet each other at right angles, wherein a central curving portion of the bent part is provided with a notch to be pressed by a jig for press-fitting the fuse into a connector housing, into which the fuse is mounted, and wherein the opposite end part of the terminal includes a cross section exposed by providing the notch, so the cross section is pressed, by the jig pressing the notch, along a direction of the surface on the side of the opposite end to hold the terminal in the housing.