Patent ID: 7046115
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: H01H

Abstract:
1. A fuse box that is mountable on an upper surface of a battery and directly connectable with a battery post of the battery to form an electrical connection, comprising: the fuse box mountable to the upper surface of the battery; a battery fuse accommodated in the fuse box having an input terminal and an output terminal; a battery terminal having a pair of fastening pieces projecting from both ends of a circular arc portion fittable on the battery post; an input-side bus bar accommodated in the fuse box, the input-side bus bar being fastened to the input terminal of the battery fuse with a bolt; a connection piece integrally formed on the input-side bus bar that overlaps a side surface of one of the fastening pieces of the battery terminal, the connection piece also being formed with a bolt opening that communicates with a bolt opening of each of the fastening pieces; the bolt extendible through the bolt openings and a nut fastenable onto the bolt to fasten the connection piece and the fastening pieces together and to fasten the battery terminal onto the battery post; and an output-side bus bar accommodated in the fuse box, the output-side bus bar being fastened to the output terminal of the battery fuse with another bolt.