Patent ID: 7307507

Claim:
A fuse comprising: an insulative body; first and second conductive elements coupled to the body and respectively configured to connect to line side electrical circuitry and load side electrical circuitry; and a wire fuse element comprising a fuse wire extending between the first and second conductive elements, the fuse wire comprising a first end, a second end, and a middle portion extending between the first end and the second end, and a twisting wire, a first portion of which is wrapped about the first end of the fuse wire and a second portion of which is wrapped about the second end of the fuse wire, wherein each of a first portion of the wire fuse element comprising the first end of the fuse wire and the first portion of the twisting wire wrapped thereabout and a second portion of the wire fuse element comprising the second end of the fuse wire and the second portion of the twisting wire wrapped thereabout has an electrical resistance less than that of a third portion of the wire fuse element comprising the middle portion of the fuse wire.