Patent ID: 7570147

Claim:
A fuse component, comprising: a first terminal, a second terminal, and a fusible link, which connects the first terminal to the second terminal in an electrically conducting manner, wherein the fuse component includes at least one LED, which is connected on the cathode side to the first terminal and on the anode side to the second terminal, and wherein one of the first and second terminals includes a contact; wherein the contact is one of (i) mounted directly on the one of the first and second terminals or (ii) part of the one of the first and second terminals; wherein the LED is included in the form of an LED chip that is mounted directly on the contact of the one of the first and second terminals; and wherein the contact comprises at least one chip connecting pad, the contact and at least one wire connecting pad being formed on a leadframe including the first and second terminals, the LED chip being mounted on the chip connecting pad and connected in an electrically conducting manner to the wire connecting pad.