Patent ID: 7928827

Claim:
A blade fuse comprising: a first outer terminal; a middle terminal having an upper portion with a first width and a middle portion with a second width wherein said first width is less than said second width, said middle terminal including a pair of notched portions on opposing sides of said middle terminal, said notched portions defining a transition from said middle portion to said upper portion of said middle terminal; a second outer terminal; a first element directly connected, at a first end to said upper portion of said middle terminal and at a second end to said first outer terminal; a second element directly connected, at a first end to said upper portion of said middle terminal and at a second end to said second outer terminal; wherein each of the first and second outer terminals and the middle terminal is narrowed at a point at which the terminal mates with its respective first or second element, the first and second elements each including a radius having a center that is misaligned with a midpoint between centerlines of a respective pair of the first, second and middle terminals; a housing covering at least the first and second elements.