Patent ID: 7714693

Claim:
A slow blow fuse in which a fuse element is accommodated in a housing made of an insulating resin; and insertion ports into which mating terminals can be inserted from upper and lower sides of said housing; wherein said fuse element comprises a pair of female terminal parts, disposed in parallel, into which said mating terminals are plugged; a fusing portion coupling a pair of said female terminal parts to each other in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which said mating terminals are plugged into said female terminal parts; and said female terminal parts have plugging ports for said mating terminals at vertical upper and lower ends thereof; an edge of a left side surface or a right side surface of one of said female terminal parts and an edge of a left side surface or a right side surface of the other female terminal part are coupled to each other by a coupling part having said fusing portion at a center thereof; and said coupling part is located at a position proximate to one of said plugging ports disposed at said vertical upper and lower ends of said female terminal parts.