Fuse holder

• US 6,030,257 A
• Filed: 03/03/1998
• Issued: 02/29/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Furuya, Yoshinobu
• Primary Examiner(s): Paumen, Gary F.
• Application Number:
  US09/033,616
• Time in Patent Office: 728 Days
• Field of Search: 439/621, 439/622
• US Class Current: 439/620.26
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 85/2045 Mounting means or insulating parts of the base, e.g. covers, casings
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 85/205 Electric connections to contacts on the base

Abstract

A fuse holder (24) in accordance with the present invention comprises a fuse receiving case (29) made of a thermosetting resin and receiving a fuse body (26) therewithin, a pair of fixing portion (31) integrally formed with the fuse receiving case (29) and to which a fuse terminal portion (27) is screwed together with a bus bar (32) or a terminal (34) of an end of an electric wire and a cover (30) closing an inner portion of the fuse receiving case (29). Accordingly, the fuse body is received within the fuse receiving case.

Claims

1. A fuse holder for holding a fuse in such a manner that first and second terminal portions projecting from a fuse body of the fuse are each fixed to the fuse holder together with either an end portion of a bus bar or a terminal end of a electric wire when in an assembled state, comprising:

a fuse receiving case made of a thermosetting resin for receiving the entire fuse body therewithin when in the assembled state;

first and second fixing portions integrally formed with the fuse receiving case and each respectively screwed to one of the first and second fuse terminal portions together with either the end portion of the bus bar or the terminal end of the electric wire when in the assembled state; and

a cover closing an inner portion of the fuse receiving case.

2. The fuse holder according to claim 1, wherein the first and second fixing portions are provided in the inner portion of the fuse receiving case.

3. The fuse holder according to claim 2, wherein the fuse receiving case is formed with an insertion opening to receive either the end portion of the bus bar or the terminal end of the electric wire therethrough;

and wherein the cover has a seal wall closing the insertion opening in a sealing manner.

4. The fuse holder according to claim 1, wherein the fuse receiving case has first and second opposing side walls, the first fixing portion comprises a first inner wall extending inward from the first opposing side wall, and the second fixing portion comprises a second inner wall extending inward from the second opposing side wall.

5. The fuse holder according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second fixing portions extend parallel to the each of the first and second terminal portions projecting from the fuse body when the fuse body is received within the fuse receiving case.

6. The fuse holder according to claim 1, wherein the first fixing portion extends parallel to the end portion of the bus bar when the first terminal portion is screwed together with the end portion of the bus bar.

7. The fuse holder according to claim 1, wherein the second fixing portion extends parallel to the terminal end of the electric wire when the second terminal portion is screwed together with the terminal end of the electric wire.