Battery fuse-containing box

• US 6,948,982 B2
• Filed: 07/09/2003
• Issued: 09/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: Higuchi, Eiji, Shimada, Yoshihisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Hammond, Briggitte R.
• Application Number:
  US10/614,867
• Publication Number:
  US 20040115991A1
• Time in Patent Office: 811 Days
• Field of Search: 439/76.2, 439/949, 439/621, 439/755, 174/50
• US Class Current: 439/620.26
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2085/025 Structural association with a binding post of a storage battery
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 85/2045 Mounting means or insulating parts of the base, e.g. covers, casings

Abstract

A fuse-containing box is formed by placing a battery fuse and a bus bar connected to a terminal of the battery fuse on a supporting plate and by mounting a lower case and an upper case on the supporting plate. The fuse-containing box is mounted on an upper surface of a battery. A battery terminal to be fixedly fitted on a battery post projecting from the upper surface of the battery is fastened to the bus bar to electrically connect the battery fuse and the battery to each other. The lower case and the upper case are formed from a polypropylene-based resin. The supporting plate on which the battery fuse and the bus bar are mounted is formed from a heat-resistant nylon-based resin.

Claims

1. A fuse containing box for directly connecting to and mounting on a battery, the fuse containing box comprising:

an upper case and a lower case, each made of a polypropylene-based resin; and

a supporting plate housed between the upper case and the lower case and made of a heat-resistant nylon-based resin, the supporting plate including a battery fuse, and a bus bar connected to a terminal of the battery fuse,

wherein the supporting plate has a locking piece vertically formed on the supporting plate, the locking piece having at an upper end a bus bar fixing claw that horizontally projects to lock the bus bar in place,

wherein the upper case and the lower case mate with each other to together form a chamber in which the supporting plate is disposed so as to enclose the supporting plate within the chamber.

2. The fuse containing box according to claim 1, wherein the resin of the supporting plate is formed from a mixture of nylon 66 and polyphenylene ether (PPE).

3. The fuse containing box according to claim 1, wherein the upper case is formed from a mixture of polypropylene and an elastic resin;

and the lower case is a mixture of polypropylene and talc.

4. The fuse containing box according to claim 1, wherein a supporting plate cavity is formed between the bus bar fixing claw and the lower case.

5. The fuse containing box according to claim 4, wherein the lower case has a heat radiation opening that is in communication with the supporting plate cavity.

6. The fuse containing box according to claim 5, wherein the heat radiation opening is larger than the supporting plate cavity.

7. The fuse containing box according to claim 6, wherein a distance from a periphery of the opening to sides of the cavity is at least 0.5 mm.

8. A fuse containing box for directly connecting to and mounting on a battery, the fuse containing box comprising:

an upper case and a lower case, each made of a polypropylene-based resin;

a supporting plate housed between the upper case and the lower case and made of a heat-resistant nylon-based resin, the supporting plate including a battery fuse, and a bus bar connected to a terminal of the battery fuse, wherein the supporting plate has a locking piece vertically formed on the supporting plate, the locking piece having at an upper end a bus bar fixing claw that horizontally projects to lock the bus bar in place.

9. The fuse containing box according to claim 8, wherein the resin of the supporting plate is formed from a mixture of nylon 66 and polyphenylene ether (PPE).

10. The fuse containing box according to claim 8, wherein the upper case is formed from a mixture of polypropylene and an elastic resin;

and the lower case is formed from a mixture of polypropylene and talc.

11. The fuse containing box according to claim 8, wherein a supporting plate cavity is formed between the bus bar fixing claw and the lower case.

12. The fuse containing box according to claim 11, wherein the lower case has a heat radiation opening that is in communication with the supporting plate cavity.

13. The fuse containing box according to claim 12, wherein the heat radiation opening is larger than the supporting plate cavity.

14. The fuse containing box according to claim 13, wherein a distance from a periphery of the opening to sides of the cavity is at least 0.5 mm.