Fuse unit

• US 9,425,018 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2012
• Issued: 08/23/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: Nohara, Mami
• Primary Examiner(s): Vortman, Anatoly
• Application Number:
  US13/357,904
• Publication Number:
  US 20120188050A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,672 Days
• Field of Search: 337/159, 337/161, 337186-188, 337/227, 337/283, 361/626, 361/833, 439/754, 439/761, 439/762, 439/893, 439/620.26, 439/620.27, 320/154
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2085/208 specially adapted for vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 85/006 Heat reflective or insulating layer on the casing or on the fuse support
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 85/201 for connecting a fuse in a lead and adapted to be supported by the lead alone

Abstract

A fuse unit includes a unit body and an auxiliary fuse unit. The unit body includes a bus bar provided with a power supply connector, first output connectors and second output connectors and fusible members, and an insulation protector provided on the periphery of the bus bar. The auxiliary fuse unit includes an auxiliary bus bar provided with an auxiliary power supply connector and an auxiliary output connector and is detachably installed to the unit body.

Claims

1. A fuse unit comprising:

a unit body comprising;

a bus bar provided with a power supply connector, an output connector and a fusible member, wherein the power supply connector comprises a first hole; and

an insulation protector provided on a periphery of the bus bar; and

an auxiliary fuse unit including an auxiliary bus bar provided with an auxiliary power supply connector and an auxiliary output connector and detachably installed to the unit body, wherein the auxiliary power supply connector comprises a second hole;

wherein the auxiliary fuse unit is installed to the unit body in such a manner that the first hole of the power supply connector overlaps with the second hole of the auxiliary power supply connector, the power supply connector and the auxiliary power supply connector are in contact with each other, and respective fitting portions of the unit body and the auxiliary fuse unit are in contact with each other,

wherein the fitting portion of the unit body is provided with protrusions for heat release and the fitting portion of the auxiliary fuse unit is provided with concave portions into which the protrusions are inserted, and

wherein the unit body is fixed to a battery along an upper surface and a side surface of the battery, and the auxiliary fuse unit is installed on an upper surface of the unit body.

2. A fuse unit, comprising:

a unit body comprising;

a bus bar provided with a power supply connector, an output connector and a fusible member, wherein the power supply connector comprises a first hole; and

an insulation protector provided on a periphery of the bus bar; and

an auxiliary fuse unit including an auxiliary bus bar provided with an auxiliary power supply connector and an auxiliary output connector and detachably installed to the unit body, wherein the auxiliary power supply connector comprises a second hole;

wherein the auxiliary fuse unit is installed to the unit body in such a manner that the first hole of the power supply connector overlaps with the second hole of the auxiliary power supply connector, the power supply connector and the auxiliary power supply connector are in contact with each other, and respective fitting portions of the unit body and the auxiliary fuse unit are in contact with each other,

wherein the fitting portion of the unit body is provided with protrusions for heat release and the fitting portion of the auxiliary fuse unit is provided with concave portions into which the protrusions are inserted, and

wherein the output connector has at least two insertion holes and the auxiliary fuse unit is installed in between the at least two insertion holes.