Fuse unit
AssigneesYazaki Corporation, Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshinori Kitano, Takahiro Shiohama, Shinya Onoda, Masanobu Suzuki, Shigeru Kimura, Yukinori Koie
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Abstract
A fuse unit includes: a fusible link which is connected to a battery terminal and of which a fuse is fused when overcurrent flows therein; and a holding mechanism including a base portion that is interposed between a post-standing surface and the battery terminal in a state in which the battery terminal is fastened to a battery post provided on the post-standing surface of a battery housing, and a holding portion that is connected to the base portion and holds the fusible link on the post-standing surface. Accordingly, a load acting on the battery post can be suppressed.
Claims11
A fuse unit comprising:
- a fusible link that is connected to a battery terminal and of which a fuse is fused when overcurrent flows therein;
- a holding mechanism including a base portion that is interposed between a post-standing surface and the battery terminal in a state in which the battery terminal is fastened to a battery post provided on the post-standing surface of a battery housing, and a holding portion that is connected to the base portion and holds the fusible link on the post-standing surface;
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- a mounting portion which is mounted to the battery terminal, in a direction from the battery terminal to the post-standing surface, and is locked to a plurality of engagement claw portions from the base portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.