Surface mount fuse
AssigneeLittelfuse, Inc.
InventorsConrado de Leon, Albert Enriquez
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Abstract
A surface mount fuse including a fuse body having a base including a floor and a plurality of adjoining sidewalls defining an interior cavity, wherein top edges of the sidewalls define a recessed shoulder bordering the interior cavity, and a cover including a main body disposed on the recessed shoulder and enclosing the interior cavity, first and second terminals extending through opposing sidewalls of the base, the first and second terminals extending around the opposing sidewalls and the cover and disposed in abutment therewith to secure the cover to the base, and a fusible element extending through the interior cavity and connected to the first and second terminals.
Claims9
A surface mount fuse comprising:
- a fuse body comprising:
- a base including a floor and a plurality of adjoining sidewalls defining an interior cavity, wherein top edges of the sidewalls define a recessed shoulder bordering the interior cavity;
- and
- a cover including a main body disposed on the recessed shoulder and enclosing the interior cavity;
- first and second terminals extending through opposing sidewalls of the base, the first and second terminals extending around the opposing sidewalls and the cover and disposed in abutment therewith;
- and
- a fusible element extending through the interior cavity and connected to the first and second terminals, the fusible element including a bridge portion extending between first and second terminal portions, the first and second terminal portions disposed in flat engagement with the first and second terminals, respectively, the fusible element further including flanges extending from the bridge portion within the interior cavity, the flanges disposed on the recessed shoulder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.