Fuse housing assembly
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorNathan Like
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Abstract
A fuse housing assembly and a fuse kit are provided. The fuse housing assembly and the fuse kit are configured to allow for fuses having terminals of different sizes to be mounted onto a circuit board. The fuse housing assembly and the fuse kit include a spacer configured to protect the exposed portions of the fuse terminals from the environment and prevent the proximal ends of the fuse terminals from breaking the fuse elements. Further, the spacer retains the fuse body of the respective fuses and the fuse terminals in a fixed position relative to each other so as to prevent the fuse terminals from being bent.
Claims14
A fuse housing assembly comprising:
- a circuit board having a terminal opening with a thickness;
- a fuse having a fuse terminal extending from an underside of the fuse, the fuse terminal having an engagement portion and an exposed portion, the engagement portion configured to be seated within the terminal opening wherein the fuse is displaced above the circuit board at a height equal to a length of the exposed portion of the fuse terminal;
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- a spacer having a housing portion and a support, the housing portion configured to hold a body of the fuse, the support having a support slot, the support slot having a height equal to the exposed portion of the fuse terminal so as to protect the exposed portion of the fuse terminal, wherein the support includes a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the housing portion.
A fuse kit configured to mount onto a circuit board, the circuit board having a plurality of terminal openings, each of the plurality of terminal openings being dimensioned the same as each other, the fuse kit comprising:
- a first fuse having a first fuse terminal and a second fuse having a second fuse terminal, the second fuse terminal having a length longer than the first fuse terminal, the first and second fuse terminals each having an engagement portion and an exposed portion, the engagement portion configured to be seated within any one of the plurality of terminal openings so as to place the first fuse and the second fuse above the circuit board at a height equal to a length of the exposed portion of the corresponding first and second terminal;
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- a first spacer and a second spacer, the first and second spacers each having a housing portion and a support, the housing portion configured to hold a body of a respective first fuse and second fuse, the support having a support slot, the support slot having a height equal to the exposed portion of the corresponding first and second fuse terminals so as to protect the exposed portion of the first and second fuse terminals, wherein the support of the first space and the second spacer includes a diameter that is smaller than a diameter of the corresponding housing portion of the first spacer and the second spacer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.