Vertical surface mount device pass-through fuse
AssigneeLittelfuse, Inc.
InventorsJulio C. Urrea, Gary M. Bold, Matthew David Yurkanin
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Abstract
A vertical surface mount device pass-through fuse including an electrically insulating fuse body, a fusible element disposed on a first side of the fuse body and extending between first and second terminals, an electrically insulating cap having a domed portion and a flanged portion extending from the domed portion, the domed portion disposed over the fusible element, and the flanged portion affixed to the fuse body, and a conductive lead frame having a bow portion and an elongate shank portion extending from the bow portion, wherein the bow portion is disposed on the cap and is connected to the first terminal, and wherein the shank portion extends away from the fuse body.
Claims20
A vertical surface mount device (SMD) pass-through fuse comprising:
- an electrically insulating fuse body;
- a fusible element disposed on a first side of the fuse body and extending between first and second terminals;
- an electrically insulating cap having a domed portion and a flanged portion extending from the domed portion, the domed portion disposed over the fusible element, and the flanged portion affixed to the fuse body;
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- a conductive lead frame having a bow portion and an elongate shank portion extending from the bow portion, wherein the bow portion is disposed on the cap and is connected to the first terminal, and wherein the shank portion extends away from the fuse body.
A vertical surface mount device (SMD) pass-through fuse comprising:
- an electrically insulating fuse body;
- a fusible element disposed on a first side of the fuse body and extending over a cavity in the first side of the fuse body between first and second terminals;
- an electrically insulating cap having a domed portion and a flanged portion extending from the domed portion, the domed portion disposed over the fusible element and the cavity, and the flanged portion affixed to the fuse body;
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- a conductive lead frame having a bow portion and an elongate shank portion extending from the bow portion, wherein the bow portion is disposed in flat engagement with the shank portion of the cap, with the domed portion of the cap extending through an aperture in the bow portion, the bow portion being connected to the first terminal and the shank portion extending away from the fuse body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.