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US 2001/0012731 A1Published application
Fuse box device
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsTatsuya Sumida, Shunji Taga
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AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsTatsuya Sumida, Shunji Taga
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A fuse box device is provided that includes a fuse box and a fuse unit contained therein. The fuse unit includes an input terminal directly connectable to a battery, several output terminals connectable to a wire harness, and several fuse element portions. One end of the fuse element portions is formed unitarily and in one piece with the input terminal, while the other end of the fuse element portions is formed unitarily and in one piece with the output terminals. The fuse unit is contained in the fuse box such that only the input terminal projects out of the fuse box. In such a construction, the fuse box device requires a reduced number of spare parts, so that production costs can be lowered. Moreover, the fuse box device is better suited to a miniaturization and less susceptible to assembly errors.
A fuse box device comprising a fuse unit and a fuse box, said fuse unit including at least one fuse element portion having a first end portion and a second end portion, said first end portion being formed unitarily and in one piece with an input terminal directly connectable to a battery, said second end portion being formed unitarily and in one piece with at least one output terminal connectable to a wire harness, said fuse unit being contained in said fuse box such that only at least part of said input terminal is positioned outside said fuse box.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.