Surface mount electrical fuse with a support bridge

A surface mount electrical fuse comprising:

• a first fuse terminal;
• a second fuse terminal spaced apart from the first fuse terminal;
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• a fuse element forming a repeating pattern shape and formed from a conductive material, the fuse element having a support bridge for supporting the fuse element and electrically connected and disposed coplanar between a first series of the repeating pattern shape and a second series of the repeating pattern shape, the fuse element electrically connecting the first fuse terminal and the second fuse terminal and the support bridge maintaining the first series of the repeating pattern shape and the second series of the repeating pattern shape in the coplanar disposition.

A method for forming a surface mount electrical fuse comprising:

• providing a first insulative housing unit having a base section and a top section, wherein the base section configured with side notches at respective sides of first insulative housing unit and end apertures at respective ends of first insulative housing unit;
• providing a first fuse terminal;
• providing a second fuse terminal spaced apart from the first fuse terminal;
• providing a fuse element formed from a conductive material, the fuse element having a support bridge for supporting the fuse element, the fuse element electrically connecting the first fuse terminal and the second fuse terminal and the support bridge being formed from the conductive material;
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• connecting the fuse element in a cavity of the first insulative housing unit with the first fuse terminal and the second fuse terminal extending beyond the end apertures, and ends of the support bridge disposed on the side notches.

A surface mount electrical fuse comprising:

• a first fuse terminal;
• a second fuse terminal spaced apart from the first fuse terminal;
• a fuse element forming a repeating pattern shape and formed from a conductive material, the fuse element having a support bridge for supporting the fuse element and electrically connected and disposed coplanar between a first series of the repeating pattern shape and a second series of the repeating pattern shape, the fuse element electrically connecting the first fuse terminal and the second fuse terminal and the support bridge maintaining the first series of the repeating pattern shape and the second series of the repeating pattern shape in the coplanar disposition;
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• a first insulative housing unit for housing the fuse element, the first insulative housing unit configured from receiving the supporting sections of the support bridge and the first fuse terminal and the second fuse terminal;
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• a second insulative housing unit having a central aperture defined therein, the second insulative housing unit configured for housing the first insulative housing.