Fuse-receiving structure and electrical junction box using fuse-receiving structure

A fuse-receiving structure adapted to receive selectively both of a first type of fuse and a second type of fuse having a different shape from the first type, the first and second types of fuse each having a resin fuse body having a longitudinal direction, a fusible element embedded therein, and input and output terminals projecting downwards in a vertical direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction the fuse body, a length of the input and output terminals in the vertical direction being shorter in the first type of fuse than in the second type of fuse of the fuse, the fuse-receiving structure comprising:

• a housing that selectively receives one of the first type of fuse and the second type of fuse, the housing including a cavity defined by end walls that face each other, the cavity receiving at least a part of a fuse body of the received fuse;
• a pair of engagement ribs provided on the end walls, the engagement ribs projecting towards an opposite end wall;
• a sloped top surface positioned on each engagement rib, the sloped top surface sloping downwardly towards a sloped top surface of the other engagement rib to define a tapering gap therebetween and being positioned relative to each other to engage and support a lower surface portion of the received fuse thereby defining and limiting an insertion depth of the received fuse, the sloped top surface constituting a common locating section to support either of the first and second type of fuse;
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• input and output terminal members that are positioned in the housing and contact respectively the input and output terminals of the received fuse.