Fuse and power circuit breaker including the same

A fuse comprising:

• a tube-shaped housing;
• a fuse element received in the housing;
• and
• a pair of plate-shaped terminals, one end part of which is received in the housing and connected to the fuse element, while an opposite end part of which is positioned outside the housing,
• wherein the plate-shaped terminal is provided with a bent part bent in such a manner that a surface on the side of the one end part and a surface on the side of the opposite end part meet each other at right angles,
• wherein a central curving portion of the bent part is provided with a notch to be pressed by a jig for press-fitting the fuse into a connector housing, into which the fuse is mounted, and
• wherein the opposite end part of the terminal includes a cross section exposed by providing the notch, so the cross section is pressed, by the jig pressing the notch, along a direction of the surface on the side of the opposite end to hold the terminal in the housing.