Fuse unit for vehicles

1. A fuse unit comprising:

a unit body fixed to a battery post provided on a top surface of a battery via a battery terminal and disposed along the top surface and a single side surface of the battery to be mounted to the battery, the unit body being turnable about the battery post when the unit body is mounted to the battery; and

a battery cover mounted to the unit body and configured to cover an outer periphery of the unit body,

wherein the unit body has a battery abutment rib at a portion of the unit body facing the single side surface of the battery, the battery abutment rib configured to abut on the single side surface of the battery upon the unit body being fixed at a position inclined with respect to the battery to secure a mounting space for the battery cover,

wherein the battery abutment rib protrudes further outward toward the battery than other surfaces of the unit body facing the single side surface of the battery, and

wherein the battery abutment rib includes ribs located respectively at right and left ends across the battery post.

2. The fuse unit according to claim 1 , wherein only a single rib of the ribs is configured to abut on the single side surface of the battery upon the unit body being fixed at the position inclined with respect to the battery.

3. The fuse unit according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an insulating protection, separate from the battery cover, which covers an outer surface of a bus bar of the unit body; and

slide rails provided respectively at right and left sides of the insulating protection,

wherein the battery cover slides on the slide rails.

4. The fuse unit according to claim 1 ,

wherein the battery cover includes a fixed surface portion extending over the top surface of the battery and a lid extending from the fixed surface portion along the top surface and attached by a hinge to the fixed surface portion, and

wherein the lid is rotatable away from the top surface about the hinge while the fixed surface portion remains fixed.