IP Library Granted Patent US 10,453,640
Granted Patent B2
US 10,453,640 · App. 15/670,245 · Granted Oct 22, 2019

Fuse unit

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Patent No.
US 10,453,640
App. No.
15/670,245
Granted
Oct 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A fuse unit includes a fuse element which includes a fusible portion, a housing which accommodates the fuse element in a state that the fusible portion is exposed to an outside thereof, and a cover which is attached to the housing so as to cover the fusible portion. The cover includes a pair of side wall portions which is disposed so as to face each other with the fusible portion interposed therebetween, and a connection portion which connects the pair of side wall portions. The housing includes a guide wall which is configured to guide the cover toward the fusible portion when the cover is attached to the housing. The guide wall is inclined to a direction intersecting a separation direction in which the cover is separated from the housing.

Claims (22)

1. A fuse unit comprising:

a fuse element which includes a fusible portion;

a housing which accommodates the fuse element in a state that the fusible portion is exposed to an outside thereof; and

a cover which is attached to the housing so as to cover the fusible portion,

wherein the cover includes a pair of side wall portions which is disposed so as to face each other with the fusible portion interposed therebetween, and a connection portion which connects the pair of side wall portions,

the housing includes a guide wall, the guide wall guiding the cover toward the fusible portion by contacting an outer surface of the cover when the cover is being attached to the housing,

the guide wall is inclined with respect to a separation direction in which the cover is separated from the housing, and

the housing includes an abutment portion which upwardly protrudes from a termination end portion of the guide wall in the separation direction.

2. The fuse unit according to claim 1 , wherein:

the fusible portion is interposed between the pair of side wall portions of the cover in a state that the cover and the abutment portion abut against each other.

3. A fuse unit comprising:

a fuse element which includes a fusible portion;

a housing which accommodates the fuse element in a state that the fusible portion is exposed to an outside thereof; and

a cover which is attached to the housing so as to cover the fusible portion,

wherein the cover includes a pair of side wall portions which is disposed so as to face each other with the fusible portion interposed therebetween, and a connection portion which connects the pair of side wall portions,

the housing includes a guide wall, the guide wall guiding the cover toward the fusible portion by contacting an outer surface of the cover when the cover is being attached to the housing,

the guide wall is inclined with respect to a separation direction in which the cover is separated from the housing,

the housing includes an abutment portion which protrudes at a termination end portion of the guide wall in the separation direction, and

wherein the fuse element overlaps the inclined guide wall in the separation direction.

4. The fuse unit according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of each of the side wall portions of the cover overlap the fusible portion in a direction perpendicular to the separation direction, and

wherein at least a part of each of the side wall portions are substantially parallel to one another.

5. The fuse unit according to claim 1 , wherein the pair of side wall portions are disposed between the housing and the fusible portion in a direction perpendicular to the separation direction.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 9, 2017
From: OHASHI, NORIHIRO; OZAWA, MASAYOSHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043241/0173 →