公开(公告)号：US20180218868A1

公开(公告)日：2018-08-02

申请号：US15420339

申请日：2017-01-31

Applicant: Continental Automotive Systems, Inc.

Inventor： Sergio Elias-Palacios ,  Nicholas Hartley ,  Francois Chauvin

IPC: H01H85/02 ,  H01H85/20 ,  H01R13/04 ,  H01R12/70

CPC classification number: H01H85/0241 ,  H01H85/20 ,  H01H85/203 ,  H01H85/204 ,  H01H85/2045 ,  H01H2085/0275 ,  H01H2085/0412 ,  H01H2085/2085 ,  H01H2223/044 ,  H01R12/70 ,  H01R13/04 ,  H05K2201/10181

Abstract: A vertically-oriented blade fuse system requires less surface area on a printed circuit board, provides improved heat dissipation, is less expensive to manufacture and assemble and is more reliable. It comprises a fuse having two connection plates that extend away from each other in opposite directions. One of the plates is forced into a fork-shaped connector, which grabs both sides of the plate. The other connection plate is fit into a mating female connector. Multiple vertically-oriented fuses, laterally spaced from each, are connected to corresponding connection forks and female connectors inside a housing, which can be latched to a circuit board.