ONE-PIECE FEMALE BLADE FUSE WITH HOUSING AND IMPROVEMENTS THEREOF

摘要

A female fuse includes two female terminal portions and a fuse link with a skived region. The fuse link can have first and second ends (202, 203) with first and second pellet regions (214, 216), each pellet region having a pellet hole (218) therein, the first and second pellet regions being substantially symmetrically spaced on opposing sides of a central axis of the female fuse. Such a fuse link also includes first and second arc-forming strips (220, 222) substantially symmetrically connecting the first and second pellet regions (214, 216) to one another, an interior portion of the arc-forming strips being substantially formed from a die section which is independent of the die section which forms the exterior shape of the female fuse. The female fuse terminals (300, 301) can each have female-forming terminal plates (304, 305, 306, 307) and female-forming side plates (308, 309, 312, 313), the terminal plates each having a spring portion (330, 331, 332, 333), the spring portions being formable into contacting springs for the male terminals.