Fuse and mounting arrangement for printed circuit board application

Claim 1

An improved miniature fuse device and mounting arrangement adapted for use on a printed circuit board, comprising on combination: a holder of rigid, non-conductive material having cavities at respective ends thereof each being open at its respective top, bottom and end sidewall, said holder further having an arm within each of said cavities extending laterally to a position adjacent its respective open end sidewall; first and second end terminals of conductor material which are each slid through a respective one of said open end sidewalls and around a respective one of said lateral arms for retention in the interior of said holder on said laterally extending arms in said respective cavities, said end terminals having leg portions extending through said open bottom for mounting to the printed circuit board; and a fuse block of transmparent non-conductive material having a pair of spaced apart partially embedded blades extending downwardly therefrom together with a fuse link of the desired current carrying capacity electrically bridged across said blades within said fuse block, said blades being adapted for releasably inserting into and being retained by friction fit within said respective end terminals in said fuse holder.