There is provided an electric-power conversion apparatus in which smoke emission, a burnout, and short-circuiting can be suppressed even when a fuse portion is melted by an excessive current and in which it is made possible that heat generated in the fuse portion is less likely to be transferred to the electric power semiconductor device. The electric-power conversion apparatus includes a fuse portion formed in an electrode wiring member, a fuse resin member that covers the fuse portion, and a sealing resin member that seals an electric power semiconductor device and the fuse portion in a case. Along a current-flowing direction, the fuse portion includes an upstream-side first step portion whose cross-sectional area is smaller than that of the portion at the upstream side thereof, a second step portion whose cross-sectional area is smaller than that of the upstream-side first step portion, and a downstream-side first step portion whose cross-sectional area is larger than that of the second step portion but is smaller than that of the portion at the downstream side thereof.

A voltage detection unit includes a wire in which a conductive core wire is coated with an insulating coating that is insulative, a terminal connection portion to be connected to an electrode terminal, a core wire connection portion of a connecting piece that is provided continuously with the terminal connection portion and connected to the core wire that is exposed from the insulating coating at a terminal of the wire, and a second coating holding portion that is provided side by side with the core wire connection portion in an extending direction of the wire and holds the insulating coating of the wire, and the wire arranged between the core wire connection portion and the second coating holding portion includes a fuse portion in which a diameter of the core wire is reduced in a state of being exposed from the insulating coating.

A fuse includes a fuse element extending along an axis, the fuse element including two terminals and a melt portion arranged between the two terminals, a casing that accommodates the melt portion and an arc-extinguishing material, the casing including an outer circumferential surface and two end surfaces, the casing being an assembly of at least two segments, and a molded body made of plastic, the molded body including two covers that respectively cover the two end surfaces and including one or more coupling portions that couple the two covers to each other, the two covers and the one or more coupling portions being integrally molded. The casing includes one or more exposed portions on the outer circumferential surface, the one or more exposed portions being exposed without being covered by the coupling portions.

A fuse includes a fuse element extending along an axis, the fuse element including two terminals and a melt portion arranged between the two terminals, a casing that accommodates the melt portion and an arc-extinguishing material, the casing including an outer circumferential surface and two end surfaces, the casing being an assembly of at least two segments, and a molded body made of plastic, the molded body including two covers that respectively cover the two end surfaces and including one or more coupling portions that couple the two covers to each other, the two covers and the one or more coupling portions being integrally molded. The casing includes one or more exposed portions on the outer circumferential surface, the one or more exposed portions being exposed without being covered by the coupling portions.

An electronic device that includes an intermediate connection layer interposed between a wiring substrate with a pair of land electrodes and an electronic component. The intermediate connection layer has first and second connection electrodes formed on the surface of a base. A fuse part is formed inside the second connection electrode between a main conductor part thereof opposed to a first external electrode of the electronic component and a main conductor part of the first connection electrode opposed to a second external electrode of the electronic component.

An electronic device that includes an intermediate connection layer interposed between a wiring substrate with a pair of land electrodes and an electronic component. The intermediate connection layer has first and second connection electrodes formed on the surface of a base. A fuse part is formed inside the second connection electrode between a main conductor part thereof opposed to a first external electrode of the electronic component and a main conductor part of the first connection electrode opposed to a second external electrode of the electronic component.

A power fuse includes a housing, first and second conductive terminals extending from the housing, and at least one fatigue resistant fuse element assembly connected between the first and second terminals. The fuse element assembly includes at least a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate respectively connecting the first and second conductive terminals, and a plurality of separately provided wire bonded weak spots interconnecting the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate.

A power fuse includes a housing, first and second conductive terminals extending from the housing, and at least one fatigue resistant fuse element assembly connected between the first and second terminals. The fuse element assembly includes at least a first conductive plate and a second conductive plate respectively connecting the first and second conductive terminals, and a plurality of separately provided wire bonded weak spots interconnecting the first conductive plate and the second conductive plate.

A safety device comprises a first heat dissipation part, a second heat dissipation part and a connecting part. The connecting part is arranged between the first heat dissipation part and the second heat dissipation part, and at least one heat locking hole disposed thereon. The heat locking hole of the connecting part can reduce a diffusion speed of heat of the connecting part, so that the heat is concentrated between the first heat locking hole and the second heat locking hole, and thus the connecting part can be fused in time at a high temperature.

A fuse element assembly has been disclosed. The fuse element assembly includes a fuse element having a pair of side edges and at least one weak spot between the side edges. The fuse element assembly also includes an arc-quenching material attached locally to the fuse element adjacent the weak spot.