CASING REPLACEABLE FUSE ASSEMBLY

Abstract

A fuse assembly includes a casing having two slots defined through the first end thereof, and a conductive member is located in the casing and has a first end extending through the second end of the casing. The conductive member includes two blades with a fuse connected therebetween. A cap is detachably mounted to the first end of the casing and has a light member connected thereto. The light member has a leg portion which is electrically connected to a second end of the conductive member. When the fuse is burned off, the light member lights on, the cap is removed from the casing, and is detachably connected to a new casing with a functional fuse therein.

Claims

1. A fuse assembly comprising: a casing having two slots defined through a first end thereof, the casing having a room defined therein which communicates with the two slots, two protrusions extending from an inside of the room; a conductive member located in the casing and having a first end extending through a second end of the casing, the conductive member including two blades which are located with a gap formed therebetween, a fuse connected between the two blades, each of the two blades having a hole, the two protrusions engaged with the two holes of the two blades; a cap having an open bottom which is detachably mounted to the first end of the casing, and a light member connected to the cap and having a bulb and a leg portion which is electrically connected to the bulb, the leg portion being electrically connected to a second end of the conductive member.

2-3. (canceled)

4. The fuse assembly as claimed in claim 1, wherein the leg portion of the light member has two legs, the leg portion is electrically connected to the bulb, the two legs extend through the slots and are electrically connected to the two blades.

5. The fuse assembly as claimed in claim 4, wherein the cap has at least one anti-slip face defined in an outside thereof.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0014] FIG. 1 is an exploded view of the fuse assembly of the present invention;

[0015] FIG. 2 is a perspective view to show the fuse assembly of the present invention;

[0016] FIG. 3 is a cross sectional view to show the cap, the casing and the conductive member of the fuse assembly of the present invention;

[0017] FIG. 4 is a cross sectional view, taken along line IV-IV in FIG. 2, and

[0018] FIG. 5 is a cross sectional view to show that the light member lights on when the fuse is burned off.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0019] Referring to FIGS. 1 to 5, the fuse assembly of the present invention comprises a casing 1 which has two slots 11 defined through the first end thereof. A room 12 is defined in the casing 1 and communicates with the two slots 11. Two protrusions 13 extend from the inside of the room 12.

[0020] A conductive member 2 is located in the casing 1 and includes two blades 21 which are located with a gap formed therebetween. A fuse 22 is connected between the two blades 22. The first end of each of the two blades 21 extends through the correspondent second end of the casing 1.

[0021] The second end of each of the two blades 21 is located corresponding to the slot 11 corresponding thereto.

[0022] A cap 3 has an open bottom 31 and is detachably mounted to the first end of the casing 1. A light member 4 is connected to the cap 3 and has a bulb 41 and a leg portion 42 which is electrically connected to the bulb 41.

[0023] The leg portion 42 is an elongate plate which has two legs 421. The two legs 421 extend through the slots 11 and are electrically connected to the two blades 21. Each of the two blades 22 has a hole 211, and the two protrusions 13 are engaged with the two holes 211 of the two blades 22 so as to position the two blades 22 in the room 12. Preferably, the cap 3 has at least one anti-slip face 32 defined in the outside thereof.

[0024] The fuse assembly of the present invention is used for electronic parts of vehicles, and when the light member 4 lights on, this means that an abnormal current burns off the fuse 22. The light member 4 acknowledges the users to check and fix the problem. When replacing with a new fuse, the user detaches the cap 3 from the casing 1, and connects the cap 3 to a new casing 1 with a functional fuse 22. The at least one anti-slip face 32 defined in the outside of the cap 3 allows the user to grab the cap 3 easily.

[0025] Because the cap 3 with the light member 4 can be reused, and only the casing 1 is replaced, so that the light member 4 is not discarded and re-used to protect the environment from being polluted by the discarded light members. The two blades 21 of the conductive member 2 are well positioned by engaging the protrusions 13 with the holes 211 of the two blades 21, so that the two blades 21 are easily plugged to the parts cooperated with the fuse assembly.

[0026] While we have shown and described the embodiment in accordance with the present invention, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that further embodiments may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention.