FUSE LINK AND FUSE HOLDER THEREFOR
A fuse link, useful above all as back-up fuse protection or as main fuse protection in motor vehicles, has two connecting elements with a fuse lead arranged therebetween and is enclosed in a housing. In order to improve its manufacture, its handling and its mechanical and electric properties, the connecting elements (2a, 2b) and the fuse lead (10) constitute a metal element made of a single piece of sheet metal or of assembled parts. In order to enclose the metal element in the housing (1), the inner areas of the connecting elements (2a, 2b), together with their bridging fuse lead (19), are laid in a first half (1a) of the housing (1), substantially flush with the parting plane (1e) of the housing (1), and are retained there in a predetermined position by positioning means (1c; 3, 5; 6, 7; 4). The second half (1b) of the housing (1) is then set as a lid on the first half (1a) of the housing to close the housing (1), is brought by positioning means (3) into a predetermined position in relation to the first half (1a) of the housing and is secured thereto.