8-K

                                  UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20579


                                    FORM 8-K
                                 CURRENT REPORT
     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) -- July 30, 2007


                                LITTELFUSE, INC.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


          DELAWARE                      0-20388                 36-3795742
(State of other jurisdiction          (Commission              (IRS Employer
      of incorporation)              File Number)           Identification No.)


               800 East Northwest Highway, Des Plaines, IL 60016
              (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (847) 824-1188

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    ITEM 5.02  DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF
               DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY
               ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS.

          (d)  On July 30, 2007, the Board of Directors of Littelfuse, Inc. (the
               "Company") elected Mr. Tzau-Jin (T.J.) Chung as a director to
               serve on the Board. No arrangement or understanding exists
               between Mr. Chung and the Company, or to the Company's knowledge,
               any other person or persons pursuant to which Mr. Chung was
               selected as a director. Mr. Chung was named to the Board's
               Technology Committee. Mr. Chung will receive director's
               compensation for service on the Board of Directors and the
               Technology Committee as discussed in Exhibit 10.20 to the
               Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
               December 30, 2006, except that the formula grant of 5,000 stock
               options has been eliminated upon the approval of the Company's
               Outside Directors' Equity Plan at the Company's 2007 Annual
               Meeting of Stockholders, as described in the Proxy Statement of
               the Company relating to that Annual Meeting. Mr. Chung recently
               assumed the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of
               Navman Wireless, which was acquired from the New Technologies
               Division of Brunswick Corporation. Prior to this appointment, Mr.
               Chung had served as the President of the New Technologies
               Division of Brunswick Corporation since 2002.

    ITEM 9.01  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

               (d) Exhibits


               EXHIBIT
               NUMBER                   DESCRIPTION

                99.1     Press release of Littelfuse, Inc. announcing
                         election of Mr. T. J. Chung as a new director,
                         dated July 30, 2007.



                                    SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                            LITTELFUSE, INC.



Date:  August 3, 2007                       By: /s/ Philip G. Franklin
                                                ------------------------
                                            Philip G. Franklin
                                            Vice President, Operations
                                            Support and Chief Financial Officer

EX-99.1

                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1

LITTELFUSE ELECTS NEW DIRECTOR
Monday July 30, 4:08 pm ET

DES PLAINES, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ/NGS:LFUS) today
announced the election of T.J. Chung, 44, to the company's Board of Directors.
Chung is President and CEO of Navman Wireless, a market leader in fleet
management solutions and GPS technologies.

"We are very pleased to welcome T.J. Chung to our Board of Directors. T.J. has
extensive experience with technology companies worldwide, especially in Asia. He
also has a strong background in strategic planning, operations, acquisitions and
integration activity. We look forward to drawing on his global expertise as we
move ahead with our long-term growth strategies and continue to expand our
presence in Asia," said Gordon Hunter, Chief Executive Officer of Littelfuse.

Chung recently assumed his current position with Navman Wireless, acquired from
the New Technologies Division of Brunswick Corporation (NYSE: BC - News). Since
2002, Chung served as the President of the New Technologies Division of
Brunswick Corporation. The New Technologies Division delivers electronics and
software products and services to multiple vertical markets, including the
fast-growing Asia region, the United States and Europe. Under Chung's
leadership, the division grew rapidly through an active acquisition program and
aggressive organic growth. Prior to that, he served as Vice President-Strategy
of Brunswick Corporation, where he was responsible for corporate-wide strategic
planning, mergers and acquisitions, and information technology.

Chung has 20 years of executive, global management, and technology development
experience in electronics and industrial markets. Chung earned his bachelor's
degree in science, electrical and computer engineering from the University of
Texas-Austin. He also holds a Master of Science degree in computer science from
North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina, and a Master of
Business Administration degree from the Fuqua School of Business at Duke
University.