Electric junction box
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorsTakahiro Asao, Shunji Taga
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Abstract
A tab protection member in a male connector housing on an outer surface of an electric junction box is moveable from a temporary engagement position to a final engagement position. The tab protection member is provided with tab through-holes and a closing plate section for closing an opening in the male connector housing. When the female connector housing is coupled to the male connector housing, the tab protection member is forcibly moved from the temporary engagement position to the final engagement position by the female connector housing and the tabs penetrate the tab through-holes, thereby coupling the tabs to terminals in the female connector housing.
Claims12
An electric junction box in which a male connector housing is provided on an outer surface of a casing, said male connector housing surrounds tabs extending from bus bars disposed in said casing, a female connector housing is adapted to couple to said male connector housing, and terminals within said female connector housing connectable to said tabs to make an electrical connection, said junction box further comprising:
- a tab protection member disposed in an interior of said male connector housing so that said tab protection member is moveable from a temporary engagement position to a final engagement position, said tab protection member being provided with tab through-holes, a closing plate section to close an opening in said male connector housing, and an outer wall surrounding said closing plate section, said outer wall including a plurality of pawls to engage temporary engagement protrusions extending from a peripheral wall of said male connector housing,
- wherein when said female connector housing is coupled to said male connector housing, said tab protection member is forcibly moved from said temporary engagement position to said final engagement position by an end portion of said female connector housing and said tabs penetrate said tab through-holes, thereby coupling said tabs to said terminals in said female connector housing.
An electric junction box that includes a male connector housing provided on an exterior surface of a casing containing a plurality of tabs, each of said tabs extending from a bus bar in said casing, and a female connector housing adapted to couple with said male connector housing to create an electrical connection between terminals in said female connector housing and said plurality of tabs, said junction box further comprising:
- a cover having a plurality of through-holes to receive each of said plurality of tabs and a plurality of pawls to engage said male connector housing, said cover configured to shift from a first engagement position to a second engagement position when said female connector housing is coupled with said male connector housing and each of said plurality of tabs extends through said plurality of through-holes.
A tab protection member usable in an electric junction box having a plurality of tabs disposed in a male connector housing that are coupleable to a plurality of terminals in a female connector housing, said tab protection member comprising:
- a cover configured to close an opening in the male connector housing, said cover including a plurality of pawls engageable with protrusions extending from the male connector housing and a plurality of through holes to receive the plurality of tabs, wherein said cover is shiftable from a temporary position to a final position when the female connector housing is coupled to the male connector housing and the plurality of tabs extend through said plurality of through holes.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.