# US 5,707,243 A · Distributing board for electrical connection

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- Number: US 5,707,243 A
- Document ID: US5707243A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/696,420
- Filed: 1996-08-13
- Granted: 1998-01-13
- Earliest claimed: 1995-08-15
- Assignees: Yazaki Corporation; Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Takayoshi Endo; Toshiharu Kawashima; Yoshitaka Miura
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5707243A

## CPC

- B60R 16/0239: {Electronic boxes}
- F16H 61/0006: {Electronic control units for transmission control, e.g. connectors, casings or circuit boards}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F16H: GEARING

## Abstract

A distributing board for electrical connection with an instrument having a tab terminal is provided. The distributing board includes a baseplate with recesses and a guide groove, a cover for covering the baseplate, female terminal metal fittings accommodated in the recesses and an electrical wire accommodated in the guide groove to connect the female terminal metal fittings with each other electrically. Each female terminal metal fitting includes a terminal fitting part for fitting the tab terminal and a pressure welding part. Under condition that the electrical wire is accommodated in the guide groove, the baseplate is covered with the cover. Since the female terminal metal fittings can be electrically connected with each other by welding the electrical wires on the individual female terminal metal fittings with pressure, it is possible to cope with changes in circuit easily.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A distributing board for electrical connection with an instrument having a tab terminal, said distributing board comprising:
a baseplate provided with recesses and a guide groove connecting said recesses with each other, said baseplate being made of an insulating material;
a cover for covering said baseplate;
female terminal metal fittings accommodated in said respective recesses; and
an electrical wire accommodated in said guide groove to connect said female terminal metal fittings with each other electrically;
wherein each of said female terminal metal fittings comprises:
a terminal fitting part for fitting said tab terminal inserted from outside of said distributing board into said baseplate in a perpendicular direction; and
a pressure welding part to which said electrical wire can be pressure welded,
wherein, when said electrical wire is accommodated in said guide groove, said baseplate is covered with said cover.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The distributing board of claim 1, wherein said electrical wire is a solid copper wire.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1, 2)

The distributing board of claim 1 or claim 2, wherein each of said recesses is somewhat larger than each of said female terminal metal fittings, whereby said terminal metal fittings can move slightly within said recesses in the direction of a plane of said baseplate.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The distributing board of claim 3, wherein said guide groove has a width larger than a diameter or a width of said electrical wire.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The distributing board of claim 4, wherein said pressure welding part is in the form of a box having two opposing fitting plates.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The distributing board of claim 5, wherein each of said opposing fitting plates includes opposing cutting edges; wherein said electrical wire is to be pressure welded between said edges.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The distributing board of claim 4, wherein said terminal fitting part comprises a flat plate part having a rectangular opening formed therein and a plurality of plate springs extending from said flat plate part in an arched configuration.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The distributing board of claim 7, wherein said plate springs include a center plate spring, said center plate spring having a free end curved so as to abut on a center line which passes through a center of a width of said rectangular opening in the longitudinal direction of each of said female terminal metal fittings, and which line is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of said rectangular opening, and two lateral plate springs arranged one on either side of said center plate spring, said two lateral plate springs having respective free ends curved so as to also abut on the center line.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The distributing board of claim 8, wherein said baseplate includes oblong insertion holes formed in bottoms of said recesses.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The distributing board of claim 9, wherein said female terminal metal fittings are accommodated in each of said recesses of said baseplate, respectively, and positioned so that the center line passing through said rectangular opening coincides with each of said oblong insertion holes.