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US 5,831,814 AGranted
Electrical center bus plate assembly
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorBrian David Hamill
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Abstract
An electrical distribution center comprises a main bus plate assembly that is sandwiched between upper and lower auxiliary bus plate assemblies of a known type. The main bus plate assembly comprises stamped metal circuit components having bus strips sandwiched between upper and lower insulation plates that are permanently secured together. The stamped metal circuit components have male blade terminals that protrude through slots of the upper and lower insulation plates. The slots have laterally flexible side wall portions that are spread apart by embossments of the stamped metal circuit components to retain these components during the assembly process.
Claims12
An electrical distribution center comprising;
- a bus plate assembly that includes a plurality of stamped metal circuit components and a first insulation board for fixing the stamped metal circuit components in a predetermined pattern,
- each of the stamped metal circuit components having at least one male blade terminal portion that projects outwardly of a base portion of the stamped metal circuit component,
- the base portion having at least one lateral embossment,
- the first insulation board having a slot extending through the insulation that receives the male blade terminal portion,
- the slot being partly defined by a pair of laterally spaced flexible side walls, and wherein the first insulation board has a surface that includes a groove formed therein adjacent each flexible side wall to facilitate lateral movement of the adjacent flexible side wall when the male blade terminal portion is inserted into the slot, and
- the laterally spaced flexible side walls being spaced apart by a distance that is less than the thickness of the base portion including the lateral embossment so that the laterally spaced flexible side walls are laterally spread apart when the male blade terminal is inserted through the slot to biasingly retain the male blade terminal portion and the stamped metal circuit component to the insulation board and so that the terminal is gripped by the side walls.
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An electrical distribution center comprising:
- a bus plate assembly that includes a plurality of stamped metal circuit components and an insulation board for fixing the stamped metal circuit components in a predetermined pattern;
- each of the stamps metal circuit components having at least one terminal portion that projects outwardly of a base portion of the stamped metal circuit component,
- the base portion having at least one lateral embossment,
- the insulation board having a slot extending therethrough for receiving the male blade terminal portion,
- the slot being partly defined by pair of laterally spaced flexible side walls, the insulation board further including a groove formed therein adjacent each side wall, and the laterally spaced flexible side walls being spaced the distance that is less than the thickness of the base portion including the lateral embossment so that the lateral spaced flexible side walls spread apart laterally when the terminal portion is inserted through the slot to retain the terminal and the stamped metal circuit component to the insulation board and so that the terminal is gripped by the laterally spaced flexible side walls.
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An electrical distribution center for providing electrical interconnections between electrical and electronic devices and electrical connectors of wire harnesses comprising;
- a bus plate assembly that includes a plurality of stamped metal circuit components and an insulation board for fixing the stamped metal circuit components in a predetermined pattern,
- each of the stamped metal circuit components having at least one male blade terminal portion that projects outwardly of a base portion of the stamped metal circuit component,
- the base portion having at least one lateral embossment,
- the insulation board having a slot extending through the insulation that receives the male blade terminal portion,
- the slot being partly defined by a pair of laterally spaced side walls that include laterally flexible portions, and
- the laterally spaced portions being spaced apart by a distance that is less than the thickness of the base portion including the lateral embossment so that the laterally flexible portions of the side walls are spread apart when the male blade terminal is inserted through the slot to biasingly retain the male blade terminal and the stamped metal circuit component to the insulation board, and wherein the male blade terminal and the base portion are coplanar and the base portion has a plurality of lateral embossments with at least one lateral embossment extending in each lateral direction.
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An electrical distribution center comprising:
- a bus plate assembly that includes a plurality of stamped metal circuit components and an insulation board for fixing the stamped metal circuit components in a predetermined pattern;
- each of the stamps metal circuit components having at least one male blade terminal portion that projects outwardly of a base portion of the stamped metal circuit component,
- the base portion having at least one lateral embossment,
- the insulation board having a slot extending therethrough for receiving the male blade terminal portion,
- the slot being partly defined by pair of laterally spaced flexible side walls, and the laterally spaced flexible side walls being spaced the distance that is less than the thickness of the base portion including the lateral embossment so that the lateral spaced flexible side walls spread apart laterally when the male blade terminal portion is inserted through the slot to retain the male blade terminal and the stamped metal circuit component to the insulation board and so that the terminal is gripped by the laterally spaced flexible side walls, and wherein the slot extending through the insulation plate has an internal stop shoulder.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.