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US 6,141,871 AGranted
Electrical connection box and a method for forming terminals
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorKouichi Okada
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AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorKouichi Okada
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Busbars to be connected with a pair of terminals of a fuse are formed from one conductive plate and thus can be arranged in the same layer in an electrical connection box. First and second busbars 13, 14 to be connected with a pair of terminals 11, 12 of a fuse 10 have coplanar base plates 13a, 14a. Bent portions 13b, 14b are provided at the leading ends of the respective base plates 13a, 14a and also are coplanar. Distant side edges of the bent portions 13b, 14b are provided with folded portions 13c, 14c which are parallel with each other and with the side surfaces of the base plates 13a, 14a. Slits 13d, 14d are formed by making cuts from the upper ends of the opposite folded portions 13c, 14c, so that the pair of terminals 11, 12 of the fuse 10 can be pressed into the slits 13d 14d to connect the fuse electrically with the busbars. The first and second busbars 13, 14 are formed by punching one conductive plate and are arranged in the same layer inside a casing. Furthermore the invention relates to a method for forming a terminal of connection busbars.
An electrical connection box having a casing and a fuse receptacle for receiving terminals of at least one fuse, busbars being in the casing for engaging the terminals of the fuse received in the fuse receptacle, wherein the busbars each comprise:
A method for forming terminals on busbars of an electrical connection box for connecting the busbars to at least one pair of terminals of at least one fuse, comprising the steps of:
An electrical connection box having a casing and a fuse receptacle for receiving first and second terminals of a fuse, the first and second terminals each being planar and being disposed to lie in a common plane, first and second busbars being disposed in the casing for engaging the respective first and second terminals of the fuse received in the fuse receptacle, the first and second busbars each comprising an elongate base plate, said base plates being in spaced apart substantially parallel coplanar relationship to one another, each said base plate having an end defined by a first bending line, bent portions extending unitarily from the first bending lines of the respective first and second base plates, said bent portions being substantially normal to the respective base plates and in substantially coplanar relationship to one another, the bent portions each having a near side edge in proximity to the other of said bent portions and a second bending line remote from the other of said bent portions, the second bending line being substantially perpendicular to the first bending line, folded portions extending unitarily from the second bending lines, the folded portions being substantially parallel to one another, substantially normal to the respective bent portion and substantially normal to the respective base plate, each said folded portion having a slot formed therein, said slot extending from an edge of the respective folded portion most distant from the base plate and being aligned substantially parallel to the respective bent portion, said slots being aligned with one another and dimensioned to receive the respective terminals of the fuse.
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