Terminal that provides connection between a wire circuit and a printed circuit, and electric junction box including said terminal

The electric junction box comprising:

• a housing that is mountable in a vehicle;
• an electric wiring board accommodated in the housing and having a plurality of internal circuits;
• a plurality of connection ports for connecting a plurality of external circuits to the internal circuits of the electric wiring board, wherein each of the internal circuits has a wire circuit formed by a covered wire and a printed circuit formed by a printed conductor;
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• a plurality of terminals mounted on the electric wiring board, each of the terminals comprising:
• a connecting portion capable of electrically connecting at least one of the internal circuits of the electric wiring board to at least one of the external circuits;
• a lead portion capable of being electrically connected to the printed circuit of the electric wiring board;
• and
• a press-fitting portion capable of being electrically connected to the wire circuit of the electric wiring board with the wire positioned between the press-fitting portion and the electric wiring board,
• wherein the connecting portion, the lead portion, an the press-fitting portion are integrally formed in the terminal, and
• wherein the lead portion and the press-fitting portion of at least one of the terminals are selectively connected to the printed circuit and the wire circuit, respectively, and the connecting portion of the terminal is allowed to be connected to the external circuit.

An electric junction box comprising:

• a housing that is mountable in a vehicle;
• an electric wiring board accommodated in the housing and having a plurality of internal circuits, the electric wiring board including a printed circuit board for forming printed circuits and a wire circuit board mounted on the printed circuit board to form wire circuits;
• a plurality of connection ports for connecting a plurality of external circuits to the internal circuits of the electric wiring board, wherein each of the internal circuits has a wire circuit formed by a covered wire and a printed circuit formed by a printed conductor;
• a plurality of terminals mounted on the electric wiring board, each of the terminals comprising:
• a connecting portion capable of electrically connecting at least one of the internal circuits of the electric wiring board to at least one of the external circuits;
• a lead portion capable of being electrically connected to the printed circuit of the electric wiring board;
• and
• a press-fitting portion capable of being electrically connected to the wire circuit of the electric wiring board;
• and
• a load supporting member that transfers a load, which acts on the terminal from a connector of the external circuit at the time of insertion of the connector, to the housing, the load supporting member comprising:
• an engaging portion provided at an end surface of the wire circuit board, and the retaining portion provided at a side wall of the housing, the load being transferred from the engaging portion to the retaining portion without going through the printed circuit board,
• wherein the connecting portion, the lead portion, and the press-fitting portion are integrally formed in the terminal, and
• wherein the lead portion and the press-fitting portion of at least one of the terminals are selectively connected to the printed circuit and the wire circuit, respectively, and the connecting portion of the terminal is allowed to be connected to the external circuit.