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US 6,884,090 B2Granted
Electric distribution block and method of assembling bus bar on electric distribution block
AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorKatsuhiro Kubota
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Abstract
An electric distribution block includes a block body integrally formed with a connector mounting portion having a cavity therein, and a bus bar integrally formed with a terminal portion. A slit is formed in the connector mounting portion. The terminal portion is inserted into the connector mounting portion through the slit.
Claims8
An electric distribution block, comprising:
- a block body, integrally formed with a connector mounting portion which has a cavity therein, the connector mounting portion including a female housing defining said cavity;
- and
- a bus bar, integrally formed with a terminal portion,
- wherein a slit is formed in the connector mounting portion;
- wherein the terminal portion is inserted into the connector mounting portion by passing the terminal portion through the slit so as to be received in said cavity,
- wherein the female housing has a face opposed to an insertion direction of the terminal portion into the cavity and
- wherein the slit is formed on the face of the female housing.
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A method of assembling a bus bar on an electric distribution block comprising, the steps of:
- providing a bus bar integrally formed with a terminal portion, the bus bar having a plurality of terminals extending in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the terminal portion;
- providing a block body having a bus bar mounting portion and integrally formed with a connector mounting portion having a cavity therein, the connector mounting portion having a first wall and a second wall which is connected to the first wall through an edge of the first wall, a first slit being formed in the first wall, a second slit being formed in the second wall, and the first slit and the second slit being connected each other at the edge;
- inserting the terminal portion of the bus bar into the cavity of the connector mounting portion by passing the terminal portion through the second slit;
- and
- inserting the plurality of terminals into the bus bar mounting portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.