Junction box and connector
AssigneeFujikura Ltd.
InventorsIchiro Terunuma, Atsushi Momota, Hideyuki Kosugi, Nobumasa Misaki
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Abstract
The junction box housing of a junction box is provided with a strip portion containing portion which contains a lateral edge of a strip portion where a terminal connecting portion of a flexible printed circuit is contained in the inside and a terminal containing hole arranged at the outside of the strip-shaped portion containing portion which contains a first connecting terminal. Thus, the first connecting terminal and the strip portion can be contained in the junction box housing with the terminal connecting portion bent to show an S-shaped profile so that the junction box main body can be made lightweight and low-profiled to realize downsizing.
Claims10
A junction box comprising:
- a junction box main body to which an electric component to be connected is attached;
- a connector portion which is spaced in a longitudinal direction from said junction box main body, and which connects a connector of an outer wiring circuit and is formed separately from said junction box main body;
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- a longitudinally extending cable portion which is constituted of a flexible printed circuit with a circuit portion including a conductor pattern formed on an insulating film, and electrically connects the junction box main body to said connector portion,
- wherein said flexible printed circuit includes a strip portion for linking said junction box main body and said connector portion and a terminal connecting portion extending transversally from a lateral edge of said strip portion at positions to be fitted to said junction box main body and said connector portion,
- said junction box main body includes a junction box housing provided with a part fitting port for fitting said electric component and a plate-shaped first connecting terminal to be contained in said junction box housing so as to be connected to the terminal connecting portion of said flexible printed circuit and further to said electric component,
- said connector portion including a connector housing for receiving said connector of said outer wiring circuit and a second connecting terminal to be connected to the terminal connecting portion of said flexible printed circuit and contained in the connector housing so as to be connected to said connector of said outer wiring circuit, and
- said strip portion of said flexible printed circuit is bent in a transversal direction along said longitudinal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.