Power distribution box
AssigneeLear Corporation
InventorsChristopher J. Darr, Peter Kowtun, Dennis Pajtas
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Abstract
An integrated power distribution box including an upper level assembly including a printed circuit board comprising at least one electrical component, a lower housing configured to receive at least a portion of the printed circuit board, an intermediate housing configured to be coupled with at least one fuse, a master fuse electrically coupled to the printed circuit board, a lower level assembly including at least one connector corresponding to at least one of the master fuse, the at least one electrical component, and the at least one fuse.
Claims20
An integrated power distribution box comprising:
- an upper level assembly including:
- a printed circuit board comprising at least one electrical component;
- a lower housing configured to receive at least a portion of the printed circuit board;
- an intermediate housing configured to be coupled with at least one fuse;
- a master fuse electrically coupled to the printed circuit board;
- a printed circuit board bus bar that extends laterally outward from the printed circuit board for electrical coupling with the master fuse;
- at least one microprocessor electrically coupled to at least one of the master fuse and the printed circuit board;
- and
- a lower level assembly including at least one connector corresponding to at least one of the master fuse, the at least one electrical component, and the at least one fuse.
An integrated power distribution box comprising:
- an upper level assembly including:
- a printed circuit board comprising at least one electrical component;
- a lower housing configured to receive at least a portion of the printed circuit board;
- an intermediate housing configured to be coupled with at least one fuse;
- a master fuse electrically coupled to the printed circuit board;
- at least one microprocessor electrically coupled to at least one of the master fuse and the printed circuit board;
- and
- a lower level assembly including at least one connector corresponding to at least one of the master fuse, the at least one electrical component, and the at least one fuse
- wherein the master fuse includes a bus bar and at least one high current fuse coupled to the bits bar and the master fuse is coupled to the printed circuit board via welding the master fuse bus bar to a bus bar of the printed circuit board.
An integrated power distribution box comprising:
- an upper level assembly including:
- a printed circuit board comprising at least one electrical component;
- a lower housing configured to receive at least a portion of the printed circuit board;
- an intermediate housing configured to be coupled with at least one fuse;
- a master fuse electrically coupled to the printed circuit board;
- at least one microprocessor electrically coupled to at least one of the master fuse and the printed circuit board;
- and
- a lower level assembly including at least one connector corresponding to at least one of the master fuse, the at least one electrical component, and the at least one fuse
- wherein the at least one microprocessor is connected to a vehicle controller.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.