Patent · US Expired

Electronic vehicular junction box having reduced size and weight

US5703757A · kind A · utility

19Cited by
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2Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 31, 1996
Grant dateDec 30, 1997
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K7/026
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A junction box for motor vehicles in which first and second housing portions are provided for receiving and containing, respectively, low and high electrical current circuitboards. The housing portions extend in a generally common plane when connected together to form a housing unit. A planar insulating panel member containing buses and integral insulation displacement terminals are located between the housing portions and in a plane generally perpendicular to the common plane of the housing portions. The first and second housing portions are abutted and fastened together on opposed sides of the panel member with the buses and integral insulation displacement terminals. The insulation displacement terminals are effective to directly receive insulated wires of an electrical harness and electrically connect the same to the buses and to circuits of and electrical components associated with the circuitboards.

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