Patent ID: 6650024
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: B60R,H01L

Abstract:
A method of producing a vehicle power distributor which is to be mounted on a vehicle for distributing electric power from a common power supply into a plurality of electric loads and which uses semiconductor switching devices interposed between said power supply and said loads for switching on/off current conduction thereof,forming a bus bar aggregation containing an input terminal portion connected to said power supply, a device mount portion connected to said input terminal portion and having said semiconductor switching devices mounted on said device mount portion in the condition that a power supply side current-conduction terminal of each semiconductor switching device is connected to said device mount portion, and a plurality of output terminal portions to which load side current-conduction terminals of said semiconductor switching devices are connected respectively, said input terminal portion and said outpiut terminal portions extend in a direction approximnately perpendicular to a direction of a length of said device mount portion, and said input terminal portion, said device mount portions and said output terminal portions being integrated with one another; mounting said semiconductor switching devices on said device mount portion by connecting power supply side current-conduction terminals of said semiconductor switching devices to said device mount portion of said bus bar aggregation and connecting said load side current-conduction terminals of said semiconductor switching devices to said output terminal portions respectively; molding a housing from an electrically insulating material around the device-containing bus bar aggregation produced by the mounting step so that at least said input terminal portion and said output terminal portions are partially exposed; and cutting joint portions between a plurality of terminal portions inclusive of said input terminal portion and said output terminal portions after the molding step.