Patent ID: 6179628
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
An electric connection box comprising:a first case;a second case fitting with said first case to form a bus-bar housing, said bus-bar housing having a main hollow portion and an end hollow attachment portion connected to the main hollow portion and positioned at an end of the main hollow portion,said end hollow attachment portion having:a first horizontal hollow projection projected from the end of the main hollow portion in a horizontal direction parallel to a plane of the main hollow portion,an intermediate hollow projection connected to and intersected to the first horizontal hollow projection at approximately right angle, anda second horizontal hollow projection connected to and intersected to the intermediate hollow projection and being parallel to the first horizontal hollow projection;a connector housing mounted on the second horizontal hollow projection of the end hollow attachment portion to receive a connector from the outside;an electric-conductive bus-bar comprising a main bus bar and a terminal portion integrated with the main bus bar, the main bus bar being accommodated in the main hollow portion of the bus-bar housing and the terminal portion being accommodated in the end hollow attachment portion of the bus-bar housing, said terminal portion having a plurality of terminal pieces arranged in parallel,each terminal piece including:a first terminal piece portion connected to the main bus bar and extending in the first horizontal hollow projection of the end hollow attachment portion,a second terminal piece portion connected to the first terminal piece, bent thereat and extending in the intermediate hollow projection of the end hollow attachment, anda third terminal piece portion connected to the second terminal piece, bent thereat and extending in the second horizontal hollow projection to the connector housing;a first insulator means for holding the first terminal piece portion at the both sides to a portion where the first terminal piece portion is bent;a second insulator means for holding the second terminal piece portion at the both sides adjacent a portion where the second terminal piece portion is bent, an outer side insulator of the second insulator being supported by an inner wall of the intermediate hollow projection; anda third insulator means arranged around a pin hole formed at an end of the second horizontal hollow projection,said third terminal piece portion being fixed to the third insulator means to pass through the third insulator means to thereby project a tip thereof in the connector housing.