Patent ID: 6736648
Filing Date: 2004-05-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A junction box comprising:a junction box main body to which an electric component to be connected is attached; and a 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 an outer wiring circuit, wherein said flexible printed circuit includes a strip portion having a part thereof contained in said junction box main body and a terminal connecting portion extending transversally from a lateral edge of said strip portion at a position to be fitted to said junction box main body, 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 junction box housing including a strip-shaped portion containing portion for containing a strip portion provided with said terminal connecting portion of said flexible printed circuit and a terminal containing hole arranged outside the strip-shaped containing portion containing portion so as to contain said first connecting terminal with its tip end exposed to the outside, and the lateral edges of said strip portion are contained in said strip portion containing portion with said terminal connecting portion bent to show an S-shaped profile at the lateral edges of the strip-shaped containing portion of said flexible printed circuit.