Patent ID: 6220874
Filing Date: 2001-04-24
Classification: B60R,H01R

Abstract:
A wire harness assembly comprising:a wire harness, anda junction box containing a plurality of junction box terminals, positioned in said junction boxan attachment unit projecting outwardly from said junction box, said attachment unit having an inverted U-shaped cross section,said attachment unit having an outer surface remote from said junction box, said outer surface corresponding to the closed end portion of said inverted U-shapea plurality of openings in said outer surface,said junction box terminals having blades extending through said openings and projecting outwardly thereof, wires of said wire harness are pressed against said blades at an attachment portion of said wires which is spaced apart axially from a forward end of each of said wires thereby to contact said junction box terminals to said wires of said wire harnesssaid forward end of each of said wires in said wire harness pressure contact connected to a connector terminal in a connection box,a cover having an inverted U-shaped cross section so as to fit over said attachment unit and hold said wires onto said attachment unit, said cover, causing said wires to have an inverted U-shaped configuration to conform to said attachment unit and said cover, said cover having an interior surface parallel to and spaced apart from said outer surface, thereby defining a space between said outer surface and said interior surface, at least a portion of said wires being in said space as said wires pass over said attachment unit.