Patent ID: 6514100
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connecting structure for connecting a conductor of a flat cable to a core wire of a wire cable through a bus bar, said electrical connecting structure comprising;a plurality of case members, at least one strip-type bus bar being fixed in parallel to the respective case member, the conductor of the flat cable being connectable to one end of said bus bar, and the core wires of the cable wire being connectable to the other end of the bus bar; said plurality of case members being superposed so that a bus bar mounting surface of one of said plurality of case members is covered with another of said plurality of case members; and an engaging mechanism that engages the respective case members is provided on each case member, and said plurality of case members is integrated into a single unit by said engaging mechanism; said engaging mechanism including a first pair of engaging parts provided on opposite sides of one of said plurality of case members and a first pair of engaging recesses provided on said opposite sides of said one of said plurality of case members, a second pair of engaging recesses provided on opposite sides of another of said plurality of case members, and a second pair of engaging parts provided on opposite sides of one of said one and said another of said plurality of case members, so that said first and second pair of engaging parts are fitted in said first and second pair of engaging recesses when said plurality of case members is integrated into a single unit.