Patent ID: 8961245
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: B60R,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A power distribution box (PDB) having a bottom-up construction, the PDB comprising: a frame including a top side, a bottom side, and a plurality of frame apertures disposed therethrough; a busbar connectable to the bottom side of the frame and having a plurality of busbar terminals extending upwardly for insertion into corresponding apertures in the frame; and a lower cover with an integrated protector plate forming a unitary structure, the lower cover being connectable to the frame from the bottom side of the frame and including a plurality of cover apertures therethrough for receiving wires to be inserted into corresponding frame apertures, the integrated protector plate having a plurality of wire protecting features for inhibiting contact between the busbar and wires disposed through the lower cover and retained by the frame, wherein the lower cover includes a plurality of walls extending downwardly from the cover apertures sufficiently such that wires inserted through the cover apertures can be bundled within the walls, the lower cover further including a wire takeout extending outwardly from one of the walls and configured to allow the wires to exit the lower cover through the wire takeout after the wires are bundled.