Patent ID: 8267702
Filing Date: 2012-09-18
Classification: B60R,H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical distribution center assembly comprising: a housing assembly comprising a first housing member attached to a second housing member, the housing assembly defining an accommodation space therein; a connector shroud formed in the first housing member, the shroud having side walls defining a shroud cavity therein for receiving a mating plug connector, the shroud cavity communicating with the accommodation space; an electrical bus disposed in the accommodation space; a bladed terminal electrically contacting the electrical bus, the terminal comprising an elongated blade projecting along a terminal axis to a tip located in the shroud cavity; and a terminal stabilizer formed integrally as a part of the first housing member and comprising a rigid stabilizer wall and an attachment portion, the stabilizer wall located within the shroud cavity and having a blade aperture formed therein, the attachment portion extending between the stabilizer wall and the side walls of the shroud for supporting the stabilizer wall in a terminal alignment position, wherein the tip of the terminal is received in the blade aperture, whereby the blade stabilizer protects the blade from being bent away from the terminal axis by a force applied to the blade in a direction orthogonal to the terminal axis.