Patent ID: 6679708
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical junction box assembly comprising:a junction box having a lower case, a circuit board and a bus bar, the circuit board including a board member, which is constructed of an electrically insulating material, and a plurality of electrical contacts that are coupled to the board member, the bus bar being in electrical connection with the electrical contacts; a mounting aperture formed into one of the lower case and the board member; a conductive jump-start terminal having a mounting portion and a blade portion, the mounting portion being received into the mounting aperture such that the one of the lower case and the board member inhibits rotation of the jump-start terminal relative to the junction box, the blade portion having a pair of opposite faces that are generally parallel one another; and a conductive positive terminal adapted for electrical connection to a positive conductor of a battery cable, the conductive positive terminal being spaced apart from the blade portion of the jump-start terminal; wherein at least one of the positive conductor, the conductive positive terminal and the bus bar is in direct electrically conductive contact with the jump-start terminal such that the circuit board is not exposed to a high-current flow of electrical power during a jump-start event.