Patent ID: 6402570
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: B60Q,B60R,H02G,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
An automotive lamp unit comprising:a bus bar unit having a plurality of bus bars forming a circuit, wherein at least one and another of said bus bars have a severed bridge portion which establish a pair of opposed raised flaps such that, prior to severance, said bridge portion connects said one and another bus bars together, and such that after severance, said one and another bus bars are physically and electrically divided from one another, and wherein the lamp unit further comprises, a resin base member provided with the bus bar unit mounted thereon at a predetermined position thereof, a small hole being formed in the resin base member at a position thereof associated with the bridge portion; wherein the bus bar unit includes terminals, for connection to switches and to a power source, and a supporting member for supporting a lamp, the circuit serving to switch on the lamp; and wherein the raised flaps of said severed bridge portion extend into the small hole and are engaged with an edge thereof so as to fix said one and another of said bus bars to said base member.