Patent ID: 6447331
Filing Date: 2002-09-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A joint connector comprising:a housing having a plurality of juxtaposed metal terminals received therein; a bus bar base member having a plurality of juxtaposed tabs extending from a side edge of an interconnecting portion; a holder body of a synthetic resin having a first side and a second side, only the first side having a plurality of punching holes, integrally joined to said bus bar base member; a portion of said interconnecting portion, disposed between adjacent tabs, being exposed through a corresponding one of the punching holes and when said portion of said interconnecting portion is severed, forming a bus bar structure having a plurality of bus bars each having a plurality of tabs; said tabs contact the associated metal terminals, respectively so that said metal terminals are short-circuited in a predetermined pattern; and an entire surface of said interconnecting portion facing away from said punching holes is exposed.