Patent ID: 7980872

Claim:
An electrical splice assembly comprising: an insulative housing comprising a terminal receiving tray, the terminal receiving tray comprising a floor and longitudinally extending side walls of the housing, the floor extending between the side walls, the floor and the side walls defining a tray space, the tray having an open top that extends to an open rearward end of the tray in a rear face of the housing, the housing further defining a plurality of longitudinally extending cavities communicating with the tray space; a conductive bus plate retained in a forward portion of the housing, the bus plate comprising a strip and a plurality of cantilevered, coplanar, spaced male blades extending from the strip, each one of the plurality of male blades extending into a respective one of the plurality of cavities; a plurality of conductive female terminals disposed in the terminal receiving tray, a forward portion of each one of the plurality of terminals extends into a respective one of the cavities and is connected to a respective one of the blades of the bus plate; and a cover movably attached to the housing, wherein the cover includes a lock configured to retain the terminals in the terminal receiving tray when the cover is in a closed position overlying the tray.