Patent ID: 8573987

Claim:
A power distribution box assembly comprising: a power distribution box having a housing and a plurality of conductive busbars, the housing defining a plurality of terminal cavities, each of the busbars terminating at a busbar terminal that is received in a corresponding one of the terminal cavities; a plurality of wire assemblies, each wire assembly having a wire and a wire terminal, the wire comprising a conductor and an insulating sheath disposed about the conductor, the wire terminal being coupled to the wire and electrically connected to the conductor, the wire terminal being received into an associated one of the terminal cavities and engaged to a corresponding one of the busbar terminals such that the wire extends from a rear side of the housing; a holder that is received in the rear side of the housing and engaged to the housing in a snap-fit manner, the holder having a plurality of wire channels and a plurality of legs, each of the wire channels receiving an associated one of the wires, each leg being abutted against a corresponding wire terminal and being configured to resist withdrawal of the corresponding wire terminal from the corresponding one of the busbar terminals, the holder being removable from the housing while the wire terminals are engaged to the busbar terminals; and a plurality sets of resilient fingers, each set of resilient fingers having at least one finger that is resiliently coupled to the holder and configured to engage an associated one of the wires.