Patent ID: 7207827

Claim:
An electrical connector box including a case to house insulation covered electrical wires, said electrical connector box comprising: a plurality of pressure contact terminals provided in said case, each said pressure contact terminal comprising a slot to hold an electrical wire and make connection thereto; wherein each said slot is configured having a first width dimension, said first width dimension accommodating a thick insulated electrical wire or a thin insulated electrical wire; wherein each slot is configured to a common width dimension configured to hold the thick insulated electrical wire having a core formed of multiple twisted strands or the thin insulated electrical wire having a core formed of a single strand; wire guide channels configured to route the electrical wires therealong, said wire guide channels including two walls projecting from an inner surface of said case or from said insulator board; pressure contact terminal chambers provided on said case or said insulator board, said pressure contact terminals contained within said pressure contact terminal chambers, said pressure contact terminal chambers being formed as a widened space between said two walls; closing walls provided at the top of said two walls defining a wire insertion space for insertion of the electrical wire; wherein the electrical wire in the wire guide channel may be compressed by passing through said wire insertion space and pressed into said slot of said pressure contact terminal to make contact therewith; and an external connector portion of said pressure contact terminal, said external connector portion projecting from an end of said pressure contact terminal chamber and configured to connect to terminals contained in a connector compartment, fuse compartment, or relay compartment on an external side of said case.