Patent ID: 7727022

Claim:
An electrical center for mounting on a wiring harness comprising: an upper housing having a plurality of upper terminal receiving cavities, a circuit board disposed in the upper housing below the upper terminal receiving cavities, a plurality of terminals mounted on the circuit board having contact portions above the circuit board disposed in the upper terminal receiving cavities for engaging mating terminals plugged into the upper terminal receiving cavities, and a lower housing having a plurality of lower terminal receiving cavities, the plurality of terminals having contact portions below the circuit board disposed in the lower terminal receiving cavities for engaging mating terminals that are attached to receiving cavities, wherein the upper housing has a plurality of guide channels and the lower housing has a plurality of lock studs that are received in the guide channels and wherein the have the plurality of guide channels and the plurality of lock studs have means to retain the upper housing and the lower housing in a prestaged condition to facilitate loading of the mating terminals that are attached to the wires of the wiring harness and that are plugged in the lower terminal receiving cavities.