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Junction box

  • US 6,707,689 B2
  • Filed: 10/23/2002
  • Issued: 03/16/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
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1. A junction box comprising:

  • a junction box main body to which an electric component to be connected is attached;

    a connector portion which connects a connector of an outer wiring circuit and a joint connector of a circuit distribution wiring circuit and is formed separately from said junction box main body; and

    a cable portion which is constituted of a flexible printed circuit with a circuit portion including a conductor pattern formed on an insulating film, and electrically connects said junction box main body to said connector portion, wherein said flexible printed circuit includes;

    a strip portion which connects said junction box main body to said connector portion; and

    a terminal connecting portion extending from a side edge of a position of the strip portion in which said junction box main body and connector portion are arranged in a short direction of said strip portion, said junction box main body includes;

    a junction box housing including a component attachment port to which said electric component to be connected is attached; and

    a plate-shaped first connecting terminal which is connected to the terminal connecting portion of said flexible printed circuit and contained in said junction box housing so as to be connected to said electric component to be connected, and said connector portion includes;

    a connector housing which is engaged with at least one of the connector of said outer wiring circuit and the joint connector of said circuit distribution wiring circuit;

    a plate-shaped second connecting terminal which is connected to the terminal connecting portion of said flexible printed circuit and contained in said connector housing so as to be connected to the connector of said outer wiring circuit; and

    a plate-shaped third connecting terminal which is connected to the terminal connecting portion of said flexible printed circuit and contained in said connector housing so as to be connected to the joint connector of said circuit distribution wiring circuit.

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