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Electrical connector box with customizable bus bar circuit assembly

  • US 6,875,030 B2
  • Filed: 08/12/2003
  • Issued: 04/05/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electrical connector box comprising:

  • a plurality of first bus bars generally uniformly arranged at intervals in a Y axis direction, each of said plurality of first bus bars comprising;

    a plurality of bent first connector bands;

    a plurality of pairs of pinch prongs respectively extending from said first connector bands; and

    a plurality of first separator portions each configured to be removed from between a pair of said first connector bands;

    a plurality of second bus bars generally arranged in an X axis direction, each of said second bus bars comprising;

    a plurality of second connector bands configured to be frictionally inserted between a respective plurality of said pairs of pinch prongs and to form a bus bar assembly;

    a plurality of second terminals respectively extending from said second connector bands; and

    a plurality of second separator portions each configured to be removed from between a pair of said second connector bands;

    a lower case having a plurality of first lower slots formed in a floor of said lower case, said plurality of first lower slots configured to respectively accept said first bus bars; and

    an upper case configured to connect with said lower case, said upper case having a plurality of open plug-in apertures each configured to allow said plurality of second terminals of a respective one of said second bus bars to extend into a plug-in aperture of said plug-in apertures, said upper case and said lower case being configured to accommodate said bus bar assembly when said upper case and said lower case are connected together, wherein each of said plug-in apertures is configured to connectingly accommodate a plug-in block having a plurality of connector terminals attached to a plurality of respective ends of a respective plurality of wires such that said connector terminals respectively connect to said second terminals, and wherein said second bus bar connector bands respectively engage said first connector bands in the bus bar assembly.

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