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Electrical junction box for tractor trailer

  • US 7,643,271 B2
  • Filed: 02/04/2008
  • Issued: 01/05/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electrical junction box apparatus configured to be attached to a vehicle, comprising:

  • a container including a front opening and a cavity located behind the front opening;

    a cover movably attached to the container, to be moved into a closed position covering the front opening;

    a socket fixed to the container beside the front opening, to which an electrical supply cable can be removably connected;

    breakers that are secured to the container within the cavity, each breaker having an input terminal and an output terminal, each input terminal being electrically connected to the supply cable via the socket; and

    electrical distribution lines, each connecting a respective one of the breaker output terminals to a component, of the vehicle, that is outside the cavity;

    wherein each breaker includes a breaker body from which both of the breaker'"'"'s terminals project, and the container includes a breaker-securing structure configured to removably and frictionally grasp the breaker bodies.

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