Interconnection apparatus for wiring harnesses

• US 4,685,753 A
• Filed: 03/26/1986
• Issued: 08/11/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 07/05/1983
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Tokai Electric Wire Company Limited
• Inventors: Isshiki, Isao, Hayashi, Hitoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Abrams, Neil
• Application Number:
  US06/843,850
• Time in Patent Office: 503 Days
• Field of Search: 339/17 M, 339/17 LM, 339/17 LC, 339/17 R, 361/395, 361/399, 361/412, 361/415
• US Class Current: 439/74
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/00 Structural associations of a plurality of mutually-insulated electrical connecting elements, specially adapted for printed circuits, e.g. printed circuit boards [PCB], flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, e.g. terminal strips, terminal blocks; Coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures; Terminals specially adapted for contact with, or insertion into, printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures printed connections to, or between, printed circuits H05K1/11
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/7088 Arrangements for power supply
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/721 cooperating directly with the edge of the rigid printed circuits
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/66 Structural association with built-in electrical component coupling devices having concentrically or coaxially-arranged contacts H01R24/38
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0263 High current adaptations, e.g. printed high current conductors or using auxiliary non-printed means; Fine and coarse circuit patterns on one circuit board H05K1/0293 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/0352 Differences between the conductors of different layers of a multilayer
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10272 Busbars, i.e. thick metal bars mounted on the PCB as high-current conductors metal strips H05K2201/1028
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 3/4084 by deforming at least one of the conductive layers
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 7/02 Arrangements of circuit components or wiring on supporting structure

Abstract

An apparatus for interconnecting functional component circuits and branch circuits of a wiring harness. A wiring board includes a plurality of tab contact members and mounted on one surface of the wiring board is a first printed-circuit board including a plurality of control element components forming functional component circuits. Also mounted on the other surface of the wiring board is a second printed-circuit board which includes the functional element components of the components forming the functional component circuits.

Claims

1. An apparatus for interconnecting branch circuit means of a wiring harness and functional component circuit means comprising a wiring board including an insulated board carrying a busbar forming branch conductive path means and printed-circuit board means mounted on said wiring board and including a plurality of functional components forming said functional component circuit means, said busbar of said wiring board including a plurality of tab contact means at end portions thereof extending perpendicularly to said insulating board, and said printed-circuit board means including a plurality of flat sheet terminals disposed in side by side relation folded around one edge of said printed-circuit board means and connected electrically by a detachable connection to said certain ones of said tab contact means upon insertion of said printed-circuit board means onto said wiring board and a plurality of tab terminals located on and carried by said printed-circuit board and extending parallel to and juxtaposed to other ones of said tab contact means, said tab terminals and said other ones of said tab contact means being arranged to simultaneously receive respective contacts of a multiple contact connector block connecting said tab terminals and said other ones of said tab contact means to respective of said branch circuit means.

2. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said printed-circuit board means includes a first printed-circuit board including a plurality of control element components and mounted on one surface of said wiring board and a second printed-circuit board including a plurality of functional element components and mounted on the other surface of said wiring board.

3. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said other ones of said tab contact means and said tab terminals are connected in common to said branch circuit means of said wiring harness through the respective contacts of said multiple contact connector block.

4. An apparatus according to claim 1, where at least some of the tab terminals of the printed circuit board means are disposed in side-by-side relationship with at least some of the tab contact means of the wiring board.

5. An apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the printed-circuit board is slidably supported for detachable mounting on the wiring board.

6. An apparatus according to claim 1, further including a cover affixed to the wiring board and enclosing at least in part the printed-circuit board, at least some of the tab contact means extend through openings in the cover for attachment to the wiring harness.

7. An apparatus according to claim 3, where said other ones of said tab contact means and said tab terminals are adjacent to each other.

8. An apparatus for interconnecting branch circuit means of a wiring harness and functional component circuit means comprising a wiring board including an insulated board carrying a busbar forming branch conductive path means and printed-circuit board means mounted on said wiring board and including a plurality of functional components forming said functional component circuit means, said busbar of said wiring board including a plurality of tab contact means at end portions thereof, and said printed-circuit board means including a plurality of flat sheet terminals at one edge of said printed-circuit board means connected to certain ones of said tab contact means, said printed-circuit board having a plurality of tab terminals extending parallel to and juxtaposed to said other ones of said tab contact means and connected along with said other ones of said tab contact means to said branch circuit means, a cover affixed to said wiring board and enclosing at least in part said printed-circuit board, at least some of said tab contact means extending through openings in said cover for attachment to the wiring harness, said cover having a peripheral flange for affording a detachable connection to the wiring board and the at least some tab contact means extending through openings in the flange.

9. An apparatus for interconnecting branch circuit means of a wiring harness and functional component circuit means comprising a wiring board including a busbar forming branch conductive path means and printed-circuit board means mounted on said wiring board and including a plurality of functional components forming said functional component circuit means, said busbar of said wiring board including tab contact means at end portions thereof, said printed-circuit board means including terminals connected to at least certain of said tab contact means, and a cover detachably affixed by means of a flange portion to the wiring board and enclosing at least in part the printed-circuit board means, at least some of the tab contact means extending through apertures in said cover flange portion for attachment to an associated connector.

10. An apparatus according to claim 9, where the printed-circuit board means includes at least one tab terminal extending through an aperture in the cover for attachment to the associated connector.