Claims
- 1. In an electric connection box of the type having a pair of upper and lower cases connected together to provide a casing, one of said upper and lower cases having an electrically insulating housing; a wiring assembly accommodated within said casing and including an electrically insulating plate and a plurality of bus bars mounted on said insulating plate; and external connection terminals electrically connected to said bus bars and having respective contact portions received within said insulating housing;
- the improvement comprising, each of said external connection terminals including a base portion, a plurality of said contact portions formed integrally with said base portion and extending into said housing, and a bus bar-gripping portion formed integrally with said base portion press-fitted relative to said bus bar;
- wherein said contact portions extend perpendicularly upward from the plane of said base portion at one end of said base portion, and said bus bar-gripping portion extends from the other end of said base portion; said bus bar-gripping portion including two sets of opposed holder sections for gripping said bus bar portion; each said holder section having two legs with a separation therebetween facing downward relative to said base portion; and each said holder section being joined to said other end of said base portion by a bent portion.
- 2. An electric connection box according to claim 1, wherein said bent portion comprises a flat upstanding plate extending upward from said other end of said base portion and a flat parallel plate extending from the upper end of said upstanding plate and being parallel to said base portion; each said holder section extending downward from said flat parallel plate.
- 3. An electric connection box as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bent portion comprises a flat upstanding plate extending upward from said other end of said base portion; and each holder section extending perpendicularly from said flat upstanding plate away from the direction of said contact portions.
- 4. An electric connection box as claimed in claim 1, wherein said bent portion extends from said other end of said base portion to the bottom of one leg each of said two holder sections.
Priority Claims (2)
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63-213792 |
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RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a Continuation-in-Part of parent application U.S. Ser. No. 07/358,227, filed on May 30, 1989.
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4429943 |
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4790760 |
Kreinberg |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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