Abstract: An electric power distribution unit is formed independently of a bus bar board by integrating a plurality of switching devices. The electric power distribution unit includes a heat radiation plate and a plurality of unit-forming bus bars. The switching devices are mounted on the bus bars. Input and output terminals are formed by bending appropriate unit-forming bus bars toward the heat radiation plate, and are connected to connection terminals of the bus bar board. A circuit is formed in which electric power inputted to the input terminal is supplied through the switching devices to the output terminals.

Abstract: A connecting structure between an adjacently aligned junction box and electrical component connector block includes a connector block having an insertion bracket around which a channel or groove is formed at an insertion bracket base portion. This channel or groove is configured such that the point of material failure or fracture occurs on the connector block in the event that the connecting structure is subject to a large externally induced load.

Abstract: This method includes punching a bus-bar pattern out of a conductive metal sheet. A bus bar terminal piece is punched out of the remaining material in the conductive metal sheet. An electrical connection is formed between the bus-bar pattern and the bus-bar terminal piece using male and female connections.

Abstract: A telecommunication connector includes a housing, a circuit board mounted in the housing and holding a set of communication terminals and a set of connection terminals, the connection terminals being obliquely aligned at the circuit board in a staggered manner, reducing cross-talk, a wire block mounted on the circuit board to a communication line in connection to the connection terminals, the wire block having a guide plate in the wire hole thereof and connected between two locating walls and sloping forwardly downwards form a guide space for guiding the bare wires of the communication line into respective terminal grooves at an equal distance to ensure stable communication quality, and two movable covers pivoted to the housing and adapted to hold down the wire block and to protect the circuit board and the connection terminals against external dust.

Abstract: An electrical conductor assembly adapted to be contained in an electrical connection box to be mounted on an automobile has a bus bar produced by punching an aluminum-based metal plate into a desired circuit configuration. The bus bar has a press contact tab formed by bending an end of the bus bar. A reinforcement tab cover encloses an exterior of the press contact tab. The press contact tab is provided with a press contact slot that extends from a distal end of the tab to a proximal end of the tab. The tab cover is made of an elastic iron-based metal plate. The tab cover has insertion grooves in opposed sidewalls that communicate with the press contact slot in the press contact tab.

Abstract: A junction box disposed between a dash panel (P1) of a vehicle body and an installment panel (P2) has a plurality of boxes (11, 12) removably connected to each other by overlapping the boxes (11, 12) on each other. A fuse (30, 31) and/or a relay (41) accommodation portion is provided on one surface of each of the boxes (11, 12). In this construction, in an overlapped state, same-side surfaces of the fuse (30, 31) and/or relay (41) accommodation portions of the boxes (11, 12) are exposed to the outside. Internal circuits of the overlapped boxes are connected to each other through a connector (26, 45) a relay terminal or bolted terminal.

Abstract: The present invention provides a junction box that is divided into a base circuit part connectable to an external circuit and fuse and/or relay connection circuit parts. The junction box includes a base module including the base circuit part, and a fuse module including the fuse connection circuit part and/or a relay module including the relay connection circuit, and the junction box is assembled by combining the modules. The base circuit part of the base module includes rectangular vertical bus bars that are aligned in parallel in an internal part of a case, and the case incorporates multiple terminal housing compartments into which terminals connectable to external wire terminals are inserted, each terminal incorporating pairs of grip ends of terminals that grip and connect to the vertical bus bars.

Abstract: An electronic control module (20) comprising a housing (30), a printed circuit board (40), and a rigidizer (50). The housing (30) has an opening or window (34) for a removable connector (22). The printed circuit board (40) has a first side (42), a second side (44), and a plurality of contact pads (46). The first side (42) of the board (40) is used to retain components and circuitry. The plurality of contact pads (46) is positioned on the first side (42) of the printed circuit board (40). The rigidizer (50) is attached to the second side (44) of the printed circuit board (40) and provides structural backing for the printed circuit board (40) to compensate for any pressure induced to the first side (42) of the printed circuit board (40) by the removable connector (22). The window (34) in the housing (30) is positioned adjacent to the plurality of contact pads (46) on the first side (42) of the printed circuit board (40) to provide a single opening to each of the contact pads (46).

Abstract: The present invention provides an electrical junction box suitable for connection, for example, to a wire harness in a vehicle such as an automobile. The box is adapted to provide electrical connection to a plurality of electrical connectors, a plurality of fuses and a plurality of relays, the box having a casing, a connector circuit having a plurality of first bus bars, a fuse circuit discrete from the connector circuit and having a plurality of second bus bars and a relay circuit discrete from the connector circuit and having a plurality of third bus bars. At least one of the second and at least one of the third bus bars are welded to respective ones of the first bus bars at welding portions which are received in a protection structure which presses them towards each other. The protection structure clamps the joined welding portions so that the risk of disconnection of the welded connection is reduced or avoided.

Abstract: An electric connection box having a circuit formed inside a case (upper case) by arranging vertical bus bars in parallel inside the case. Terminals project from one side of each of the vertical bus bars. Pressure welding tabs having a pressure-welding slot respectively and pressure-welding pieces project from the other side of each of the vertical bus bars, with the pressure welding tabs and the pressure-welding pieces vertical to a longitudinal direction of the vertical bus bars. The vertical bus bars are arranged in parallel, and the pressure-welding piece of the vertical bus bar is connected by pressure welding to the pressure-welding slot of the pressure-welding tab.

Abstract: An electrical circuit for use in an electrical junction box of a vehicle, has two bus bars welded to each other at a weld. A first one of the bus bars is formed of a material having an electrical conductivity selected from (a) in the range of from about 10 to about 60% and (b) not less than about 60%, and the second of the two bus bars is formed of a material having an electrical conductivity of not less than about 60%. At least one of the bus bars is tin-plated and at the weld the bus bars are joined through a tin-plating layer. Appropriate selection of the bus bar material in view of current loads is achieved, and good welding results.

Abstract: A rapid electrical connection system is made up of a mounting plate for securing form-coded flat cables, an intermediate carrier serving as a power socket and a device adapter which can be swiveled on, in particular a load feeder capable of communication, as the main components. The flat cable for the power connection and the flat cables for signal transmission and backup power supply, are all contacted by penetrative contacting. The electrical connection of the device adapter takes place during the swiveling-on action.

Abstract: An electric appliance (1) comprising modules (2, 3) that can be juxtaposed to one another and interconnected using bridge elements (4) for transmitting electric signals and operating voltages. The modules (2, 3) and bridge elements (4) are provided with a pair of plug-in connectors (31) and also a pair of mating plug-in connectors (25, 26). The plug-in connectors (31) are each mounted in a cylindrical outer sleeve (36), and the mating plug-in connectors (25, 26) are mounted in cylindrical ducts or penetrations (19). An O-shaped sealing ring or gasket (38) is arranged about the circumference of each outer sleeve (36), so that the O-shaped gaskets (38) are under pressure when the outer sleeves (36) are inserted in the penetration (19) to interconnect the plug-in connectors (31) and the mating plug-in connectors (25, 26).

Abstract: A junction connector is provided that can be connected with wire harnesses from different directions. The junction connector includes a shell containing junction circuits including at least two connector-fitting portions oriented in different directions. The junction circuits include a plurality of bus bar layers, each of the bus bar layers including a bus bar group. Each of the bus bars is formed into the shape of a strip having two end tabs and are aligned at a given interval from each other along the same direction. The bus bar layers are superposed so that the bus bars groups are arranged in a skewed direction relative to each other, thereby forming cross points between the bus bar groups, and the bus bars are joined at the cross points, for example by bonding, thereby forming junction circuits. Connectors bound to wire harnesses are then fitted into the connector-fitting portions, so that the electrical cables in the wire harnesses are splice-connected through the bus bars.

Abstract: An electrical connector housing includes a first shell carrying connector mounts, fuse mounts and relay mounts. A second shell comprises second connector mounts, and fitted to the first shell. The electrical connector housing contains a connector circuitry module, a fuse circuitry module, a relay circuitry module and a printed board. The connector circuitry module includes connector-connecting circuitry formed of a first bus bar stack and a flexible printed board, while the fuse circuitry module includes fuse-connecting circuitry formed of a second bus bar stack. Likewise, the relay circuitry module includes relay-connecting circuitry formed of a third bus bar stack.

Abstract: An electrical connection box for a vehicle has a low-voltage bus bar and a high voltage bus bar, received in groove structures of a first insulation plate. Each groove structure is defined by a base wall surface on which the bus bar is disposed and a pair of opposed upstanding side wall surfaces. The first insulation plate has a downward recess or through-hole between the groove structures. A second insulation plate superimposed on the first plate has a downward projection received in the recess or through-hole and extending to a lower end which is below the base wall surfaces of the groove structures. The structure inhibits leak currents between the bus bars.

Abstract: An electrical connecting box includes a common unit with a built-in standard circuit common to plural kinds of vehicles and an exclusive unit with a built-in exclusive circuit peculiar to one of the plural kinds of vehicles. The exclusive unit includes a plurality of module plates each having a plurality of wire connecting pieces, a unit housing for retaining a stack of the module plates and a plurality of connecting bars penetrating the stack of module plates to connect the wire connecting pieces on the module plates with each other, establishing a desired circuit as a whole. The exclusive circuit corresponding to a desired kind of vehicle can be provided by selecting the arrangements of the wire connecting pieces and the connecting bars appropriately.

Abstract: A wire laying plate assembly includes a plurality of synthetic resin insulating plates (25-27). Bosses (46-48) project from at least one of the insulating plates (24-26). At least one other of the insulating plates (25-27) is formed with boss-escaping portions (55-57) for accommodating leading ends (49-51) of the bosses (46-48) formed on different insulating plates (24-26). The boss-escaping portions (55-57) gradually become deeper from their outer peripheries toward their centers. Busbars (28-31) are arranged between the insulating plates (24-27). The busbars (29-31) are formed with insertion holes (52-54). The busbars (29-31) are secured to the insulating plates (24-27) by inserting the bosses (46-48) through the insertion holes (52-54) and crimping them. In this way, a wire laying plate assembly (19) is assembled.

Abstract: A sealing member for use in an electrical distribution center has a housing overlain by a terminal connector body. The connector body has a plurality of cavities. Terminals project from the housing into the cavities through an inner surface of the connector body. The sealing member is interposed between the housing and the connector body and seals around each of the terminals and against the inner surface of the connector body around each of the cavities. The sealing member has a substrate layer covered on both sides by layers of silicone rubber. Cable terminals are adapted to be inserted into the cavities through an outer surface of the connector body to make electrical contact with the terminals projecting from the housing.

Abstract: A junction box (10) includes an upper case (13), a lower case (12) disposed under the upper case (13), and a junction box body (14) accommodated between the upper case (13) and the lower case (12). The junction box body (14) further includes an upper cover (16) having an embedding stage (24) provided thereon for externally connected electronic components, an under cover (15) fitting to the upper cover (16), a wiring plate (17) disposed between the under cover (15) and the upper cover (16), wiring boards (18) disposed between the wiring plate (17) and the upper cover (16), and a control board body (19) having a substrate (44). The junction box body (14) is accommodated between the upper case (13) and the lower case (12), so that the embedding stage (24) can be a front surface in an accommodation direction.

Abstract: An electrical connection box for a vehicle has a body and a power distribution element. A portion of the body upstanding from one face receives, in use, an electrical component such as a relay which at a fastening location is joined to the distribution element. A casing covers the component receiving portion. To reduce the risk of accidental contact with the fastening location, the box has a removable U-shaped cover covering the fastening location, the cover being enclosed within the casing. The cover has an aperture through which the electrical component projects, and the periphery of the aperture may contact the component receiving portion or the electrical component.

Abstract: An electrical connector housing or automobile junction box is provided that forms internal circuits in a simplified way. The electrical connector housing includes at least one case which is to receive a plurality of circuit blocks, or layers, each of which includes at least one X-directional bus bar layer and at least one Y-directional bus bar layer superposed thereon. The X-directional and Y-directional bus bar layers contain strip-shaped bus bars laminated with insulative film. The strip-shaped bus bars are arranged in parallel at a given interval, respectively in an X direction and in a Y direction perpendicular thereto. The plurality of circuit blocks or layers are then superposed on one another with insulator plates interposed therebetween, such that the bus bars arranged in the X and Y directions form cross points. The cross points are electrically connected to circuits at desired cross points, for example by rivets or pins, so as to form branched circuits.

Abstract: An electrical junction box for a vehicle has a connector module providing connection to an electrical connector, a fuse module providing connection to a plurality of fuses, and a relay module providing connection to a plurality of relays. The connector module has a plurality of insulation substrates stacked one on another to form a layered assembly having a pair of main faces and a plurality of sides, and bus bars on the insulation substrates providing first welding tabs which are aligned with one another in at least one linear row adjacent one of the sides of the layered assembly. The fuse module has one or more insulation substrates and bus bars providing projecting second welding tabs confronting the welding tabs of the connector module. The relay module has an insulation substrate and bus bars providing third welding tabs also confronting the welding tabs of the connector module. The second and third welding tabs are welded to the first tabs to effect connection of the circuits.

Abstract: An electrical junction box for a vehicle provides electrical connection to electrical connectors, fuses and relays. Upper and lower case parts of a casing contain a base circuit, a fuse circuit and a relay circuit. The base circuit has first bus bars and insulation layers stacked together. The first bus bars connect to electrical connectors in use. The fuse circuit has a substrate which is discrete from the base circuit, and second bus bars providing connection to fuses in use. The relay circuit has a substrate, which is discrete from said base circuit, and third bus bars providing connection to relays in use. The second bus bars and the third bus bars are joined to the first bus bars by welding. A compact construction which is easily modified is obtained.

Abstract: There are provided sub-connectors to which serial data wires, provided on wire harnesses, are connected. These sub-connectors are connected to a joint connector provided in the vicinity of connectors, thereby splicing the wires.

Abstract: A plurality of board connecting terminals each having a board connecting portion and a pressed-in portion are fixed to an insulating connecting element and thus integrally formed as a circuit board connecting terminal assembly. The board connecting portion of each of the terminals is inserted into a corresponding one of through holes formed in the printed circuit board in such a manner as to penetrate therethrough. Thus, the board connecting portion of each of the terminals is electrically connected thereto, so that the printed circuit board with the board connecting terminals are constituted. Then, a pressed-in portion of each of the circuit connecting terminals is press-fitted into a corresponding press-fitting hole and electrically connected to a corresponding one of the bus bars.

Abstract: A flat (horizontal) press-fit busbar terminal structure for use in junction boxes, power distribution boxes, and the like at vehicle wiring junctions. Instead of the usual vertical busbar terminal extending through one or more insulation plate layers to be connected to the vertical terminals of a pluggable component, flat press-fit terminals are fastened in horizontal, essentially flush fashion to the surfaces of the flat insulation plates, with horizontally disposed terminal ends for receiving pluggable component terminals therethrough in perpendicular fashion. The flat terminals of the invention greatly reduce the overall height of the junction box, PDB, etc., thereby allowing the vertical component terminals to be used in place of peripheral jumper connections to interconnect one or more layers of busbar terminals.

Abstract: An electrical connection box for use in a vehicle has bus bars in a casing with upstanding connection tabs which are alongside and spaced from each other. Insulation resin embeds the tabs while leaving exposed projecting portions. A connector attached to the casing has a housing containing terminals respectively engaged with the projecting portions of the tabs. The resin material provides a recess located between the tabs and the housing of said connector has a partition wall of insulating material which lies between the terminals and extends into the recess, to prevent leak current between the terminals.

Abstract: An electrical connection box for a vehicle has bus bars providing terminals which stand up close to each other, and an insulation plate through which the terminals project. A case member covering the insulation plate provides housing spaces for the terminals. A partitioning wall of the casing separating the housing spaces contacts the upper end of an upstanding wall of the insulation plate. One of the partitioning walls and the upstanding walls has a recess and the other has a projection received in the recess. This prevents liquid passage from one housing space to the other, and minimizes risk of current leak between terminals.

Abstract: A plate-like member (8) and three lamp sockets (15, 25, 35) are mounted onto a lamp body (2) to form a rear combination lamp (1). The plate-like member (8) is formed by two thermoplastic resin sheets (9a, 9b) having a hot-melt adhesive therebetween, which are adhesively bonded together, while wire-like conductors (W1, W2, W3, G) are sandwiched therebetween. The plate-like member (8) has three holes (10), and notches (11) are formed in a peripheral edge of each hole (10). Predetermined portions of the conductors (W1, W2, W3, G), which are held between the sheets (9a, 9b), are exposed at the notches (11), respectively. Each of the lamp sockets (15, 25, 35) includes a socket body (16, 26, 36) for receiving connection terminals, and a flange (17, 27, 37). A conductor contact portion of each of the connection terminals projects from the associated flange (17, 27, 37), and is abutted against the associated conductor (W1, W2, W3, G).

Abstract: This invention relates to facilitating the layout of cables in an electric connector box for a vehicle. Within the fuse box are disposed a large number of plug-in type blade fuses and screw type fuses. A difference in height is provided between mounting surfaces of the block fuses between terminal boards. The terminal boards of one type of fuse is set at a higher position than the terminal boards of the other type of fuse. Therefore, cables can be drawn out in the same direction without mutual interference. Although cable, which is laid inside, is screwed to the back of a substrate, the height of a screw portion for the cable is also set so as to avoid interference of the cable with back connections of the blade fuses.

Abstract: There is provided a fuse relay junction block for use in automobiles capable of not only considerably reducing the number of assembling process but also realizing small sized, lightweight compact block, thereby enhancing reliability and achieving a low cost material by aggregating the conventional plural pieces of boards to form a multilayered circuit structure. The fuse relay junction block comprises a box cover having a plurality of connection ports through which wirings of electronic wiring systems are connected to terminals of wiring members and a plurality of filling ports for fuses, a box body engaged in the box cover, a multilayered board housed between the box cover and the box body, wherein said wiring members being arranged on not less than two layers of board and integrated with primary molded portions by insert molding to form a network structure, said network structure is subjected to an insert to form a secondary molded portion.

Abstract: A power distribution block assembly includes an insulative body having at least a first modular body section and a second modular body section, and at least one electrically conductive bus member having a longitudinally-extending base and a plurality of terminal blades extending from the base. The base of the bus member has a site for electrical connection to a power source and a longitudinally elongated U-shape channel defined by opposite legs. A plurality of terminal blades extend from the legs of the channel and include a plurality of sites for electrical connection to a plurality of removable circuit elements. A plurality of separate connector elements are contained within the body, and each of the connector elements are configured to engage a terminal blade of the bus with a terminal of a respective one of the removable circuit elements.

Abstract: A bus-bar wiring board of the present invention comprises a bus-bar pattern for electric wiring formed to a predetermined shape and a bus-bar piece formed as a separate piece from the bus-bar pattern and electrically connected and secured to the bus-bar pattern. The pattern and the piece preferably are sheet metal. The pattern is bordered by a rectangular outline with a vacant space, and the piece is congruent with the vacant space. The pattern and the piece preferably are fastened by an interfitted projection and recess. The fastened combination extends outside of the outline.

Abstract: A circuit connection structure comprises an electronic circuit board 10 having a through-hole 15, the electronic circuit board 10 being provided with lead wires 12 or electric wires of electronic parts 14 in a manner straddling the through-hole 15, and an insulating board 1 provided with bus-bars 2 having upright pressure-contact knife-edges 3 electrically connected to the lead wires 12 or electric wires. The electronic circuit board 10 and the insulating board 1 are stacked up by relatively moving both the boards close to each other in such a condition that the pressure-contact knife-edges are passing through the through-hole, whereby the lead wires 12 or electric wires are pressure-welded to the respective pressure-contact knife-edges 3.

Abstract: An electrical junction box for a vehicle has a casing and in the casing a connector circuit having first bus bars fixed on a connector circuit substrate to connect to electrical connectors, a fuse circuit with second bus bars on a fuse circuit substrate, discrete from the connector circuit, to connect to fuses, and a relay circuit having third bus bars on a relay circuit substrate, discrete from the connector circuit, to connect to relays. The first bus bars have welding portions welded to and the bus bars of one of the fuse and relay circuits have welding portions opposed thereto. At the adjacent pairs of these welded connections an insulating partitioning member is interposed between the welded connections so as to prevent contact between them.

Abstract: A bus bar assembly includes a first and a second bus bar plate which are maintained in a plane parallel, spaced apart relationship. Each plate includes a number of tabs projecting from its top and bottom edges. A pattern of metalization is formed on each plate, and this metalization extends to at least some of the tabs on each plate. Metalized tabs provide blade contacts which can accommodate fuses, relays or similar electrical devices. In addition, the pattern of metalization on one of the plates can be connected to an electrical circuit, and the pattern of metalization on the other plate can be connected to a source of power. In this manner, a series electrical connection between the source of power, the electrical device, and the electrical circuit can be established.

Abstract: An automotive lamp unit includes a bus bar unit forming a circuit with a plurality of bus bars connected with each other via a bridge portion, the bus bar unit including terminals, for connection to switches and a power source, and a supporting member for supporting a lamp, the circuit serving to switch on the lamp, and a resin base member provided with the bus bar unit mounted thereon at a predetermined position, and a small hole formed in the resin base member at a position thereof associated with the bridge portion. The plurality of bus bars are separated from each other at the bridge portion which is disposed in the small hole.

Abstract: An electrical junction box consists of a relay terminal, a housing member having a receiving cavity formed therein for receiving the relay terminal, a circuit body having a mating terminal which mates with the relay terminal, and a locking means provided on the relay terminal for locking the relay terminal in the receiving cavity of the housing member. Lowering of positional accuracy of a relay terminal relative to a mating terminal and deformation of the relay terminal are prevented.

Abstract: A branch box, having an interlayer connection structure of the invention, includes insulative bus bar boards, each having a plurality of juxtaposed bus bars mounted thereon, and also having a plurality of rows of terminal holding openings each row of which are formed in the bus bar board, and are spaced at predetermined intervals along a longitudinal side edge of a respective one of the bus bars, press-connecting terminal members mounted respectively in the corresponding terminal holding openings to be electrically connected respectively to the corresponding bus bars, a plurality of wires press-connected to press-connecting end blades of the corresponding press-connecting terminal members extending through the terminal holding openings, wire-holding insulative boards on which the wires are mounted in a fixed manner, and upper and lower casings covering these component parts.

Abstract: An electric junction box is adapted to minimize the number of necessary components. It includes a first part having a first side including a plurality of integrally formed first connectors and a second side arranged and configured to receive at least one of a fuse and/or a relay. A second part has a first side arranged and configured to receive at least one external connector and a second side having a plurality of integrally formed second connectors. At least one intermediate part is disposed between the first part and the second part. It has a first side including a plurality of integrally formed first interconnecting means for engaging the first connectors of the first part, and a second side having a plurality of integrally formed second interconnecting means for engaging the second connectors of the second part.

Abstract: A telecommunications power distribution panel has a one-piece cast metal bus bar for distributing power from a power supply to a plurality of power distribution blocks through a circuit interrupter.

Abstract: By dividing a bus bar group 65 into a pair of subordinate bus bar groups 65A, 65B, tabs 31 extending from the bus bar group 65 in mutually different oblique directions can be held in a metal mold separately. Due to this, the bus bar group 65 can also be set in a metal mold including a slide mold 3, which makes it possible to manufacture a connector block 20 with high efficiency.

Abstract: An electric junction box according to the present invention comprises a notched portion 30 formed in a part of a cover 8 where an electronic unit is connected and a housing 31 separately provided from the cover 8 that is adapted to fit in the notched portion 30. A terminal receiving chamber 9 is provided in this housing in such a manner as to be made to open to a side facing the bus bar 3 so as to hold a relay female terminal 7 in the housing, and a press hold mechanism 35 is provided on sides of the relay female terminal 7 that is received in the terminal receiving chamber 9 in such a manner as to be held by pressing against internal walls of the terminal receiving chamber 9.

Abstract: Circuits are provided by fixing straight bus bars on an insulation plate, fixing tub terminals at the side part with respect to the bus bars, and bonding the tub terminals and the bus bars with wires with an insulation coat.

Abstract: An electrical junction box, for use in vehicles, having a bus bar with a spine with a plurality of one-piece metal strip parts joined together at mutually overlapping portions, and at least one one-piece terminal part each one piece terminal part having a foot portion and a terminal-forming portion. The foot portion lies flat against and is joined to the spine.

Abstract: An electrical connection box is equipped with a bus bar laminate composed of bus bars and insulation layers, and a printed circuit board electrically connected with the bus bar laminate. First ends of connecting terminals are soldered to conductors of the circuit board. Connection tabs are provided by bending up parts of the bus bar. An insertion groove is provided in the end parts of each male tab, or in the second end of each connecting terminals, with the other thereof being inserted into and held in the insertion grooves. Therefore, reliable and economic connection is obtained.

Abstract: A connector assembly is provided wherein a circuit is provided between two connector housings, such as two header connector housings, adapted to connect to two mating connector housings, such as two mating harness connector housings. Such circuit is provided by a power shunt contact that may be provided as a single piece of contact material which includes two contact lengths, which extend into respective header connector housings, and a bridging shunt segment extending therebetween.

Abstract: The circuitry contained in an electrical connector housing is standardized, so that its manufacturing, modification and addition can be simplified. To this end, a circuitry is designed so as to include a plurality of unit circuits, both ends of which are to be connected to an electrical part such as a relay, fuse or connector. The unit circuits are made of an identical electrically conductive material and formed into long thin elements. The unit circuits are arranged in parallel at a given spacing relative to one another. The electrically conductive element of each unit circuit is connected to the electrical part through another electrically conductive element arranged substantially perpendicular thereto.

Abstract: An electrical connection and power distribution assembly 10 including a dynamically configurable array of substantially identical terminal members 12, 14 which are disposed upon a dielectric surface 66, which may be selectively connected to a plurality of automobile circuit assemblies 99, 101, and 110; which may selectively receive fuses 93 or other components; and which may be selectively interconnected and/or selectively severed to form a desired and/or required circuit and component interconnection scheme.