Yazaki Corporation

Masahiro Sugiya

Kunihiko Takeuchi

A method of correcting the alignment of a line of terminals using a jig that has a pair of openable and closeable sticks by opening the pair of sticks and inserting the terminals between the sticks. Closing of the sticks can be to a nipping direction for correcting the alignment. The alignment method is usable for inserting terminals into a mating unit.

Method of correcting terminal alignment

The mounting structure of the junction boxin which an external wiring harness is connected to an internal electronic unitthrough a busbarincludes: a terminal partof the busbara housing memberfor receiving the terminal parta projecting pieceprojecting from the housing memberand a cavity partof the projecting pieceinto which an electric contact partof the busbaris inserted; wherein the terminal partis combined with the housing memberso as to form a connector partto be connected to a mating connector of the external wiring harness and the electric contact partis inserted into the cavity partso as to correct the inclined electric contact partthereby connecting the corrected electric contact partto the electronic unit

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Shizuoka, Japan

Masahiro Sugiya