Yazaki Corporation

Shoichi Mochizuki

Makoto Nakayama

Akio Mori

Kazuhiro Watanabe

An electrical connection device comprises a terminal connector (1d) including a terminal guide (4d), a resilient strip (3d) formed continuous to the terminal guide to be located opposite to one of the surfaces of the terminal guide and a terminal support (6d) located opposite to the other surface of the terminal guide, a tab-shaped terminal (10d) of a bus bar to be electrically connected with the resilient strip (3d), and a tab terminal (12d) of a fuse to be electrically connected with the terminal support (6d). In the device, the tab-shaped terminal (10d) of the bus bar is formed with at least one electrical-contact surface projection (11d) projecting toward the terminal guide (4d) of the terminal connector (1d), and the terminal guide (4d) of the terminal connector is formed with a cutout (7d) for receiving the surface projections (11d) and permitting outward protrusion of the surface projection toward the terminal guide (4d ), whereby the surface projection (11d) of the tab-shaped terminal of the bus bar makes direct electrical contact with the tab terminal (12d) of the fuse.

Electrical connection device

A method for providing a receptacle includes the steps of: providing a stamped blank having a strip-like conductor which includes longitudinal edges (7), a resilient contact plate, a connective plate having a first portion and a second portion, and at least one projection: a first bending step for bending the extension such that flat surfaces of the projection are perpendicular to flat surfaces of the resilient contact plate; a second bending step, conducted after the first bending step, for bending the first portion of said conductive plate such that flat surfaces of the resilient contact plate are perpendicular to flat surfaces of the strip-like conductor; and a third bending step, conducted after the second bending step, for bending the first portion of the connective plate such that the flat surfaces of the at least one projection are perpendicular to the flat surfaces of the strip-like conductor.

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Goenba, Japan

Shoichi Mochizuki