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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1994
Shinshu Kato, Yokkaichi, JP;
Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Yokkaichi, JP;
Abstract
A branch joint box includes upper and lower casings of an identical shape which form a casing assembly by overturning one of the upper and lower casings. First connector portions and second connector portions are arranged in a plurality of rows and having first terminal holes and second terminal holes, respectively. Bus bars each have a coupling portion accommodated in the casing assembly and first and second terminal portions extend from opposite sides of the coupling portion, respectively, and project out of the first and second terminal holes, respectively. The upper and lower casings have first and second locking portions engageable with each other and are disposed at one side of the first and second connector portions, respectively. Each of the upper and lower casings has a protrusion formed on one outer side face adjacent to the other side of each of the first and second connector portions such that a pitch from a distal end of the protrusion to a corresponding outermost one of the first and second terminal holes coincides with a pitch from the other outer side face of each of the upper and lower casings to a corresponding outermost one of the first and second terminal holes such that the first and second terminal holes are disposed symmetrically in alignment with each other.