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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1995
Richard Louis Kidd, Stow, OH (US);
Daniel Griffith Mathey, Warren, OH (US);
Paul Di Liello, Cortland, OH (US);
David Glen Siegfried, Vienna, OH (US);
Robert William Rimko, Transfer, PA (US);
Anthony Joseph Corso, Struthers, OH (US);
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A modular buss center for an automotive vehicle is provided including a first plug connector; an intermediate terminal having a first male end and a second female end and at least one arm, the first end being electrically connected to the first plug connector; a first template with a hole for receipt of the intermediate terminal; at least one flex circuit, the flex circuit having at least one cut-out flag, the flag making contact with the intermediate terminal arm; a second template separated from the first template by the flex circuit, the second template having a hole for receipt of the intermediate terminal second end; and an electrical component positioned on the second template opposite the flex circuit, the electrical component being electrically connected to the intermediate terminal second end.