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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles P. Depp, Saline, MI (US);
J. Patrick Dunbar, Jr., Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Bernadette Y. Palmer, Ida, MI (US);
John M. King, Northville, MI (US);
Joseph A. Mauney, Livonia, MI (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/00 ; H01R 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 5/00 ; H01R 1/200 ;
Abstract
A junction box assembly for a vehicle having a junction box, a positive conductive terminal, a bus bar and a conductive jump-start terminal that are coupled to a battery cable in a manner wherein high-current electrical energy does not flow though the junction box during a jump-start event. The jump-start terminal is configured with a blade portion that provides the user of the vehicle with a convenient point to which the positive lead of a jumper cable may be attached during jump-starting operations.