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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Dec. 07, 2004
Yuji Shimoda, Kawagoe, JP;
Hiroshi Ochiai, Kawagoe, JP;
Yuji Shimoda, Kawagoe, JP;
Hiroshi Ochiai, Kawagoe, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha T AN T, Kawagoe-Shi, JP;
Abstract
A bus bar substrate for an interior light of a vehicle includes an insulating base plate and a plurality of bus bars. Grooves are formed in the front and back surfaces of the insulating base plate. The plurality of bus bars are fitted to the grooves of the insulating base plate. In preferred embodiments, a bus bar substrate for an interior light of a vehicle will include front and back surfaces and a plurality of front and back securing holes through the insulating base, and front and back bus bars respectively positioned on the front and back surfaces of the insulating base plate. The front securing holes are surrounded by guard walls extending outwardly from the back surface of the insulating plate, and the back securing holes are surrounded by guard walls extending outwardly from the front surface of the insulating plate. The front and back bus bars comprise front and back stopper portions inserted into respective ones of the front and back securing holes oppositely to one another so as to secure the front and back bus bars to the front and back surfaces of the insulating base plate.