Junction connector for wire harness

摘要

A junction connector (10) can be connected with wire harnesses from different directions. The junction connector (10) comprises a shell containing junction circuits including at least two connector-fitting portions (18, 19, 20, 21) oriented along different directions. The junction circuits (10) comprise a plurality of bus bar layers (14, 16), each of the bus bar layers (14, 16) including a bus bar group (13, 15). Each of the bus bars (13, 15) is formed into the shape of a strip having two end tabs (13a, 13b, 15a, 15b) and aligned at a given interval from each other along the same direction. The bus bar layers (14, 16) are superposed so that the bus bars groups (13, 15) are arranged in a skewed direction to each other, thereby forming cross points (P1 to P6) between the bus bar groups (13, 15), and the bus bars (13, 15) are bonded through the cross points (P1 to P6), thereby forming junction circuits. Connectors bound to wire harnesses are then fitted into the connector-fitting portions (18, 19, 20, 21), so that the electrical cables W in the wire harnesses are splice-connected through the bus bars (13, 15).