ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX HAVING A REPLACEABLE CONTROLLER

摘要

An electrical junction box (10) for a vehicle includes a housing and a circuit disposed in the housing for receiving power from a remote power source. At least one power switching device (16) is electrically connected to the circuit for switching power from the power source (18) to a remote electrically-actuated device in the vehicle. A controller operates the at least one switching device. The junction box is characterized by the controller (12) being removably connected to the circuit. In a first embodiment, the controller (12) is packaged in a protective case (24) separate from the junction box housing. In a second embodiment, the controller is accessibly packaged within the electrical junction box housing. Both embodiments accomplish one object of the present invention to provide a controller for an electrical junction box which is easily and quickly removable for service repair or replaceable for micro-processor chip upgrade.