US Patent 10483675 Connector with protrusions near contact pieces

A connector (10) includes terminals (12), a bus bar (11), and a housing (14). Electric wires (19) are connected to the terminals (12). The bus bar (11) electrically connects the terminals. The housing (14) has terminal receiving chambers (16) and a bus bar receiving chamber (15). The terminals (12) are received in the terminal receiving chambers (16). The bus bar (11) is received in the bus bar receiving chamber (15). The bus bar has contact pieces (24), a coupling portion (25), and support portions (26). The support portions (26) extend from both end portions of the coupling portion. A position where the contact pieces make contact with contact point portions and a position where protrusions (29a, 29b) provided in the support portions are locked to the bus bar receiving chamber are aligned with each other in a longitudinal direction of the housing.