An electrical splice assembly includes a bus plate having a plurality of
coplanar, spaced male blades extending from the bus plate in cantilever
fashion, a plurality of female terminals attached to the male blades, and
a generally U-shaped housing of extrudable shape. The housing has an
elongate open end portion defining a terminal receiving cavity, a closed
end portion and an intermediate portion defining a slot that communicates
with the terminal receiving cavity. The bus plate is at least partially
disposed in the slot and the spaced male blades are at least partially
disposed in the terminal receiving cavity along with the female terminals
attached to them. The bus plate is a sheet metal stamping and the housing
is an extrusion. The female terminals are attached to selected ones of
the male blades to form a sub-assembly that is inserted laterally into
the housing so the bus plate is at least partially disposed in the slot
and the female terminals are disposed in the terminal receiving cavity.
During manufacture a bus plate of appropriate length may be severed from
a long sheet metal bus plate precursor and a housing of appropriate
length may be severed from a long extruded housing precursor.