Electric connection box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10122159-B2
Application number	US-201715433084-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2017
Priority date	Sep 12, 2014
Publication date	Nov 6, 2018
Grant date	Nov 6, 2018

Abstract

An electric connection box includes: a main body case; and an upper cover which engages with the main body case. The main body case includes a base wall which has an electric component mounting portion; a peripheral wall which is disposed on the base wall and partitions an inside and an outside of the main body case; a main body interior drainage port which is disposed at a place with possibility of water infiltration into an inside of the peripheral wall along a gap portion between the upper cover and the peripheral wall and passes through the base wall; and at least one main body interior drainage wall which is erected on the base wall and extends toward an opening edge of the main body interior drainage port on a surface of the base wall.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric connection box, comprising:
a main body case; and
an upper cover which engages with the main body case,
wherein the main body case comprises:
a base comprising an electric component mounting portion;
a peripheral wall which extends upwardly from the base and partitions an inside and an outside of the main body case;
a main body interior drainage port provided in the base to pass through the base at a location away from the peripheral wall toward the inside of the main body case; and
at least one main body interior drainage wall which projects upwardly from the base and extends away from the peripheral wall toward an opening edge of the main body interior drainage port on a surface of the base so as to define a channel for water drainage,

wherein a side wall of the electric component mounting portion defines a portion of or all of the at least one main body interior drainage wall.

2. The electric connection box according to claim 1 ,
wherein a bracket which is fixed to an attachment target at a position higher than the peripheral wall is continuously formed on an outer surface of a portion of the peripheral wall, and
wherein the at least one main body interior drainage wall is arranged to guide water entering through a gap between the upper cover and the portion of the peripheral wall to the main body interior drainage port.

3. An electric connection box, comprising:
a main body case; and
an upper cover which engages with the main body case,
wherein the main body case comprises:
a base comprising an electric component mounting portion;
a peripheral wall which extends upwardly from the base and partitions an inside and an outside of the main body case;
a main body interior drainage port provided in the base to pass through the base at a location away from the peripheral wall toward the inside of the main body case; and
at least one main body interior drainage wall which projects upwardly from the base and extends away from the peripheral wall toward an opening edge of the main body interior drainage port on a surface of the base so as to define a channel for water drainage,

wherein the at least one main body interior drainage wall comprises a pair of main body interior drainage walls so as to define the channel for the water drainage.

4. The electric connection box according to claim 3 , wherein the main body case further comprises:
a wire harness holding portion provided on an outside of the peripheral wall.

5. The electric connection box according to claim 4 ,
wherein the wire harness holding portion comprises a first wire harness holding portion formed of a hook.

6. The electric connection box according to claim 4 ,
wherein the wire harness holding portion comprises a first wire harness holding portion formed of a hook and a second wire harness holding portion formed of a hook.

7. The electric connection box according to claim 5 ,
wherein the first wire harness holding portion is defined by the peripheral wall, and
wherein a portion of the peripheral wall defining the first wire harness holding portion is sloped so as to be gradually recessed to the inside of the main body case.

8. The electric connection box according to claim 7 ,
wherein a portion of the peripheral wall defining the first wire harness holding portion comprises a forming projection portion disposed on the inside of the wire harness holding portion.

9. The electric connection box according to claim 8 , wherein the forming projection portion has a stepped shape.

10. The electric connection box according to claim 4 ,
wherein the electric connection box further comprises a bracket.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Okada Eiji
• Murakami Tomoyasu

Classifications

• B60R16/0238 Primary

  Electrical distribution centers · CPC title

• H02G3/088 Primary

  Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof casings or inlets · CPC title

• B60R16/02

  electric {constitutive elements} · CPC title

• H02G3/081

  Bases, casings or covers · CPC title

• H05K5/0217

  Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03) · CPC title