Electrical connection box and wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10312675-B2
Application number	US-201815953593-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2018
Priority date	Apr 25, 2017
Publication date	Jun 4, 2019
Grant date	Jun 4, 2019

Abstract

An electrical connection box includes a housing, and at least one electronic component accommodated in the housing. The housing includes an accommodation chamber that accommodates the electronic component, a wire outlet that draws out a wire electrically connected to the electronic component from the housing, and a wire routing space that guides the wire drawn out from the accommodation chamber to the wire outlet. A wall forming an outer wall of the housing includes a drain hole, or a through hole, which communicates the wire routing space and an outer side of the housing and which discharges liquid entering through the wire outlet to the outer side of the housing. The drain hole is formed in a first contact area of an inner wall surface of the wire routing space, toward which the liquid entering the wire routing space through the wire outlet heads first.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connection box comprising:
a housing; and
at least one electronic component accommodated in the housing, wherein
the housing includes
an accommodation chamber in which the electronic component is accommodated,
a wire outlet configured to draw out a wire electrically connected to the electronic component to an outside of the housing, and
a wire routing space configured to guide the wire drawn out from the accommodation chamber to the wire outlet,

the housing includes a wall having an inner wall surface that defines the wire routing space and configured to form an outer wall of the housing, and the wall includes a drain hole which is a through hole configured to communicate the wire routing space and the outside of the housing and configured to discharge liquid that enters through the wire outlet toward the inner wall surface to the outside of the housing, and
the drain hole is formed in a first contact area of the inner wall surface toward which the liquid that enters the wire routing space through the wire outlet heads first.

2. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein
the first contact area is formed with a plurality of drain holes.

3. The electrical connection box according to claim 2 , wherein
the wire outlet and the wire routing space are formed by a first wire routing unit and a second wire routing unit respectively included in a main housing and a sub-housing that are attached to each other,
the main housing includes the accommodation chamber disposed inside the main housing, the first wire routing unit disposed in an outer wall surface of the main housing, and a wire insertion hole configured to lead the wire drawn out from the accommodation chamber to the first wire routing unit, and
the sub-housing includes the second wire routing unit configured to cover the first wire routing unit and the wire insertion hole, and the wall formed with the drain hole.

4. The electrical connection box according to claim 2 wherein
the wire outlet and the wire routing space are formed by a first wire routing unit and a second wire routing unit, respectively included in a main housing and a sub-housing that are attached to each other,
the main housing includes a work opening which is an opening connected to the wire insertion hole and configured to communicate the inside and the outside of the main housing and which is configured to guide the wire drawn out from the accommodation chamber when inserting the wire into the wire insertion hole, and
the sub-housing includes a closing wall configured to close the work opening, and
a locking mechanism is provided between the main housing and the sub-housing, and is configured to make the closing wall hold to the main housing engageably, the locking mechanism includes a first engagement body provided on the main housing and a second engagement body provided on the closing wall, being engageably held by the first engagement body when assembling the main housing and the sub-housing.

5. The electrical connection box according to claim 2 , wherein
the inner wall surface having the drain hole includes a contact wall surface that comes into contact with liquid entering the drain hole through an opening in the drain hole disposed in a side close to the outside of the housing, and
the contact wall surface is formed into an inclined plane so that a normal line at a contact point of the liquid faces the opening.

6. The electrical connection box according to claim 5 wherein
the main housing includes a work opening which is an opening connected to the wire insertion hole and configured to communicate the inside and the outside of the main housing and which is configured to guide the wire drawn out from the accommodation chamber when inserting the wire into the wire insertion hole, and
the sub-housing includes a closing wall configured to close the work opening, and
a locking mechanism is provided between the main housing and the sub-housing, and is configured to make the closing wall hold to the main housing engageably,
the locking mechanism includes a first engagement body provided on the main housing and a second engagement body provided on the closing wall, being engageably held by the first engagement body when assembling the main housing and the sub-housing.

7. The electrical connection box according to claim 6 , wherein
the wire outlet and the wire routing space are formed by a first wire routing unit and a second wire routing unit, respectively included in a main housing and a sub-housing that are attached to each other,
the inner wall surface having the drain hole includes a contact wall surface that comes into contact with liquid entering the drain hole through an opening in the drain hole disposed in a side close to the outside of the housing, and
the contact wall surface is formed into an inclined plane so that a normal line at a contact point of the liquid faces the opening.

8. The electrical connection box according to claim 7 , wherein
the wire outlet and the wire routing space are formed by a first wire routing unit and a second wire routing unit respectively included in a main housing and a sub-housing that are attached to each other,
the main housing includes the accommodation chamber disposed inside the main housing, the first wire routing unit disposed in an outer wall surface of the main housing, and a wire insertion hole configured to lead the wire drawn out from the accommodation chamber to the first wire routing unit, and
the sub-housing includes the second wire routing unit configured to cover the first wire routing unit and the wire insertion hole, and the wall formed with the drain hole.

9. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein
the wire outlet and the wire routing space are formed by a first wire routing unit and a second wire routing unit, respectively included in a main housing and a sub-housing that are attached to each other,
the main housing includes a work opening which is an opening connected to the wire insertion hole and configured to communicate the inside and the outside of the main housing and which is configured to guide the wire drawn out from the accommodation chamber when inserting the wire into the wire insertion hole, and
the sub-housing includes a closing wall configured to close the work opening, and
a locking mechanism is provided between the main housing and the sub-housing, and is configured to make the closing wall hold to the main housing engageably,
the locking mechanism includes a first engagement body provided on the main housing and a second engagement body provided on the closing wall, being engageably held by the first engagement body when assembling the main housing and the sub-housing.

10. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein
the wire outlet and the wire routing space are formed by a first wire routing unit and a second wire routing unit, respectively included in a main housing and a sub-housing that are attached to each other,
the main housing includes the accommodation chamber disposed inside the main housing, the first wire routing unit disposed in an outer wall surface of the main housing, and a wire insertion hole configured to lead the wire drawn out from the accommodation chamber to the first wire routing unit, and
the sub-housing includes the second wire routing unit configured to cover the first wire routing unit and the wire insertion hole, and the wall formed with the drain hole.

11. The electrical connection box according to claim 10 , wherein
the main housing includes a work opening which is an opening connected to the wire insertion hole and configured

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Kakimi Takaaki
• Ikeda Tatsuhiko

Classifications

• H02G3/088 Primary

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• H02G3/18

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• H02G3/083

  Inlets · CPC title

• H02G3/14

  Fastening of cover or lid to box · CPC title

• H02G3/086

  Assembled boxes · CPC title