Drain structure, terminal block, and on-vehicle device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10644418-B2
Application number	US-201916364940-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 26, 2019
Priority date	Mar 30, 2018
Publication date	May 5, 2020
Grant date	May 5, 2020

Abstract

An on-vehicle device has a device box accommodating a device body; a terminal block attached to an upper wall of the device box; and a wire harness electrically connected to the device body through this terminal block. The terminal block adopts a drain structure, and this drain structure is provided with: the upper wall of the device box; a housing body attached to the side of an outer surface of the upper wall; a drain outlet passing through a bottom wall of the housing body; and a drain ditch formation portion for forming a drain ditch from this drain outlet to the outside of the housing body. In the drain ditch formation portion, an outer surface of the bottom wall is formed so as to be separated from the outer surface of the upper wall by a dimension of a gap where a capillary phenomenon occurs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A drain structure comprising:
a wall;
a housing body attached to an outer surface side of the wall;
a drain outlet passing through a bottom wall of the housing body;
a drain ditch formation portion for forming a drain ditch from the drain outlet to an attachment outer portion of the housing body, and
an O-ring sandwiched between the wall and the bottom wall,
wherein in the drain ditch formation portion, an outer surface of the bottom wall is formed so as to be separated from the outer surface side of the wall by a dimension of a gap where a capillary phenomenon occurs,
wherein the drain ditch formation portion is formed from the gap caused by elastic deformation in a deformation direction of the O-ring, and
wherein the drain ditch formation portion is formed in a position outside the O-ring and over an entire periphery of an opening edge of the drain outlet.

2. The drain structure according to claim 1 , further comprising a metallic collar provided on a body fixing portion continuous with the housing body, and a bolt inserted in the collar,
wherein the drain ditch formation portion is formed by causing the collar to protrude toward the outer surface of the bottom wall to cause the gap.

3. The drain structure according to claim 2 ,
wherein the drain ditch formation portion is formed in a neighborhood of a base end position of the body fixing portion and over an entire periphery of an opening edge of the drain outlet.

4. The drain structure according to claim 1 ,
wherein the wall is formed as an upper wall of a device box accommodating a device body.

5. A terminal block comprising:
a housing body attached to an outer surface side of a wall;
a drain outlet passing through a bottom wall of the housing body;
a drain ditch formation portion for forming a drain ditch from the drain outlet to an attachment outer portion of the housing body, and
an O-ring sandwiched between the wall and the bottom wall,
wherein in the drain ditch formation portion, an outer surface of the bottom wall is formed so as to be separated from the outer surface the wall by a dimension of a gap where a capillary phenomenon occurs,
wherein the drain ditch formation portion is formed from the gap caused by elastic deformation in a deformation direction of the O-ring, and
wherein the drain ditch formation portion is formed in a position outside the O-ring and over an entire periphery of an opening edge of the drain outlet.

6. The terminal block according to claim 5 , further comprising a bus bar for electrically connecting an inside and an outside of the wall, and a holder for accommodating the bus bar in the housing body,
wherein a space extension portion for extending a spatial distance from the bus bar to the drain outlet is formed on the holder.

7. The terminal block according to claim 5 ,
wherein the wall is formed as an upper wall of a device box accommodating a device body.

8. An on-vehicle device mounted on a vehicle comprising:
a device body;
a device box accommodating the device body;
the terminal block according to claim 5 attached to an upper all of the device box; and
a wire harness electrically connected to the device body through the terminal block.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Kawamura Yukihiro
• Isaka Naoki

Classifications

• B60R16/0239

  Electronic boxes · CPC title

• H01R13/74

  Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel · CPC title

• B60R16/0207

  Wire harnesses · CPC title

• H01R13/5202

  Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings · CPC title

• H01R13/748

  using one or more screws (H01R13/746 takes precedence) · CPC title