Liquid-proof structure of fitting body, electrical connection box, and wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10644490-B2
Application number	US-201916431042-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 4, 2019
Priority date	Jun 7, 2018
Publication date	May 5, 2020
Grant date	May 5, 2020

Abstract

A liquid-proof structure includes: a first opening periphery part formed on the inside of a first fitting member; a second opening periphery part formed on the outside of the first fitting member; an opening periphery part of a second fitting member fitted to the first fitting member, the opening periphery part being fitted to a gap between the first opening periphery part and the second opening periphery part; and a buffer part defined between an inner wall surface of the second opening periphery part and an outer wall surface of the opening periphery part while the first fitting member and the second fitting member are being fitted. The buffer part is a space part defined by a concave part provided on at least one of the inner wall surface of the second opening periphery part and the outer wall surface of the opening periphery part.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid-proof structure of a fitting body, comprising:
a first opening periphery part formed on an inside of a first fitting member;
a second opening periphery part formed on an outside of the first fitting member;
an opening periphery part of a second fitting member fitted to the first fitting member, the opening periphery part being fitted to a gap between the first opening periphery part and the second opening periphery part; and
a buffer part defined between an inner wall surface of the second opening periphery part and an outer wall surface of the opening periphery part while the first fitting member and the second fitting member are being fitted, wherein
the buffer part is a space part defined by a concave part provided on at least one of the inner wall surface of the second opening periphery part and the outer wall surface of the opening periphery part,
the buffer part is a space part surrounded by an outside concave part provided on the inner wall surface of the second opening periphery part and an inside concave part provided on the outer wall surface of the opening periphery part, and
the inside concave part includes a tapered surface portion that is inclined at an angle with respect to a fitting direction of the first fitting member and the second fitting member.

2. The liquid-proof structure of the fitting body according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a clearance part narrower than a gap between the inner wall surface of the second opening periphery part and the outer wall surface of the opening periphery part of the buffer part, at a side on an opening of the second opening periphery part than the buffer part between the inner wall surface of the second opening periphery part and the outer wall surface of the opening periphery part.

3. The liquid-proof structure of the fitting body according to claim 1 , wherein
the second opening periphery part includes:
an outside base part disposed opposite to a whole or a part of an outer wall surface of the first opening periphery part in a fitting direction of the first and second fitting members; and
an outside thin wall part that forms the outside concave part with an inner wall surface dent more than an inner wall surface of the outside base part at a side on an opening of the second opening periphery part than the outside base part, and

the opening periphery part includes an inside base part and an inside thin wall part that forms the inside concave part with an outer wall surface dent more than an outer wall surface of the inside base part at a side on an opening of the opening periphery part than the inside base part.

4. The liquid-proof structure of the fitting body according to claim 3 , wherein
the outside thin wall part is a portion in which an inner wall surface that is placed at the side on the opening of the second opening periphery part than the outside base part and that is not beyond an opening side end surface of the second opening periphery part is dented more than the inner wall surface of the outside base part, and forms: a first outside concave part serving as the outside concave part; and a second outside concave part that is placed at the side on the opening of the second opening periphery part than the first outside concave part and that is not beyond the opening side end surface of the second opening periphery part, and
the inside thin wall part is a portion in which an outer wall surface that is placed at the side on the opening of the opening periphery part than the inside base part and that is not beyond the opening side end surface of the opening periphery part is dented more than the outer wall surface of the inside base part; and forms a first inside concave part serving as the inside concave part and a second inside concave part that is placed at the side on the opening of the opening periphery part than the first inside concave part and that is not beyond the opening side end surface of the opening periphery part.

5. The liquid-proof structure of the fitting body according to claim 4 , wherein
when the first and second fitting members are being fitted, an inner wall surface of the second outside concave part of the outside thin wall part and the outer wall surface of the inside base part are disposed opposite to each other, and
in the opening periphery part, by providing a thin wall part in which an outer wall surface is dented more than the outer wall surface of the inside base part at a side opposite to the inside thin wall part interposing the inside base part therebetween, the inside base part is formed in a convex shape projected from the outer wall surfaces of the inside thin wall part and the thin wall part.

6. An electrical connection box, comprising:
a housing that stores therein an electronic component, wherein
the housing includes:
a liquid-proof structure that includes at least one of first and second fitting members fitted to each other and that maintains a liquid-proof property of a fitted portion of the first and second fitting members,

the liquid-proof structure includes:
a first opening periphery part formed on an inside of the first fitting member;
a second opening periphery part formed on an outside of the first fitting member,
an opening periphery part of the second fitting member, being fitted to a gap between the first opening periphery part and the second opening periphery part; and
a buffer part defined between an inner wall surface of the second opening periphery part and an outer wall surface of the opening periphery part while the first fitting member and the second fitting member are being fitted, and

the buffer part is a space part defined by a concave part provided on at least one of
the inner wall surface of the second opening periphery part and the outer wall surface of the opening periphery part,
the buffer part is a space part surrounded by an outside concave part provided on the inner wall surface of the second opening periphery part and an inside concave part provided on the outer wall surface of the opening periphery part, and
the inside concave part includes a tapered surface portion that is inclined at an angle with respect to a fitting direction of the first fitting member and the second fitting member.

7. A wire harness, comprising:
an electronic component;
an electric wire electrically connected to the electronic component; and
a housing that stores therein the electronic component and the electric wire, and from which the electric wire is drawn from inside to outside, wherein
the housing includes a liquid-proof structure that includes at least one of first and second fitting members fitted to each other, and that maintains a liquid-proof property of a fitted portion of the first and second fitting members,
the liquid-proof structure includes:
a first opening periphery part formed on an inside of the first fitting member;
a second opening periphery part formed on an outside of the first fitting member;
an opening periphery part of the second fitting member, being fitted to a gap between the first opening periphery part and the second opening periphery part; and
a buffer part defined between an inner wall surface of the second opening periphery part and an outer wall surface of the opening periphery part while the first fitting member and the second fitting member are being fitted, and

the buffer part is a space part defined by a concave part provided on at least one of the inner wall surface of the second opening periphery part and the outer wall surface of the opening periphery part,
the buffer part is a space part surrounded by an outside concave part provided on the inner wall surface of the second opening periphery part and an inside concave part provided on the outer wall

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Kawamura Yukihiro

Classifications

• H02G3/088 Primary

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

• H02G3/16

  structurally associated with support for line-connecting terminals within the box · CPC title

• H02G3/083

  Inlets · CPC title

• B60R16/0238 Primary

  Electrical distribution centers · CPC title

• H02G3/14

  Fastening of cover or lid to box · CPC title