Electrical connection box and wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10879682-B2
Application number	US-201615246195-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 24, 2016
Priority date	Aug 31, 2015
Publication date	Dec 29, 2020
Grant date	Dec 29, 2020

Abstract

An electrical connection box includes a case including a frame that holds electronic components and a cover that blocks an opening portion of the frame, a power supply connection portion provided inside the case, an external power supply being connected to the power supply connection portion, and a cover portion that covers the power supply connection portion from above, in which the cover portion has a hole portion that communicates a space portion on a side of the power supply connection portion with respect to the cover portion with a space portion above the cover portion inside the case, and is configured to detachably hold a component.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connection box comprising:
a case including a frame that holds an electronic component and a cover that blocks an opening portion of the frame;
a power supply connection portion provided inside the case, an external power supply including a terminal contacting the power supply connection portion; and
a cover portion being connected to the frame and including an external wall portion that surrounds the power supply connection portion and the terminal, and the cover portion covering the power supply connection portion and the terminal from above, wherein
a first space portion is located on a side of the cover portion facing the power supply connection portion,
a second space portion is located between the cover portion and the cover,
the cover portion includes through holes between the first space portion and the second space portion,
the cover portion is configured to detachably house components in the through holes,
the through holes include a first through hole configured to house an auxiliary component and an extra through hole configured to house a temporarily detached component,
the cover portion includes a partition portion located between the first through hole and the extra through hole, the partition portion has a first wall that extends along the first through hole, a second wall that extends along the extra through hole, and a horizontal connection wall that extends from and is connected to each of the first wall and the second wall such that the first through hole is spaced away from the extra through hole via the horizontal connection wall, and such that a first gap is located under the horizontal connection wall and bounded by the first wall, the second wall and the horizontal connection wall, and the first gap extends substantially halfway from a bottom of the cover portion.

2. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein
the auxiliary component detachably house by the first through hole is a fuse.

3. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein
the cover portion includes a pair of wall portions extending in an up-down direction and facing each other with the power supply connection portion interposed therebetween, and covers the power supply connection portion from both sides by the pair of wall portions.

4. The electrical connection box according to claim 2 , wherein
the cover portion includes a pair of wall portions extending in an up-down direction and facing each other with the power supply connection portion interposed therebetween, and covers the power supply connection portion from both sides by the pair of wall portions.

5. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein
the external wall surrounds an internal space, and
the cover portion includes a plurality of partition portions that partition the internal space.

6. The electrical connection box according to claim 5 , wherein
the plurality of partition portions partition the internal space into the through holes.

7. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein
the cover portion includes a pair of engaged portions and a support portion in each of the through holes.

8. A wire harness comprising:
a case including a frame that holds an electronic component and a cover that blocks an opening portion of the frame;
a power supply connection portion provided inside the case, an external power supply including a terminal contacting the power supply connection portion;
a cover portion being connected to the frame and including an external wall portion that surrounds the power supply connection portion and the terminal, and the cover portion covering the power supply connection portion and the terminal from above; and
an electric wire connected to the electronic component, wherein
a first space portion is located on a side of the cover portion facing the power supply connection portion,
a second space portion is located between the cover portion and the cover,
the cover portion includes through holes between the first space portion and the second space portion,
the cover portion is configured to detachably hold components in the through holes,
the through holes include a first through hole configured to house an auxiliary component and an extra through hole is configured to house a temporarily detached component,
the cover portion includes a partition portion located between the first through hole and the extra through hole, the partition portion has a first wall that extends along the first through hole, a second wall that extends along the extra through hole, and a horizontal connection wall that extends from and is connected to each of the first wall and the second wall such that the first through hole is spaced away from the extra through hole via the horizontal connection wall, and such that a first gap is located under the horizontal connection wall and bounded by the first wall, the second wall and the horizontal connection wall, and the first gap extends substantially halfway from a bottom of the cover portion.

9. An electrical connection box comprising:
a case including a frame that holds an electronic component and a cover that blocks an opening portion of the frame, the frame includes an external wall and a plurality of partition walls, the external wall surrounds an internal space, and the plurality of partition walls partition the internal space into a plurality of accommodation space portions;
a power supply connection portion provided inside one of the plurality of accommodation space portions of the case, an external power supply including a terminal contacting the power supply connection portion; and
a cover portion being connected to the frame and including an external wall portion that surrounds the power supply connection portion and the terminal, and the cover portion covering the power supply connection portion and the terminal from above, wherein
a first space portion is located on a side of the cover portion facing the power supply connection portion,
a second space portion is located between the cover portion and the cover,
the cover portion includes through holes that are positioned above the power supply connection portion and positioned between the first space portion and the second space portion
the cover portion is configured to detachably hold components in the through holes, and
the through holes include a first through hole configured to house an auxiliary component and an extra through hole configured to house a temporarily detached component,
the cover portion includes a partition portion located between the first through hole and the extra through hole, the partition portion has a first wall that extends along the first through hole, a second wall that extends along the extra through hole, and a horizontal connection wall that extends from and is connected to each of the first wall and the second wall such that the first through hole is spaced away from the extra through hole via the horizontal connection wall, and such that a first gap is located under the horizontal connection wall and bounded by the first wall, the second wall and the horizontal connection wall, and the first gap extends substantially halfway from a bottom of the cover portion.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Kawada Daisuke
• Komiya Yuki
• Kiyota Hirotaka

Classifications

• B60R16/0238 Primary

  Electrical distribution centers · CPC title

• H02G3/081 Primary

  Bases, casings or covers · CPC title

• H02G15/117

  for multiconductor cables · CPC title

• H01B7/0045

  Cable-harnesses · CPC title