Electrical connection box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10971867-B2
Application number	US-201916692351-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2019
Priority date	Dec 7, 2018
Publication date	Apr 6, 2021
Grant date	Apr 6, 2021

Abstract

Provided is an electrical connection box into which a greater number of fuses can be inserted without increasing its size. An electrical connection box for a vehicle includes: an insertion housing into which multiple fuses are to be inserted through an open port on one side; multiple fuse terminals for connecting the fuses in the insertion housing to a substrate; a plate-shaped holding member that opposes the insertion housing from a side opposite to the one side of the insertion housing, and holds the multiple fuse terminals; and a case member that includes a flat plate portion for covering the multiple fuse terminals and has a notch that is formed in the covering portion, the holding member being arranged inside of the notch.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connection box for a vehicle, including: an insertion housing into which a plurality of fuses are to be inserted through an open port on one side of the insertion housing; and a plurality of fuse terminals for connecting the fuses in the insertion housing to a substrate, the electrical connection box comprising:
a plate-shaped holding member that opposes the insertion housing from a side opposite to the one side of the insertion housing, and holds the plurality of fuse terminals; and
a case member that includes a covering portion for covering the plurality of fuse terminals, the covering portion including a flat plate-shaped portion and a pair of front plates, the flat plate-shaped portion defining a top of the cover, the pair of front plates disposed on each side of the covering portion and orthogonal to the flat plate-shaped portion, the flat plate-shaped portion having a peripheral edge, the peripheral edge is disposed between the pair of front plates and is recessed with respect to the pair of front plates so as to define a first notch, the holding member being arranged inside of the first notch.

2. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein
one edge portion of the holding member and a side wall portion of the insertion housing engage with the first notch, and
an outer surface of the covering portion, a side surface of the one edge portion of the holding member, and an outer surface of the side wall portion of the insertion housing are level.

3. The electrical connection box according to claim 2 , comprising
a lid member that covers the open port of the insertion housing,
wherein the lid member has a cuboid box shape with one side open, and a second notch for engaging with the side wall portion of the insertion housing is formed in one wall portion of the lid member.

4. The electrical connection box according to claim 3 , wherein
when the side wall portion of the insertion housing engages with the second notch of the lid member, an outer surface of another portion excluding the second notch on the one wall portion of the lid member is level with the outer surface of the side wall portion of the insertion housing.

5. The electrical connection box according to claim 2 , wherein
the open port is rectangular,
the insertion housing has a plurality of rectangular insertion holes into which the fuses are to be inserted, and
lengthwise directions of the insertion holes intersect a lengthwise direction of the open port, and three or more insertion hole rows in which the insertion holes are arranged side by side in the lengthwise direction of the open port are formed.

6. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein
the open port is rectangular,
the insertion housing has a plurality of rectangular insertion holes into which the fuses are to be inserted, and
lengthwise directions of the insertion holes intersect a lengthwise direction of the open port, and three or more insertion hole rows in which the insertion holes are arranged side by side in the lengthwise direction of the open port are formed.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Okamoto Noriko
• Oda Akihiro
• Okumura Masakazu
• Hamada Ryoma
• Daidoji Tatsuya

Classifications

• B60R16/0215

  Protecting, fastening and routing means therefor · CPC title

• H01R13/688 Primary

  with housing part adapted for accessing the fuse · CPC title

• H02G3/16 Primary

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

• B60R16/0238 Primary

  Electrical distribution centers · CPC title

• H01H85/20

  Bases for supporting the fuse; Separate parts thereof · CPC title