Electric connection box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11394186-B2
Application number	US-202017096906-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 12, 2020
Priority date	Nov 13, 2019
Publication date	Jul 19, 2022
Grant date	Jul 19, 2022

Abstract

An electric connection box includes a housing having an opening and side walls, a lock protruding plate, a lid having a hanging wall having a hanging wall lower end surface and a hook, lock portions, a rotation tip end portion of the lid being provided between the lock portions, an annular packing, a step portion and a cutout portion provided on the hanging wall on a first portion of the lid, the first portion comprising the rotation tip end portion. The cutout portion is formed by cutting a lower tip end of the hanging wall such that a first clearance between the hanging wall lower end surface and the step portion at the first portion is larger than a second clearance between the hanging wall lower end surface and the step portion at a second portion of the lid, the second portion being different from the first portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric connection box comprising:
a housing comprising: an opening in a polygonal shape; and a plurality of side walls, each comprising a packing abutment end surface on an upper end;
a lock protruding plate protruding from an outer surface of one of the plurality of side walls, the one defining a side of the opening;
a lid comprising: a hanging wall having a hanging wall lower end surface; and a hook having a frame shape, the lid being configured to be rotationally fitted to the housing;
a pair of lock portions configured to fix the lid to the plurality of side walls and provided on two positions on each of the lid and the housing, a rotation tip end portion of the lid being provided between the two positions;
an annular packing configured to be attached on an inner peripheral side of the hanging wall;
a step portion formed on the outer surface of each of the plurality of side walls and configured to, when the lid is attached to the housing, abut the hanging wall lower end surface; and
a cutout portion provided on the hanging wall on a first portion of the lid, the first portion including the rotation tip end portion,
wherein the hanging wall is configured to, when the lid is attached to the housing, cover an outer side of each of the plurality of side walls,
wherein the hook is provided on the hanging wall and configured to be engaged with the lock protruding plate,
wherein a rotational axis runs through the hook engaged with the lock protruding plate,
wherein the lid is configured to be rotated to cover the opening about the rotational axis and to be fitted to the housing, and
wherein the cutout portion is formed by cutting a lower tip end of the hanging wall such that a first clearance between the hanging wall lower end surface and the step portion at the first portion is larger than a second clearance between the hanging wall lower end surface and the step portion at a second portion of the lid when the lid is attached to the housing, the second portion being different from the first portion.

2. The electric connection box according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a hanging wall extension portion formed on the hanging wall at the first portion, the hanging wall extension portion extending downward from a lower end of the cutout portion, the hanging wall extension portion being configured to, when the lid is attached to the housing, extend along the outer side of the side wall to cover the first clearance.

3. The electric connection box according to claim 1 ,
wherein a first length of the lid from a first side of the lid, the first side serving as a rotation base portion of the lid, to the rotation tip end portion is larger than a second length of the first side of the lid.

4. The electric connection box according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rotational axis runs along the side of the opening.

5. The electric connection box according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rotation tip end portion is a second side of the lid being opposed to a first side of the lid, and
wherein the first side of the lid is, when the lid is attached to the housing, along and in the vicinity of the rotational axis.

6. The electric connection box according to claim 5 ,
wherein the first side is provided closer to the rotational axis than the second side.

7. The electric connection box according to claim 2 ,
wherein the hanging wall extension portion protrudes outward along a direction orthogonal to the hanging wall, the hanging wall extension portion bending such that the hanging wall extension portion further extends, when the lid is attached to the housing, downward along the outer side of the side wall.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Sugiyama Takashi
• Suzuki Kuninori
• Watanabe Norio
• Sashida Yuji
• Yagi Toshihisa

Classifications

• H02G3/14

  Fastening of cover or lid to box · CPC title

• B60R16/0238

  Electrical distribution centers · CPC title

• H02G3/16

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

• H01H85/2045

  Mounting means or insulating parts of the base, e.g. covers, casings · CPC title

• H01H45/02

  Bases; Casings; Covers (frames for mounting two or more relays or for mounting a relay and another electric component H02B1/01, H04Q1/08, H05K) · CPC title