Electrical junction box and method for manufacturing electrical junction box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11509103-B2
Application number	US-201916569916-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 13, 2019
Priority date	Sep 14, 2018
Publication date	Nov 22, 2022
Grant date	Nov 22, 2022

Abstract

Provided are an electrical junction box for which the time required for production is short, and a method for manufacturing the electrical junction box. An electrical junction box houses an electric device. A plurality of external devices are connected to each other via the electric device housed in the electrical junction box. The electrical junction box includes a housing box and a connector. The housing box is provided with an insertion port 40 into which the connector is inserted, and an opposite opening that is opposite to the insertion port. The insertion port and the opposite opening have the same axial direction. Inside the housing box, a component can be attached to the connector.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical junction box configured to house an electric device, and connect a plurality of external devices to each other via the housed electric device, comprising:
a connector; and
a housing box including a plurality of side plates defining an open surface closed by a first lid body so as to define an interior space in which the electric device is to be housed,
wherein the housing box includes:
an insertion port into which the connector is inserted;
an opposite opening that is opposite to the insertion port,
the insertion port and the opposite opening have the same axial direction; and
a conductive plate disposed within the interior space, the opposite opening providing access to the connector so as to facilitate an attachment of the conductive plate to the connector.

2. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 ,
wherein the plurality of side plates and the first lid body defines an outer shell plate that forms an outer shell of the housing box and includes a rising portion that rises toward an outer side of the housing box, and
the insertion port is provided at the rising portion.

3. The electrical junction box according to claim 2 , wherein the rising portion has a rising angle of less than 90 degrees.

4. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , comprising:
an attachment member configured to attach the conductive plate to the connector inside the housing box.

5. A method for manufacturing an electrical junction box configured to house an electric device in an housing box including a plurality of side plates defining an open surface closed by a first lid body so as to define an interior space, the housing box including an insertion port into which a connector is inserted, and an opposite opening having the same axial direction as that of the insertion port, and being opposite to the insertion port, and connect a plurality of external devices to each other via the housed electric device, the method comprising the step of:
inserting the connector into the insertion port;
inserting, from the opposite opening, an attachment tool for attaching a conductive plate to the connector; and
attaching the conductor to the connector using the attachment tool.

6. The electrical junction box according to claim 2 , comprising:
an attachment member configured to attach the conductive plate to the connector inside the housing box.

7. The electrical junction box according to claim 3 , comprising:
an attachment member configured to attach the conductive plate to the connector inside the housing box.

8. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , further including a second lid body configured to close the opposite opening.

9. The method according to claim 5 , further including the step of closing the opposite opening with a second lid body.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Yoshihara Hiroki

Classifications

• H01R25/165

  Connecting locations formed by surface mounted apparatus · CPC title

• H01R13/50

  formed as an integral body (H01R13/514 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B29C45/2628

  with mould parts forming holes in or through the moulded article, e.g. for bearing cages · CPC title

• H01R4/308

  Conductive members located parallel to axis of screw · CPC title

• H01R43/00

  Apparatus or processes specially adapted for manufacturing, assembling, maintaining, or repairing of line connectors or current collectors or for joining electric conductors (of trolley lines B60M1/28) · CPC title