Electronic module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11523525-B2
Application number	US-202016788670-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2020
Priority date	Feb 21, 2019
Publication date	Dec 6, 2022
Grant date	Dec 6, 2022

Abstract

In an electronic module for a vehicle including a case in which an electronic component such as a relay is mounted, the electronic module includes a discharge hole which discharges liquid contained in the case, and the discharge hole includes a peripheral edge of a predetermined dimension determined based on surface tension of the liquid.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic module for a vehicle comprising a case in which an electronic component is mounted, comprising:
at least one discharge hole which discharges a liquid droplet contained in the case,
wherein the discharge hole having a predetermined dimension determined based on surface tension of the liquid droplet;
a plurality of walls which protrudes from a bottom of the case so as to intersect with an inner surface of the bottom, wherein the inner surface of the bottom is divided into a plurality of areas by the plurality of walls so as to accommodate at least one bus bar, and wherein at least one discharge hole is provided in each area and adjacent to a corresponding one of the plurality of walls; and
a leg part which maintains a gap between the case and a fixed object to which the case is fixed, wherein the leg part has a dimension determined based on a contact angle between the liquid and the case and on a contact angle between the liquid and the fixed object in a direction in which the case faces the fixed object.

2. The electronic module according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined dimension is configured to allow the liquid droplet to pass through where an own-weight force acting on the liquid droplet from the discharge hole toward an outside of the case due to an own weight of the liquid droplet is greater than a pull force pulling the liquid droplet to a peripheral edge defining the dimension of the discharge hole due to surface tension.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems
• Toyota Motor Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yanagita Yoshiki
• Takeuchi Takayuki
• Ohira Yuki

Classifications

• H01H45/12

  Ventilating; Cooling; Heating (for operating electrothermal relays H01H61/013) · CPC title

• B60R16/0239 Primary

  Electronic boxes · CPC title

• H05K5/0213 Primary

  Venting apertures; Constructional details thereof · CPC title

• H01H45/04

  Mounting complete relay or separate parts of relay on a base or inside a case · CPC title

• H01H50/02

  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