Electrical connection box and wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11615935-B2
Application number	US-202017133642-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 24, 2020
Priority date	Jan 7, 2020
Publication date	Mar 28, 2023
Grant date	Mar 28, 2023

Abstract

Flat surfaces out of two flat surfaces of each of flat electrical connection bodies of a relay bus bar and a bus bar of an electronic component are mating surfaces brought into contact with each other by a fixing structure. At least one of the flat electrical connection bodies of the relay bus bar and the bus bar applies a reaction force accompanying the elastic deformation to the other flat electrical connection body, to which the one flat electrical connection body is to be connected, in a state in which the flat electrical connection body of the bus bar at an accommodation completion position in a housing has not been connected to the relay bus bar. The housing includes a receiving portion receiving a force applied to the flat electrical connection body of the bus bar from the flat electrical connection body of the relay bus bar.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connection box comprising:
an insulating housing;
a conductive relay bus bar held by the housing within the housing;
an electronic component inserted to an accommodation completion position within the housing and provided with a conductive bus bar connected to the relay bus bar; and
a fixing structure that physically and electrically connects the bus bar at the accommodation completion position to the relay bus bar held by the housing, wherein
the relay bus bar includes a plurality of electrical connection bodies and a coupling body coupling the electrical connection bodies,
at least one of the electrical connection bodies is a flat electrical connection body, the flat electrical connection body has a plate shape with two flat surfaces that extend along an insertion direction of the electronic component with respect to the housing within the housing,
the bus bar includes a flat electrical connection body, the flat electrical connection body of the bus bar has a plate shape with two flat surfaces that extend along the insertion direction,
one of the two flat surfaces of the flat electrical connection body of the relay bus bar and one of the two flat surfaces of the flat electrical connection body of the bus bar are mating surfaces brought into physical contact with each other by the fixing structure,
one of the flat electrical connection bodies of the relay bus bar and the bus bar is elastically deformed in a direction crossing the mating surfaces by a different one of the flat electrical connection bodies, which applies a reaction force to the different one of the flat electrical connection bodies, and
the housing includes a receiving portion that receives, from the electronic component, the reaction force applied to the different one of the flat electrical connection bodies.

2. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein
the flat electrical connection body of the relay bus bar within the housing is disposed on an insertion trajectory of the flat electrical connection body of the bus bar with respect to the housing.

3. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein
the housing has an insertion port through which the electronic component is inserted to the accommodation completion position, and
the flat electrical connection body of the relay bus bar includes,
an end near the insertion port within the housing, and
a guiding portion at the end, the guiding portion guides the mating surface of the flat electrical connection body of the bus bar inserted from the insertion port to the mating surface of the flat electrical connection body of the relay bus bar.

4. The electrical connection box according to claim 2 , wherein
the housing has an insertion port through which the electronic component is inserted to the accommodation completion position, and
the flat electrical connection body of the relay bus bar includes,
an end near the insertion port within the housing,
a guiding portion at the end, the guiding portion guides the mating surface of the flat electrical connection body of the bus bar inserted from the insertion port to the mating surface of the flat electrical connection body of the relay bus bar.

5. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein
the fixing structure includes through holes respectively formed in the flat electrical connection bodies of the relay bus bar and the bus bar, a female screw member arranged facing the other of the two flat surfaces of the flat electrical connection body of the relay bus bar, and a male screw member inserted through the through holes from the other of the two flat surfaces of the flat electrical connection body of the bus bar to be screwed into the female screw member.

6. The electrical connection box according to claim 2 , wherein
the fixing structure includes through holes respectively formed in the flat electrical connection bodies of the relay bus bar and the bus bar, a female screw member arranged facing the other of the two flat surfaces of the flat electrical connection body of the relay bus bar, and a male screw member inserted through the through holes from the other of the two flat surfaces of the flat electrical connection body of the bus bar to be screwed into the female screw member.

7. The electrical connection box according to claim 3 , wherein
the fixing structure includes through holes respectively formed in the flat electrical connection bodies of the relay bus bar and the bus bar, a female screw member arranged facing the other of the two flat surfaces of the flat electrical connection body of the relay bus bar, and a male screw member inserted through the through holes from the other of the two flat surfaces of the flat electrical connection body of the bus bar to be screwed into the female screw member.

8. The electrical connection box according to claim 4 , wherein
the fixing structure includes through holes respectively formed in the flat electrical connection bodies of the relay bus bar and the bus bar, a female screw member arranged facing the other of the two flat surfaces of the flat electrical connection body of the relay bus bar, and a male screw member inserted through the through holes from the other of the two flat surfaces of the flat electrical connection body of the bus bar to be screwed into the female screw member.

9. A wire harness comprising:
an insulating housing;
a conductive relay bus bar held by the housing within the housing;
an electronic component inserted to an accommodation completion position within the housing and provided with a conductive bus bar connected to the relay bus bar;
a fixing structure that physically and electrically connects the bus bar at the accommodation completion position to the relay bus bar held by the housing; and
an electrical wire electrically connected to the relay bus bar and the bus bar and pulled out from an inside of the housing, wherein
the relay bus bar includes a plurality of electrical connection bodies and a coupling body coupling the electrical connection bodies,
at least one of the electrical connection bodies is a flat electrical connection body, the flat electrical connection body has a plate shape with two flat surfaces that extend along an insertion direction of the electronic component with respect to the housing within the housing,
the bus bar includes a flat electrical connection body, the flat electrical connection body of the bus bar has a plate shape with two flat surfaces that extend along the insertion direction,
one of the two flat surfaces of the flat electrical connection body of the relay bus bar and one of the two flat surfaces of the flat electrical connection body of the bus bar are mating surfaces brought into physical contact with each other by the fixing structure,
one of the flat electrical connection bodies of the relay bus bar and the bus bar is elastically deformed in a direction crossing the mating surfaces by a different one of the flat electrical connection bodies, which applies a reaction force to the different one of the flat electrical connection bodies, and
the housing includes a receiving portion that receives, from the electronic component, the reaction force applied to the different one of the flat electrical connection bodies.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Tashiro Hiroki
• Yokoyama Ryouichi
• Kaneko Takuma

Classifications

• H02G3/16

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

• H01H2085/208

  specially adapted for vehicles · CPC title

• H02G3/081 Primary

  Bases, casings or covers · CPC title

• H01R4/305

  having means for facilitating engagement of conductive member or for holding it in position · CPC title

• H01R25/161

  Details · CPC title