Electrical connection box cover and electrical connection apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12021361-B2
Application number	US-202017597812-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2020
Priority date	Jul 30, 2019
Publication date	Jun 25, 2024
Grant date	Jun 25, 2024

Abstract

Provided is an electrical connection box cover for covering a plurality of insertion ports for fuses of an insertion housing in which a plurality of rows of the insertion ports arranged side by side in one direction are provided in a stepped shape, the electrical connection box cover including a flat opposing wall that opposes the insertion ports when the electrical connection box cover is attached to the electrical connection box.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrical connection box cover for covering a plurality of insertion ports for fuses of an electrical connection box including an insertion housing in which a plurality of rows of the plurality of insertion ports arranged side by side in one direction are provided in a stepped shape, the electrical connection box cover comprising:
a flat opposing wall configured to oppose the insertion ports when the electrical connection box cover is attached to the electrical connection box;
a plurality of spacers that are provided in a protruding manner on a surface of the opposing wall that opposes the insertion ports, a leading end of at least one of the plurality of spacers being configured to come into contact with the insertion housing when the electrical connection box cover is attached to the electrical connection box, and the plurality of spacers are arranged side by side at a predetermined interval; and
a drainage port that is formed in the opposing wall and is configured to discharge a liquid flowing between the plurality of spacers.

2. The electrical connection box cover according to claim 1 ,
wherein the opposing wall is rectangular,
long-side walls that extend in a direction intersecting the opposing wall are respectively extending on both long-side edges of the opposing wall, and
a rib that extends along an extension direction is provided on an inner surface of one of the two long-side walls with a longer dimension in the extension direction.

3. The electrical connection box cover according to claim 2 ,
wherein a notch configured to engage with one side wall of the insertion housing is formed in the one long-side wall, and
during the engagement, the one long-side wall and the one side wall are flush with each other.

4. An electrical connection apparatus comprising:
the electrical connection box cover according to claim 1 ; and
the electrical connection box.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

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

Classifications

• H02G3/16

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

• H02G3/14

  Fastening of cover or lid to box · CPC title

• H01H85/20

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

• H01R2201/26

  for vehicles · CPC title

• H01R27/00

  Coupling parts adapted for co-operation with two or more dissimilar counterparts ({for dissimilar contact members H01R13/35}; supported only by co-operation with a counterpart H01R31/00; with a holder adapted for supporting apparatus to which its counterpart is attached H01R33/90) · CPC title