Casing, electrical connection box, and wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019348826-A1
Application number	US-201916374032-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 3, 2019
Priority date	May 8, 2018
Publication date	Nov 14, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

A wire harness wired to a vehicle has an electrical connection box at a terminal thereof. The electrical connection box includes an electronic component block to which a plurality of electronic components are assembled and a casing to be an assembly destination of the electronic component block. The casing has a structure in which an upper cover rotates and moves to cover an upper opening portion surrounded by an edge of a frame peripheral wall. The casing includes the frame peripheral wall having the upper opening portion, the upper cover covering the opening portion by rotational movement, and a packing to be assembled to the upper cover. The packing is assembled to a packing groove formed in the upper cover. The frame peripheral wall has a position adjusting portion for adjusting the position of the packing groove with respect to the edge of the frame peripheral wall.

First claim

1 . A casing comprising:
a frame peripheral wall on which an opening portion is formed at an edge; a cover that covers the opening portion by rotational movement; and a packing that is assembled in a packing groove to be formed in the cover and is pressed against the edge during the rotational movement, wherein a position adjusting portion for adjusting a position of the packing groove with respect to the edge is formed on an inner surface of the frame peripheral wall.

2 . A casing comprising:
a frame peripheral wall on which an opening portion is formed at an edge; a cover that covers the opening portion by rotational movement; and a packing that is assembled in a packing groove to be formed in the cover and is pressed against the edge during the rotational movement, wherein a position adjusting portion for adjusting a position of the packing groove with respect to the edge is formed on the frame peripheral wall, the frame peripheral wall includes an outer peripheral wall having the edge and an inner peripheral wall to be disposed inside the outer peripheral wall, and a connecting portion that connects an inner surface of the outer peripheral wall and an outer surface of the inner peripheral wall with a space therebetween, and the position adjusting portion is disposed and formed so as to be continuous to an end portion of the connecting portion and the inner surface of the outer peripheral wall.

3 . The casing according to claim 2 , wherein
the position adjusting portion is formed in a rib shape extending from the connecting portion toward the edge, and a taper as a guide portion is formed at a tip end thereof.

4 . A casing comprising:
a frame peripheral wall on which an opening portion is formed at an edge; a cover that covers the opening portion by rotational movement; and a packing that is assembled in a packing groove to be formed in the cover and is pressed against the edge during the rotational movement, wherein a position adjusting portion for adjusting a position of the packing groove with respect to the edge is formed on the frame peripheral wall, and the position adjusting portion is disposed and formed in accordance with the positions of a frame-side locking portion as a fitting portion of the frame peripheral wall and a cover-side locking portion as a fitting portion of the cover.

5 . The casing according to claim 4 , wherein
the frame-side locking portion is formed in a protruding shape protruding outward, the cover-side locking portion is formed in a substantially U-shaped frame shape to be locked by climbing over the frame-side locking portion in the protruding shape at the time of the rotational movement, and a locking surface of the frame-side locking portion is formed in a shape inclined with respect to a locked surface of the cover-side locking portion so that a gap increases from a tip end to a base end of the frame-side locking portion.

6 . An electrical connection box comprising:
an electronic component block to which a plurality of electronic components are assembled; and the casing according to claim 1 to be an assembly destination of the electronic component block.

7 . A wire harness wired to a vehicle comprising the electrical connection box according to claim 6 at a terminal.

8 . The casing according to claim 1 , wherein
an outer surface of the frame peripheral wall, opposite from the inner surface, includes a frame-side locking portion as a fitting portion of the frame peripheral wall, and the cover includes a cover-side locking portion as a fitting portion of the cover that locks with the frame-side locking portion.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Ikeda Tatsuhiko
• Kakimi Takaaki
• Fujimoto Ko

Classifications

• B60R16/0238

  Electrical distribution centers · CPC title

• H02G3/14

  Fastening of cover or lid to box · CPC title

• H02G3/081 Primary

  Bases, casings or covers · CPC title

• H02G3/088 Primary

  Dustproof, splashproof, drip-proof, waterproof, or flameproof casings or inlets · CPC title

• B60R16/0239

  Electronic boxes · CPC title