High-voltage electrical junction box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9197048-B2
Application number	US-201414214385-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 14, 2014
Priority date	Mar 14, 2012
Publication date	Nov 24, 2015
Grant date	Nov 24, 2015

Abstract

A high-voltage electrical junction box includes a box body having an insulating property, a board having an insulating property, the board being accommodated in the box body, a bus bar that is disposed on one surface of the board, a printed pattern that is formed on another surface of the board, a first through hole that is formed to penetrate through the bus bar, the board and the printed pattern, and a first connection piece that is inserted through the first through hole, the first connection piece being connected to the bus bar, the board and the printed pattern.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A high-voltage electrical junction box comprising:
a box body having an insulating property;
a board having an insulating property, the board being accommodated in the box body;
a bus bar that is disposed on one surface of the board;
a first printed pattern and a second printed pattern that is disposed at a predetermined distance from the first printed pattern, the first printed pattern and the second printed pattern being formed on another surface of the board;
a first through hole that is formed to penetrate through the bus bar, the board and the first printed pattern; and
a first connection piece that is inserted through the first through hole, the first connection piece being connected to the bus bar, the board and the first printed pattern,
wherein the bus bar that is a high-voltage system circuit and the second printed pattern that is a low-voltage system circuit is arranged across the board having the insulating property, and an occurrence of a leakage current between the bus bar and the second printed pattern is prevented.

2. The high-voltage electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the first connection piece has a recessed portion whereto a terminal of a system main relay is connected, the recessed portion being provided at an upper portion of the first connection piece.

3. The high-voltage electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the first connection piece is press-fit into the first through hole.

4. The high-voltage electrical junction box according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a second through hole that is formed to penetrate through the board and the second printed pattern; and
a second connection piece that is inserted through the second through hole, the second connection piece being electrically connected to the second printed pattern.

5. The high-voltage electrical junction box according to claim 4 , wherein the second connection piece has a recessed portion whereto a terminal of a system main relay is connected, the recessed portion being provided at an upper portion of the second connection piece.

6. The high-voltage electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the bus bars is disposed on the board,
the high-voltage electrical junction box further comprising:
an opening portion provided to penetrate through the board and formed between the bus bars adjacent to each other on the board; and
a protruding portion that extends inwardly from an inner surface of the box body, the protruding portion being inserted into the opening portion,
a first bus bar of the plurality of the bus bars and a second bus bar of the plurality of the bus bars is provided at either side of the protruding portion, the first bus bar and the second bus bar being high-voltage system circuits, and an occurrence of a leakage current is prevented between the first bus bar and the second bus bar.

7. The high-voltage electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the bus bar has at least one bent portion that extends in a direction towards the board, the high-voltage electrical junction box further comprising a third through hole that is formed to penetrate through the board and the first printed pattern, the least one bent portion being press-fit into the third through hole.

8. The high-voltage electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein a semiconductor relay for precharging the system main relay being mounted on the other surface of the board.

Assignees

• Furukawa Electric Co Ltd
• Furukawa Automotive Sys Inc

Inventors

• Sugimoto Kaoru

Classifications

• H02G3/08 Primary

  Distribution boxes; Connection or junction boxes · CPC title

• H02G3/16

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

• B60R16/0238 Primary

  Electrical distribution centers · CPC title

• H05K7/026

  Multiple connections subassemblies · CPC title