Waterproof structure for electronic unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9237667-B2
Application number	US-201313775939-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 25, 2013
Priority date	Mar 1, 2012
Publication date	Jan 12, 2016
Grant date	Jan 12, 2016

Abstract

A waterproof structure for an electronic unit includes a sub-case that defines an accommodating portion that accommodates a first terminal, and has a cable guiding hole that communicates with the accommodating portion. A potting resin filled in the accommodating portion is also filled in a space between a cable and the cable guiding hole. The cable includes a first sheath that covers a conductor and is made of a first resin material, and a second sheath that covers the first sheath. The second sheath and the potting resin are made of a second resin material that is different from the first resin material.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A waterproof structure for an electronic unit, comprising: a case that defines an accommodating portion that accommodates a first terminal, and that has a cable guiding hole that communicates with the accommodating portion; a cable that has a conductor connected to a second terminal to which the first terminal is connected, a first sheath that covers the conductor, and a second sheath that covers the first sheath, the cable being passed through the cable guiding hole and drawn into the accommodating portion; and a potting resin that is filled in the accommodating portion and in a space between the cable and the cable guiding hole, wherein the first sheath is made of a first resin material, and the second sheath and the potting resin are made of a second resin material that is different from the first resin material; and a heat shrinkable tube that covers an end portion of the second sheath, which is on an outer side of the case, and the first sheath together with each other, thereby coupling the first and second sheaths at opposing ends.

2. The waterproof structure for an electronic unit according to claim 1 , wherein the second resin material is polyurethane.

3. The waterproof structure for an electronic unit according to claim 1 , wherein the first resin material is polyethylene.

4. The waterproof structure for an electronic unit according to claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of centering projections that project from an inner periphery of the cable guiding hole and contact an outer periphery of the cable.

5. The waterproof structure for an electronic unit according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one annular sealing projection that is arranged at an inlet of the cable guiding hole, and that closely contacts the outer periphery of the cable.

6. The waterproof structure for an electronic unit according to claim 1 , wherein a space between one end of the heat shrinkable tube and the second sheath, and a space between the other end of the heat shrinkable tube and the first sheath are sealed by a hot melt adhesive.

Assignees

• Jtekt Corp

Inventors

• Tamai Toshio
• Nakatani Norio
• Sanada Takahiro
• Hotta Kensaku

Classifications

• H05K5/064

  sealed by potting, e.g. waterproof resin poured in a rigid casing · CPC title

• H01B3/441

  from alkenes · CPC title

• H01B3/302

  Polyurethanes or polythiourethanes; Polyurea or polythiourea · CPC title

• H05K5/069

  Other details of the casing, e.g. wall structure, passage for a connector, a cable, a shaft · CPC title

• H01B7/28 Primary

  {Protection against damage caused} by moisture, corrosion, chemical attack or weather · CPC title