Electrical junction box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9456510-B2
Application number	US-201313890441-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 9, 2013
Priority date	Jun 20, 2012
Publication date	Sep 27, 2016
Grant date	Sep 27, 2016

Abstract

An electrical junction box ( 10 ) has a main body-side connector ( 40 ) provided in a box body ( 12 ). An attachment body-side connector ( 76 ) is provided in an attachment body ( 14 ) that is separate from the box body ( 12 ) and is connected to the main body-side connector ( 40 ) by rotating the attachment body ( 14 ) on a rotating portion ( 72 ) provided at an end of the attachment body ( 14 ). The rotating portion ( 72 ) is supported by a support ( 30 ) on a side of the box body ( 12 ) opposite to the main body-side connector ( 40 ), and a positioning portion directly positions the main body-side connector ( 40 ) with respect to the upper case ( 20 ).

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical junction box, comprising:
a box body with an upper case having an attachment surface and a lower surface opposite the attachment surface, an opening hole penetrating between the attachment surface and the lower surface, a support at an end of the box body opposite the opening hole, and first and second projections projecting down from the lower surface of the upper case on opposite longitudinal ends of the opening hole;
a circuit board accommodated in the box body, a main body-side connector provided on the circuit board and protruding through the opening hole and above the attachment surface of the box body, first and second bolt fixing portions formed on opposite longitudinal ends of the main body-side connector and bolt holes formed through the respective bolt fixing portions, bolts passed through the circuit board and screwed respectively into lower ends of the bolt holes, the first and second projections being fit coaxially into upper ends of the respective bolt holes to position the main body-side connector with respect to the circuit board and the box body;
and
an attachment body connectable with the box body and having opposite first and second ends, a rotating portion provided at the first end of the attachment body and being supported on the support of the box body, an attachment body-side connector at the second end of the attachment body, the attachment body-side connector being connected to the main body-side connector by rotating the attachment body on the rotating portion while the rotating portion is supported by the support.

2. The electrical junction box of claim 1 ,
wherein the main body-side connector has an elongated shape extending parallel to an axis of rotation of the attachment body.

3. The electrical junction box of claim 1 , wherein the rotating portion comprises two rotating portions axially aligned with one another.

4. The electrical junction box of claim 1 , further comprising a lock at an end of the attachment body opposite the rotating portion and a mating lock on the box body.

5. The electrical junction box of claim 1 , wherein the box body further comprises a lower case secured to the upper case so that the upper and lower cases substantially surround the circuit board.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Hattori Yuuichi
• Oda Akihiro

Classifications

• H05K5/0026 Primary

  provided with connectors and printed circuit boards [PCB], e.g. automotive electronic control units · CPC title

• H05K5/0065 Primary

  wherein modules are associated together, e.g. electromechanical assemblies, modular structures · CPC title