Electrical junction box

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9502872-B2
Application number	US-201314652549-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 6, 2013
Priority date	Jan 8, 2013
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

An electrical junction box, wherein as one set of the fitting portions provided at the plurality of locations, lock portions for being engaged with each other are formed in the box body and the external member, respectively; and as one set of the fitting portions provided at the plurality of locations, an engaging guide rib is formed in one of the box body and the external member, the engaging guide rib protruding from a wall surface of the box body or the external member so as to extend in a direction in which the external member is fitted to the box body and including locking portions that extend in opposite directions orthogonal to a direction of extension of the engaging guide rib, and an engaging guide groove for being engaged with the engaging guide rib is formed in the other of the box body and the external member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electrical junction box configured such that an external member formed separately from a box body is mounted on the box body with fitting portions provided at a plurality of locations, wherein:
as one set of the fitting portions provided at the plurality of locations, lock portions for being engaged with each other are formed in the box body and the external member, respectively;
as one set of the fitting portions provided at the plurality of locations, an engaging guide rib is formed in one of the box body and the external member, the engaging guide rib protruding from a wall surface of the box body or the external member so as to extend in a direction in which the external member is fitted to the box body and including locking portions that extend in opposite directions orthogonal to a direction of extension of the engaging guide rib, and an engaging guide groove for being engaged with the engaging guide rib is formed in the other of the box body and the external member;
the lock portions are engaged after the engaging guide rib and the engaging guide groove are engaged; and
the lock portions are spaced from and separate from the engaging guide rib and the engaging guide groove.

2. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 ,
wherein the fitting portions in the box body are provided in a vehicle fixing member that is formed separately from the box body and that is mounted to the box body.

3. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 ,
wherein the box body has a longitudinal shape, and the engaging guide rib or the engaging guide groove is provided on one side in a longitudinal direction of the box body, and the lock portions are provided on another side in the longitudinal direction of the box body.

4. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 ,
wherein the lock portions are engaged after the engaging guide groove is fitted to a length dimension greater than or equal to ⅓ of a length dimension of the engaging guide rib.

5. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 ,
wherein the lock portions include an insertion protruding portion provided in one of the box body and the external member, and an insertion recessed portion provided in the other of the box body and the external member, the insertion recessed portion being configured such that the insertion protruding portion is inserted thereinto and engaged therewith,
the insertion recessed portion is provided with a tolerance absorbing device configured to be pressed by the insertion protruding portion and be elastically deformable in a direction orthogonal to a direction in which the insertion protruding portion is inserted, and
the insertion protruding portion is inserted into the insertion recessed portion after the engaging guide rib and the engaging guide groove are engaged.

Assignees

• Sumitomo Wiring Systems

Inventors

• Shiraki Takashi

Classifications

• H02G3/08 Primary

  Distribution boxes; Connection or junction boxes · CPC title

• B60R16/0238

  Electrical distribution centers · CPC title