Vehicle control device for electric rolling stock

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9504178-B2
Application number	US-201314763289-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 18, 2013
Priority date	Apr 18, 2013
Publication date	Nov 22, 2016
Grant date	Nov 22, 2016

Abstract

A draining member protrudes from both openings of a through-hole in a vehicle control device. It has a pair of spaced elastic members extending from a connection. The connection has a width smaller than a width of the through-hole. The width between the elastic members varies from the connection toward their ends, reaching a narrow portion smaller than the width of the through-hole via an increased width portion greater than the width of the through-hole. A leg portion beyond the narrow portion has a width greater than the width of the through-hole. A minimum distance between a location where the width between the increased width portion and the narrow portion matches the width of the through-hole, and another location where the width of the leg portion is equal to or greater than the width of the through-hole, is equal to or greater than a thickness of the housing.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A vehicle control device for electric rolling stock, the vehicle control device comprising:
a housing with a through-hole formed in a bottom surface thereof; and
a draining member that is inserted into the through-hole and is held in a state protruding from both openings of the through-hole, wherein:
the draining member is formed of a pair of elastic members extending separately from a connecting location, mutually connected, and facing face each other across a space,
the connecting location has a width smaller than a width of the through-hole,
a width between the pair of elastic members facing each other is varied from the connecting location toward ends of the elastic members,
the draining member includes: a narrow portion having a width that is smaller than the width of the through-hole; an increased width portion having a width that is greater than the width of the through-hole; and a leg portion at a distance from the narrow portion and having a maximum width that is greater than the width of the through-hole;
a minimum distance between a first location at which the width of the pair of elastic member facing each other between the increased width portion and the narrow portion matches the width of the through-hole, and a second location at which the width of the pair of elastic members of the leg portion facing each other is equal to or greater than the width of the through-hole, is equal to or greater than a threshold value that is greater than a thickness of the housing, and
when a pressure equal to or greater than a threshold value is applied in a direction for closing the increased width portion, the width of the increased width portion becomes smaller than the width of the through-hole.

2. The vehicle control device for electric rolling stock according to claim 1 , wherein the leg portion of each elastic member is bent in a direction separating from a center of the width where the pair of elastic members face each other.

3. The vehicle control device for electric rolling stock according to claim 1 , wherein the leg portion of each elastic member is bent in into a U-shape in a direction separating from a center of the width where the pair of elastic members face each other.

4. The vehicle control device for electric rolling stock according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the leg portion of each elastic member is bent in an arc shape, and a center of the arc shape is located farther from the housing than the bent portion of the arc shape.

5. The vehicle control device for electric rolling stock according to claim 1 , further comprising a frame connected to an outside of the bottom surface in which the through-hole is formed;
wherein a length, in an insertion direction of the draining member, of a portion of the draining member that protrudes outside of the housing is shorter than a length of the frame in the insertion direction.

6. The vehicle control device for electric rolling stock according to claim 1 , wherein:
the housing includes compartments dividing a space inside; and
at least one through-hole is formed in a bottom surface of each of the compartments.

Assignees

• Mitsubishi Electric Corp

Inventors

• Mamoto Yasuaki
• Arai Yoshiji

Classifications

• B61C17/00

  Arrangement or disposition of parts; Details or accessories not otherwise provided for; Use of control gear and control systems · CPC title

• H05K5/0217

  Mechanical details of casings (covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03) · CPC title

• H05K5/069 Primary

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

• B60R16/0239 Primary

  Electronic boxes · CPC title

• H05K5/0204

  Mounting supporting structures on the outside of casings · CPC title