Electrical connection box and wire harness

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9743545-B2
Application number	US-201615137438-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2016
Priority date	Apr 27, 2015
Publication date	Aug 22, 2017
Grant date	Aug 22, 2017

Abstract

An electrical connection box applied to a wire harness includes a casing and a cover member. The casing is provided with a first member that houses an electronic component and a second member and an insertion port formed on the first member, and an exterior installation unit formed outside the insertion port of the first member with an end of an exterior member of which being arranged in a stacking direction. The cover member has a pair of locking units, and is locked to the exterior installation unit via the pair of locking units and holds an end of the exterior member between the cover member and the first member. The second member includes a pressing wall that interposes an end to be pressed of the cover member between the pressing wall and the first member and that presses the end to be pressed toward the first member side.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electrical connection box comprising:
a casing that includes
a first member that houses inside an electronic component, and a second member, the first member and the second member being stacked in a stacking direction and fitted to each other,
an insertion port formed on the first member and through which an electric wire connected to the electronic component is inserted, and
an exterior installation unit formed outside the insertion port of the first member, and on which an end of an exterior member externally fitted to the electric wire is arranged in the stacking direction; and

a cover member that includes a pair of locking units that face each other in a direction intersecting the stacking direction, the cover member being locked to the exterior installation unit via the pair of locking units, and interposing and holding the end of the exterior member between the cover member and the first member, wherein
the second member includes a pressing wall that interposes an end to be pressed of the cover member between the pressing wall and the first member and presses the end to be pressed toward the first member side, and
the cover member includes an end surface abutting protrusion that extends outwardly from an outer surface of the cover member in a direction that intersects the stacking direction, and the end surface abutting rib protrusion contacts a tip end surface of the pressing wall such that the end surface abutting rib lies outside of the second member.

2. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein
the end to be pressed and the pressing wall have an overlapped portion that is overlapped in a direction toward which the end to be pressed is pressed by the pressing wall.

3. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein the end to be pressed being an end of one side of the cover member in the stacking direction as well as an end opposite from a side toward which the exterior member is extended.

4. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein the end to be pressed includes a tip end side that is bent to the side of the first member such that the tip end side is spaced away from the pressing wall.

5. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein the exterior installation unit includes a pair of locking units, and the cover member moves in a direction that intersects the stacking direction as the locking units of the cover member are brought into engagement with the locking units of the exterior installation unit.

6. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein the second member is a lower cover that closes an opening on the stacking direction lower side of the first member.

7. A wire harness comprising:
an electric wire;
an exterior member externally fitted to the electric wire; and
an electrical connection box that includes
a casing including
a first member that houses inside an electronic component connected to the electric wire, and a second member, the first member and the second member being stacked in a stacking direction and fitted to each other,
an insertion port formed on the first member and through which the electric wire is inserted, and
an exterior installation unit formed outside the insertion port of the first member, and on which an end of the exterior member externally fitted to the electric wire is arranged in the stacking direction, and

a cover member that has a pair of locking units that face each other in a direction intersecting the stacking direction, the cover member being locked to the exterior installation unit via the pair of locking units, and interposing and holding the end of the exterior member between the cover member and the first member, wherein

the second member includes a pressing wall that interposes an end to be pressed of the cover member between the pressing wall and the first member and presses the end to be pressed toward the first member side, and
the cover member includes an end surface abutting protrusion that extends outwardly from an outer surface of the cover member in a direction that intersects the stacking direction, and the end surface abutting rib protrusion contacts a tip end surface of the pressing wall such that the end surface abutting rib lies outside of the second member.

8. The wire harness according to claim 7 , wherein the end to be pressed being an end of one side of the cover member in the stacking direction as well as an end opposite from a side toward which the exterior member is extended.

9. The wire harness according to claim 7 , wherein the end to be pressed includes a tip end side that is bent to the side of the first member such that the tip end side is spaced away from the pressing wall.

10. The wire harness according to claim 7 , wherein the exterior installation unit includes a pair of locking units, and the cover member moves in a direction that intersects the stacking direction as the locking units of the cover member are brought into engagement with the locking units of the exterior installation unit.

11. The wire harness according to claim 7 , wherein the second member is a lower cover that closes an opening on the stacking direction lower side of the first member.

Assignees

• Yazaki Corp

Inventors

• Nakashima Akinori
• Kaneko Nobutaka
• Miyazaki Yoshiya

Classifications

• H02G3/088

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• H02G3/083

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• H05K5/0247 Primary

  Electrical details of casings, e.g. terminals, passages for cables or wiring · CPC title

• B60R16/0238

  Electrical distribution centers · CPC title

• H02G3/0691

  Fixing tubing to casing by auxiliary means co-operating with indentations of the tubing, e.g. with tubing-convolutions · CPC title