IP Library Granted Patent US 7,402,918
Granted Patent B2
US 7,402,918 · App. 11/195,844 · Granted Jul 22, 2008

Arrangement structure of electric junction box

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Patent No.
US 7,402,918
App. No.
11/195,844
Granted
Jul 22, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An arrangement structure of an electric junction box is provided, by which damage of the electric junction box in the event of a collision of a vehicle can be reduced and a plurality of electric wires can be easily connected to the electric junction box with good workability. The arrangement structure includes: a high voltage battery; a battery pack for receiving the battery, the battery pack being mounted on a vehicle; and an electric junction box arranged in the battery pack, the electric junction box being connected to the battery, wherein on the assumption that a collision takes place on the battery pack-mounting side of the vehicle, the electric junction box is arranged on the side of a wall of the battery pack, the wall being situated on the side opposite to the collision side of the vehicle.

Claims (17)

1. An arrangement structure of an electric junction box in a battery pack of a vehicle comprising:

a high voltage battery;

a battery pack for receiving the battery having a front wall, rear wall and side walls, the battery pack being mounted at a rear end of a vehicle; and

an electric junction box arranged in the battery pack, the electric junction box being connected to the battery,

wherein the electric junction box is arranged on said front wall of the battery pack, said front wall being situated on the side opposite to the rear end of the vehicle.

2. The arrangement structure of an electric junction box according to claim 1 , wherein a plurality of electric wire connecting parts are concentratedly arranged on a front wall of the electric junction box, and electric wires connected to the respective electric wire connecting parts are guided out only from said front wall of the battery pack, said front wall of the battery pack being situated on the side opposite to the rear end of the vehicle.

3. An arrangement structure of an electric junction box in a battery pack of a vehicle comprising:

a high voltage battery;

a battery pack for receiving the battery having a front wall, rear wall and side walls, the battery pack being mounted on a vehicle; and

an electric junction box arranged in the battery pack, the electric junction box being connected to the battery,

wherein the electric junction box is arranged on one of said front wall and rear wall of the battery pack, a plurality of electric wire connecting parts are concentratedly arranged on a wall of the electric junction box, and electric wires connected to the respective electric wire connecting parts are guided out only from said front or rear wall of the battery pack on which said electric junction box is arranged.

4. An arrangement structure of an electric junction box in a battery pack of a vehicle comprising:

a high voltage battery;

a battery pack for receiving the battery having a front wall, rear wall and side walls, the battery pack being mounted at a front end of a vehicle; and

an electric junction box arranged in the battery pack, the electric junction box being connected to the battery,

wherein the electric junction box is arranged on said rear wall of the battery pack, said rear wall being situated on the side opposite to the front end of the vehicle.

5. The arrangement structure of an electric junction box according to claim 4 , wherein a plurality of electric wire connecting parts are concentratedly arranged on a rear wall of the electric junction box, and electric wires connected to the respective electric wire connecting parts are guided out only from said rear wall of the battery pack, said rear wall of the battery pack being situated on the side opposite to the front end of the vehicle.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2005
From: IKEDA, TOMOHIRO; ICHIKAWA, YOSHIAKI; MATSUMOTO, SHIGEKI; WATANABE, KO; TSUCHIYA, TAKENORI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 016661/0011 →