Connector connection structure, connector connection method and vehicle
View Patent ↗A connector connection structure includes: a case having a side surface and a top surface, respectively extending in directions crossing each other at a first angle, and an opening; a connector terminal portion inserted into the case from the opening; a shield plate closing the opening; a bolt fastening the case and the shield plate; and a terminal block arranged in the case and connected to the connector terminal portion. The shield plate has a first portion extending along the side surface and closing the opening, a second portion extending along the top surface, and a bent portion positioned between the first portion and the second portion and bent at a second angle being smaller than the first angle. The bolt fastens the case and the second portion of the shield plate.
1. A connector connection structure, comprising:
a case having first and second surfaces extending in directions crossing each other at a first angle and an opening formed at said first surface;
a connector terminal portion inserted into said case from said opening;
a terminal block arranged in said case and connected to said connector terminal portion;
a closing portion having a first portion extending along said first surface and closing said opening, a second portion extending along said second surface, and a bent portion positioned between said first portion and said second portion and bent at a second angle being smaller than said first angle, and
a fastening member inserted into said case from above said second surface and fastening said case and said second portion of said closing portion.
2. The connector connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein
said second angle is an acute angle.
3. The connector connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein
said connector terminal portion and said terminal block are fixed to each other by an additional fastening member, and
said additional fastening member is inserted into said connector terminal portion and said terminal block from an identical direction as said fastening member.
4. The connector connection structure according to claim 1 , wherein
a control apparatus controlling a rotating electric machine for driving a vehicle is arranged in said case.
5. A vehicle comprising the connector connection structure according to claim 1 .
6. A connector connection method, comprising the steps of
storing a terminal block in a case having first and second surfaces extending in directions crossing each other at a first angle and an opening formed at said first surface;
inserting a connector terminal portion into said case from said opening, and arranging, on said case, a closing portion having a first portion positioned on said first surface, a second portion positioned on said second surface, and a bent portion positioned between said first portion and said second portion and bent at a second angle being smaller than said first angle; and
fastening said case and said second portion of said closing portion by a fastening member inserted from above said second surface while deforming said first portion of said closing portion so as to conform to said first surface positioned around said opening, thereby closing said opening by said first portion.