IP Library Granted Patent US 7,837,480
Granted Patent B2
US 7,837,480 · App. 12/453,377 · Granted Nov 23, 2010

Electric junction box

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Patent No.
US 7,837,480
App. No.
12/453,377
Granted
Nov 23, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric junction box, which is arranged at the front in a motor vehicle, having a box body including: an electric connection block partitioned into a plurality of spaces by a plurality of partition walls, the spaces receiving respective cassette blocks and each cassette block being connected to an end of at least one electric wire; and a power supply branching block branching off electric power from a power supply, wherein the electric connection block is arranged at the front side of the motor vehicle in the electric junction box, while the power supply branching block is arranged at the rear side of the motor vehicle in the electric junction box, wherein a power supply connecting part of the power supply branching block is arranged at the rear of the electric connection block, the power supply connecting part being connected to the power supply.

Claims (5)

1. An electric junction box, which is arranged at the front in a motor vehicle, having a box body comprising:

an electric connection block partitioned into a plurality of spaces by a plurality of partition walls, said spaces receiving respective cassette blocks and each said cassette block being connected to an end of at least one electric wire; and

a power supply branching block having a power supply connecting part connected to the power supply and branching off electric power from the power supply to electronic instruments in the motor vehicle,

wherein the electric connection block is located at the front side of the motor vehicle in the electric junction box and the power supply branching block is located at the rear side of the motor vehicle in the electric junction box, so that in case of a frontal collision of the motor vehicle, damage to the power supply connecting part of the power supply branching block can be reduced.

2. The electric junction box according to claim 1 , wherein an electric component for connection and the end of at least one electric wire are connected to the cassette block.

Assignments (1)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
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