IP Library Granted Patent US 8,425,238
Granted Patent B2
US 8,425,238 · App. 13/176,984 · Granted Apr 23, 2013

Electric junction box

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Patent No.
US 8,425,238
App. No.
13/176,984
Granted
Apr 23, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is to provide an electric junction box having an enhanced watertight performance by easily winding a fixing member from a guide portion to a plurality of electric wires. The electric junction box includes a box main body and a tubular guide portion projecting from the box main body and guiding the electric wires to an outside of the box main body. A fixing member is continuously wound from the guide portion to the electric wires after the electric wires are passed through the inside of the guide portion. The guide portion includes a rib projected outward from the guide portion for preventing displacement of the fixing member. The rib is separated from the end portion of the guide portion away from the box main body.

Claims (14)

1. An electric junction box comprising:

a box main body;

a tubular guide portion projecting from the box main body and guiding a plurality of electric wires to an outside of the box main body; and

a fixing member continuously wound from the guide portion to the electric wires after the electric wires are passed through an inside of the guide portion,

wherein the guide portion includes at least one rib projected outward from the guide portion for preventing displacement of the fixing member, and

wherein the at least one rib is arranged at a position away from an end portion of the guide portion away from the box main body, and not arranged in a tip of the guide portion and protrudes farther from a surface of the guide portion than the tip.

2. The electric junction box of claim 1 , wherein the at least one rib is formed in a direction crossing against a guiding direction of the electric wires.

3. The electric junction box of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of the ribs are arranged.

4. The electric junction box of claim 1 , wherein the guide portion has four sides.

5. The electric junction box of claim 1 , wherein the guide portion has four sides, and the at least one rib on the guide portion exists on at least two corners between two of the sides.

6. The electric junction box of claim 1 , wherein the guide portion has four sides, and the at least one rib on the guide portion exists on all four sides.

7. The electric junction box of claim 1 , wherein the guide portion is formed in a shape tapered toward a tip portion thereof.

8. The electric junction box of claim 1 , wherein the guide portion is separated up and down.

9. The electric junction box of claim 1 , wherein the guide portion includes a flexible portion.

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 Jul 6, 2011
From: TAKEUCHI, KUNIHIKO; ONODA, TAKESHI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026548/0700 →