IP Library Granted Patent US 9,114,762
Granted Patent B2
US 9,114,762 · App. 13/376,938 · Granted Aug 25, 2015

Waterproof box

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Patent No.
US 9,114,762
App. No.
13/376,938
Granted
Aug 25, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a waterproof box capable of improving waterproof performance, and workability and space-saving. The washing water hits the lower face of the first waterproof part in the upper cover, and the upper cover is uplifted, at this time the tapered outer face and the inner face in the first waterproof part and are abutted and engaged to each other, causing the inlet of the small passage to close. Even if water infiltrates, the water infiltrates into the dead end to let the momentum thereof reduce. Further, the water infiltrates into the dead end let the momentum thereof reduce. The water its momentum have been reduced falls. Consequently, it is effective for enhancing waterproof performance to include the dead end.

Claims (19)

1. A waterproof box comprising:

a box main body having a side wall and accommodating a component in the side wall which provides a waterproof structure;

a cover having a cover side wall and covering an opening defined by a side wall edge of the box main body;

a main body waterproof structure disposed at the side wall edge;

a cover waterproof structure disposed at an edge of the cover side wall, the cover waterproof structure securing waterproof by overlaying the main body waterproof structure thereon;

pivot points for making the cover rotative and detachable relative to the box main body disposed in the main body waterproof structure and the cover waterproof structure, respectively; and

a plurality of dead ends each disposed at different heights on a wall in which the pivot point of the cover side wall exists,

wherein one of the plurality of dead ends is disposed on a main body mating face of the main body waterproof structure and a cover mating face of the cover waterproof structure which both the mating faces oppose to each other by the overlaying, and at an outlet of a small passage induced by a clearance between the main body mating face and the cover mating face, and is formed into a space with a desired size.

2. The waterproof box as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an inner wall disposed inner than the side wall of the box main body, wherein a tip of the inner wall is disposed to project nearer a base end of the cover side wall than the outlet of the small passage provided with one of the plurality of dead ends.

3. The waterproof box as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the inner wall is formed integral with a cavity of the component accommodated in the box main body.

4. The waterproof box as claimed in claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of dead ends is provided with a convex portion projecting from an inner face of the dead end toward an outer face of the dead end so as to correspond to a position of the outlet of the small passage.

5. The waterproof box as claimed in claim 2 , wherein one of the plurality of dead ends is provided with a convex portion projecting from an inner face of the dead end toward an outer face of the dead end to correspond to a position of the outlet of the small passage.

6. The waterproof box as claimed in claim 3 , wherein one of the plurality of dead ends is provided with a convex portion projecting from an inner face of the dead end toward an outer face of the dead end to correspond to a position of the outlet of the small passage.

7. The waterproof box as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an outlet reference to one of the plurality of dead ends in a position of the outlet of the small passage and an outlet reference to the box main body is set on the same plane along a extending direction of the side wall, or the outlet reference to one of the plurality of dead ends is also set outer the box main body than the outlet reference to the box main body.

8. The waterproof box as claimed in claim 2 , wherein an outlet reference to one of the plurality of dead ends in a position of the outlet of the small passage and an outlet reference to the box main body is set on the same plane along a extending direction of the side wall, or the outlet reference to one of the plurality of dead ends is also set outer the box main body than the outlet reference to the box main body.

9. The waterproof box as claimed in claim 3 , wherein an outlet reference to one of the plurality of dead ends in a position of the outlet of the small passage and an outlet reference to the box main body is set on the same plane along a extending direction of the side wall, or the outlet reference to one of the plurality of dead ends is also set outer the box main body than the outlet reference to the box main body.

10. The waterproof box as claimed in claim 4 , wherein an outlet reference to one of the plurality of dead ends in a position of the outlet of the small passage and an outlet reference to the box main body is set on the same plane along a extending direction of the side wall, or the outlet reference to one of the plurality of dead ends is also set outer the box main body than the outlet reference to the box main body.

11. The waterproof box as claimed in claim 5 , wherein an outlet reference to one of the plurality of dead ends in a position of the outlet of the small passage and an outlet reference to the box main body is set on the same plane along a extending direction of the side wall, or the outlet reference to one of the plurality of dead ends is also set outer the box main body than the outlet reference to the box main body.

12. The waterproof box as claimed in claim 6 , wherein an outlet reference to one of the plurality of dead ends in a position of the outlet of the small passage and an outlet reference to the box main body is set on the same plane along a extending direction of the side wall, or the outlet reference to one of the plurality of dead ends is also set outer the box main body than the outlet reference to the box main body.

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 Dec 8, 2011
From: TAKEUCHI, KUNIHIKO; YAMADA, HIROAKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027353/0961 →