IP Library Granted Patent US 9,172,218
Granted Patent B2
US 9,172,218 · App. 14/007,366 · Granted Oct 27, 2015

Electrical junction box

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Patent No.
US 9,172,218
App. No.
14/007,366
Granted
Oct 27, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical junction box of the present invention includes a frame ( 11 ) in which a storing box B is formed which has a unit storing room ( 20 ) in which an electronic control unit ( 63 ) is accommodated, and an upper cover ( 15 ) which is assembled to the side of the frame ( 11 ) where a accommodating port ( 20 a ), which becomes an entrance when the electronic control unit ( 63 ) is accommodated in the unit storing room ( 20 ), is formed so that the accommodating port ( 20 a ) is closed.

Claims (18)

1. An electrical junction box, comprising:

a frame comprising a first sidewall, a second sidewall and a frame separating wall, the first sidewall and the second sidewall defining a storing box, wherein at least a portion of the first sidewall and the frame separating wall define a unit storing room configured to accommodate an electronic control unit, the second sidewall being spaced apart from the unit storing room; and

an upper cover which is assembled to one side of the frame where an accommodating port is formed so that the upper cover closes the accommodating port, the accommodating port being an entrance for accommodating the electronic control unit in the unit storing room,

wherein the frame separating wall extends farther toward the upper cover in a cover-attachment direction than the second sidewall, and

wherein the first sidewall, the second sidewall and the frame separating wall at least partially overlap in a direction perpendicular to the frame separating wall.

2. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein:

the upper cover includes an upper cover body which closes the side of the frame where the accommodating port is formed, and a cover separating wall which is protruded to the frame from an inner surface of the upper cover body opposing the frame, and

the accommodating port is covered by the upper cover body and the cover separating wall.

3. The electrical junction box according to claim 2 , wherein:

the cover separating wall is protruded towards an edge of the frame separating wall, and

a distal end of the separating wall contacts the edge of the frame separating wall.

4. The electrical junction box according to claim 3 , wherein

the cover separating wall is formed with a reinforcing rib having a ridge shape along a direction in which the upper cover is assembled to the frame.

5. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein:

a distal end of the first sidewall in the cover-attachment direction contacts an inner surface of the upper cover opposing the frame, the distal end extending farther toward the upper cover than the second sidewall in the cover-attachment direction, and

wherein the first sidewall and the second sidewall define exterior sidewalls of the electrical junction box.

6. The electrical junction box according to claim 5 , the first sidewall comprising another distal end in the cover-attachment direction opposite to the distal end, the other distal end of the first sidewall extending farther away from the upper cover than the second sidewall.

7. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the frame separating wall and a further frame separating wall separate the unit storing room from a connector storing frame, the further frame separating wall being disposed in an interior of the electrical junction box.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: YAZAKI CORPORATION
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063845/0802 →
TERMINATION AND RELEASE OF FIRST PRIORITY AND JUNIOR PRIORITY SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Apr 2, 2020
From: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
To: SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.
Reel/Frame 052969/0475 →
GRANT OF FIRST PRIORITY AND JUNIOR PRIORITY SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENT RIGHTS Recorded Mar 6, 2017
From: SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.
To: DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
Reel/Frame 041895/0210 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2014
From: KAMIGAICHI, SHUNGO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032002/0930 →