IP Library Granted Patent US 9,413,151
Granted Patent B2
US 9,413,151 · App. 14/692,860 · Granted Aug 9, 2016

Electrical junction box

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,413,151
App. No.
14/692,860
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electrical junction box includes a body case of the electrical junction box that has an opening part facing electrical components and has a case side locking part, and a cover that covers the opening part, is engaged to the body case of the electrical junction box, and has a cover side locking part. The cover is engaged to or disengaged from the body case of the electrical junction box with the case side locking part and the cover side locking part. The cover has a cover side abutting part to match a position of the cover side locking part. The body case of the electrical junction box has a case side abutting part to match a position of the case side locking part and a position of the cover side abutting part.

Claims (13)

1. An electrical junction box comprising:

a body case of the electrical junction box that has an opening part facing electrical components and has a case side locking part; and

a cover that covers the opening part, is engaged to the body case of the electrical junction box, and has a cover side locking part,

wherein the cover is engaged to or disengaged from the body case of the electrical junction box with the case side locking part and the cover side locking part,

the cover has a cover side abutting part to match a position of the cover side locking part,

the body case of the electrical junction box has a case side abutting part to match a position of the case side locking part and a position of the cover side abutting part,

the cover side abutting part and the case side abutting part are formed and arranged at positions where the cover side abutting part and the case side abutting part abut against each other when the opening part is covered with the cover and the cover is moved in a predetermined direction that intersects an engaging direction in which the cover is engaged to or disengaged from the body case of the electrical junction box, and

the cover side locking part includes a locking body and a pair of protective walls.

2. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the cover side abutting part is arranged near the cover side locking part and formed into a wall-like or columnar shape which extends in the engaging direction, and

the case side abutting part includes the case side locking part and is formed of a wall that extends in the engaging direction.

3. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the cover and the body case of the electrical junction box have a cover side supporting part and a case side supporting part, and

the cover side supporting part and the case side supporting part are formed to, when the cover is moved in the engaging direction while the cover side abutting part abuts against the case side abutting part, guide the movement.

4. The electrical junction box according to claim 3 , wherein the cover side supporting part and the case side supporting part are formed and arranged at positions to sandwich the cover side locking part and the case side locking part with the cover side abutting part and the case side abutting part.

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 Oct 6, 2015
From: KAKIMI, TAKAAKI; UEYAMA, KOJI; KUSUYAMA, KAZUHIRO; YAMAUCHI, AKINORI; SAKURABA, AKIRA
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 036734/0249 →