IP Library Granted Patent US 9,378,912
Granted Patent B2
US 9,378,912 · App. 14/867,592 · Granted Jun 28, 2016

Electronic component assembly structure and electrical junction box

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Patent No.
US 9,378,912
App. No.
14/867,592
Granted
Jun 28, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic component includes a main body section having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and terminal portions disposed in the main body section. A housing member includes a first housing chamber that guides and accommodates the main body section therein and a second housing chamber that accommodates and holds terminal fittings therein. Each terminal portion includes a fitting portion that droops along a side surface of the main body section with a gap from the side surface and that is fitted to the corresponding terminal fitting. Each terminal fitting includes a spring portion that presses the corresponding fitting portion, and a pressing direction of the spring portion is held to direct to the corresponding wall portion. The electronic component, the terminal fittings, and the housing member are mutually assembled.

Claims (15)

1. An electronic component assembly structure comprising:

an electronic component;

a terminal fitting to which the electronic component is fitted; and

a housing member in which the electronic component and the terminal fitting are accommodated, wherein

the electronic component includes a main body section having a rectangular parallelepiped shape and a terminal portion disposed in the main body section,

the housing member includes a first housing chamber that guides and accommodates the main body section therein and a second housing chamber that accommodates and holds the terminal fitting therein, the first housing chamber is formed by surrounding four sides thereof with a frame-like wall portion rising upright from a bottom portion, and the second housing chamber is formed outside the wall portion interposed therebetween,

the terminal portion includes a fitting portion that droops along a side surface of the main body section with a gap from the side surface and that is fitted to the terminal fitting,

the terminal fitting includes a spring portion that presses the fitting portion, and a pressing direction of the spring portion is held to direct to the wall portion, and

the electronic component, the terminal fitting, and the housing member are mutually assembled.

2. The electronic component assembly structure according to claim 1 , wherein

the second housing chamber includes an elastically deformable locking piece that holds the terminal fitting and that is disposed on the opposite side to the wall portion with the terminal fitting interposed therebetween.

3. An electrical junction box comprising:

the electronic component assembly structure according to claim 1 .

4. An electrical junction box comprising:

the electronic component assembly structure according to claim 2 .

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 Sep 28, 2015
From: KAWAMURA, YUKIHIRO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036672/0133 →