IP Library Granted Patent US 10,063,041
Granted Patent B2
US 10,063,041 · App. 15/098,421 · Granted Aug 28, 2018

Electronic component unit

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Patent No.
US 10,063,041
App. No.
15/098,421
Granted
Aug 28, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic component unit includes a housing that accommodates electronic components therein and that is provided with connecting units connected to electric wires on a vertical-direction lower surface. The housing has protruding ribs protruding downward in a vertical direction from the vertical-direction lower surface, positioned between the connecting units and respective side wall surfaces of the housing provided to sides of the vertical-direction lower surface, and extending from one end to the other end of the vertical-direction lower surface along the side wall surfaces. The electronic component unit having this configuration can prevent adhesion of water to the connecting units.

Claims (16)

1. An electronic component unit comprising:

a housing configured to accommodate an electronic component therein and provided with a connecting unit disposed on a vertical-direction lowermost surface of the housing for connecting to an electric wire in a vertical connection direction, wherein

the housing has a protruding rib protruding downward in a vertical direction from the vertical-direction lowermost surface, positioned between the connecting unit and a side wall surface of the housing provided to a side of the vertical-direction lowermost surface, and extending from a first end to a second end of the vertical-direction lowermost surface along the side wall surface, wherein

the vertical-direction lowermost surface of the housing has a substantially rectangular shape with two substantially parallel short sides and two substantially parallel long sides, and wherein

the protruding rib extends along a direction parallel to the long sides of the vertical direction lowermost surface of the housing.

2. The electronic component unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing has an inclined surface on the vertical-direction lowermost surface, the inclined surface inclining such that an end on a side wall surface side is positioned lower in the vertical direction than an end on a connecting unit side in a state where the housing is placed at an installation position, and

the protruding rib is provided in the inclined surface and extends in a direction intersecting with an inclination direction of the inclined surface.

3. The electronic component unit according to claim 2 , wherein

the housing has a draining step portion positioned adjacent to the connecting unit side at both ends of the protruding rib on the vertical-direction lowermost surface and recessed upward in the vertical direction with respect to a vertical-direction lower end of the protruding rib.

4. The electronic component unit according to claim 1 , wherein

the housing has a draining step portion positioned adjacent to a connecting unit side at both ends of the protruding rib on the vertical-direction lowermost surface and recessed upward in the vertical direction with respect to a vertical-direction lower end of the protruding rib.

5. An electronic component unit comprising:

a housing configured to accommodate an electronic component therein and provided with a connecting unit disposed on a vertical-direction lowermost surface of the housing for connecting to an electric wire in a vertical connection direction, wherein the housing has a protruding rib protruding downward in a vertical direction from the vertical-direction lowermost surface, positioned between the connecting unit and a side wall surface of the housing provided to a side of the vertical-direction lowermost surface, and extending from a first terminal end to a second terminal end of the vertical-direction lowermost surface along the side wall surface, wherein

the vertical-direction lowermost surface of the housing has a substantially rectangular shape with two substantially parallel short sides and two substantially parallel long sides, and wherein

the protruding rib extends along a direction parallel to the long sides of the vertical direction lowermost surface of the housing.

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 Apr 14, 2016
From: MAEBASHI, AKEMI; AKANITSUK, PHARIMA; NODA, YUSUKE; KAWAKAMI, HIROKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 038279/0523 →