IP Library Granted Patent US 10,122,159
Granted Patent B2
US 10,122,159 · App. 15/433,084 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Electric connection box

Inventors: Eiji Okada (Hiroshima, JP); Tomoyasu Murakami (Hiroshima, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H02G3/088B60R16/02B60R16/0238H02G3/081H05K5/0217
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Patent No.
US 10,122,159
App. No.
15/433,084
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric connection box includes: a main body case; and an upper cover which engages with the main body case. The main body case includes a base wall which has an electric component mounting portion; a peripheral wall which is disposed on the base wall and partitions an inside and an outside of the main body case; a main body interior drainage port which is disposed at a place with possibility of water infiltration into an inside of the peripheral wall along a gap portion between the upper cover and the peripheral wall and passes through the base wall; and at least one main body interior drainage wall which is erected on the base wall and extends toward an opening edge of the main body interior drainage port on a surface of the base wall.

Claims (35)

1. An electric connection box, comprising:

a main body case; and

an upper cover which engages with the main body case,

wherein the main body case comprises:

a base comprising an electric component mounting portion;

a peripheral wall which extends upwardly from the base and partitions an inside and an outside of the main body case;

a main body interior drainage port provided in the base to pass through the base at a location away from the peripheral wall toward the inside of the main body case; and

at least one main body interior drainage wall which projects upwardly from the base and extends away from the peripheral wall toward an opening edge of the main body interior drainage port on a surface of the base so as to define a channel for water drainage,

wherein a side wall of the electric component mounting portion defines a portion of or all of the at least one main body interior drainage wall.

2. The electric connection box according to claim 1 ,

wherein a bracket which is fixed to an attachment target at a position higher than the peripheral wall is continuously formed on an outer surface of a portion of the peripheral wall, and

wherein the at least one main body interior drainage wall is arranged to guide water entering through a gap between the upper cover and the portion of the peripheral wall to the main body interior drainage port.

3. An electric connection box, comprising:

a main body case; and

an upper cover which engages with the main body case,

wherein the main body case comprises:

a base comprising an electric component mounting portion;

a peripheral wall which extends upwardly from the base and partitions an inside and an outside of the main body case;

a main body interior drainage port provided in the base to pass through the base at a location away from the peripheral wall toward the inside of the main body case; and

at least one main body interior drainage wall which projects upwardly from the base and extends away from the peripheral wall toward an opening edge of the main body interior drainage port on a surface of the base so as to define a channel for water drainage,

wherein the at least one main body interior drainage wall comprises a pair of main body interior drainage walls so as to define the channel for the water drainage.

4. The electric connection box according to claim 3 , wherein the main body case further comprises:

a wire harness holding portion provided on an outside of the peripheral wall.

5. The electric connection box according to claim 4 ,

wherein the wire harness holding portion comprises a first wire harness holding portion formed of a hook.

6. The electric connection box according to claim 4 ,

wherein the wire harness holding portion comprises a first wire harness holding portion formed of a hook and a second wire harness holding portion formed of a hook.

7. The electric connection box according to claim 5 ,

wherein the first wire harness holding portion is defined by the peripheral wall, and

wherein a portion of the peripheral wall defining the first wire harness holding portion is sloped so as to be gradually recessed to the inside of the main body case.

8. The electric connection box according to claim 7 ,

wherein a portion of the peripheral wall defining the first wire harness holding portion comprises a forming projection portion disposed on the inside of the wire harness holding portion.

9. The electric connection box according to claim 8 , wherein the forming projection portion has a stepped shape.

10. The electric connection box according to claim 4 ,

wherein the electric connection box further comprises a bracket.

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 Feb 15, 2017
From: OKADA, EIJI; MURAKAMI, TOMOYASU
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041260/0445 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2014-185865 · Sep 12, 2014 · national
JP 2014-185866 · Sep 12, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2015075857 · Sep 11, 2015
Related Publication 20170163016A1 · Jun 8, 2017