IP Library Granted Patent US 10,485,121
Granted Patent B2
US 10,485,121 · App. 15/467,505 · Granted Nov 19, 2019

Electrical connection box and wire harness

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Patent No.
US 10,485,121
App. No.
15/467,505
Granted
Nov 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An accommodating member in which an electronic component is accommodated, a cover member that is assembled to the accommodating member to block an opening by being moved toward the opening of the accommodating member, and a positioning structure arranged in an internal space of a housing including at least the assembled accommodating member and the cover member, and which performs positioning at the time of assembly of the accommodating member and the cover member are at least included, and the positioning structure includes a positioning pin arranged inside one of the accommodating member and the cover member, and extending along an assembling direction of the accommodating member and the cover member, and a pin insertion portion arranged inside the other of the accommodating member and the cover member, and into which the positioning pin is inserted at the time of assembly of the accommodating member and the cover member.

Claims (31)

1. An electrical connection box comprising:

an accommodating member in which at least an electronic component that is a printed board on which an electronic device is mounted is accommodated in an internal space of a housing;

a cover member that is assembled to the accommodating member to block an opening by being moved toward the opening of the accommodating member, the cover member separating the printed circuit board from an outside; and

a positioning structure that is arranged in the internal space of the housing including at least the assembled accommodating member and the cover member, and configured to perform positioning in assembly of the accommodating member and the cover member, wherein

the positioning structure includes a positioning pin provided with one of the accommodating member and the cover member, and extending along an assembling direction of the accommodating member and the cover member, and a pin insertion portion provided with the other of the accommodating member and the cover member, and into which the positioning pin is inserted in the assembly of the accommodating member and the cover member,

the electronic component includes a terminal protruding from the accommodating member toward the cover member from the printed circuit board, and

the terminal is exposed to the outside through the cover member, and the cover member includes a terminal insertion hole that allows the terminal to be inserted from a protruding-side tip end and to be exposed to the outside in the assembly of the accommodating member and the cover member, the positioning structure has the positioning pin and the pin insertion portion formed such that the positioning pin starts to be inserted into the pin insertion portion before the terminal starts to be inserted into the terminal insertion hole and before the terminal comes in contact with the cover member.

2. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein,

in a case where the positioning pin is provided in the accommodating member, the positioning pin is formed such that a tip end as an insertion start portion into the pin insertion portion is arranged on an accommodating chamber side of the electronic component with respect to the tip end of the terminal, and

in a case where the pin insertion portion is provided in the accommodating member, the pin insertion portion is formed such that a tip end as an insertion start portion of the positioning pin is arranged on the accommodating chamber side of the electronic component with respect to the tip end of the terminal.

3. A wire harness comprising:

an electronic component;

an accommodating member in which at least the electronic component that is a printed circuit board on which an electronic device is mounted is accommodated in an internal space of a housing;

a cover member that is assembled to the accommodating member to block an opening by being moved toward the opening of the accommodating member, the cover member separating the printed circuit board from an outside;

a positioning structure that is arranged in the internal space of the housing including at least the assembled accommodating member and the cover member, and configured to perform positioning in assembly of the accommodating member and the cover member; and

an electric wire that is electrically connected to the electronic component in the internal space, and pulled out to an outside from the internal space, wherein

the positioning structure includes a positioning pin provided with one of the accommodating member and the cover member, and extending along an assembling direction of the accommodating member and the cover member, and a pin insertion portion provided with the other of the accommodating member and the cover member, and into which the positioning pin is inserted in the assembly of the accommodating member and the cover member,

the electronic component includes a terminal protruding from the accommodating member toward the cover member from the printed circuit board, and

the terminal is exposed to the outside through the cover member, and the cover member includes a terminal insertion hole that allows the terminal to be inserted from a protruding-side tip end and to be exposed to the outside in the assembly of the accommodating member and the cover member, the positioning structure has the positioning pin and the pin insertion portion formed such that the positioning pin starts to be inserted into the pin insertion portion before the terminal starts to be inserted into the terminal insertion hole and before the terminal comes in contact with the cover member.

4. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein

the positioning pin is installed in a hanging manner from an inner wall surface of the accommodating member, and the pin insertion portion is installed in a hanging manner from an inner wall surface of the cover member.

5. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein

the printed board includes a through hole into which the positioning pin or the pin insertion portion is inserted.

6. The wire harness according to claim 3 , wherein

the positioning pin is installed in a hanging manner from an inner wall surface of the accommodating member, and the pin insertion portion is installed in a hanging manner from an inner wall surface of the cover member.

7. The wire harness according to claim 3 , wherein

the printed board includes a through hole into which the positioning pin or the pin insertion portion is inserted.

8. The electrical connection box according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of the positioning structures that respectively includes pairs of the positioning pin and the pin insertion portion are arranged in a plurality of places in the internal space.

9. The electrical connection box according to claim 8 , wherein

the pairs of the positioning pin and the pin insertion portion have different lengths.

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 Mar 23, 2017
From: OZAKI, SHINYA
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041704/0578 →