Electric connection box and wire harness
View Patent ↗An electric connection box includes a rib that partitions an internal space portion of a casing into a first housing region and a second housing region, a water collection section, and a water passage section. The water passage section is formed by a rib main body portion and water passage walls, an upward side end portion communicates with the water collection section, and a downward side end portion communicates with the outside of the casing. The water passage walls are connected to the guide walls of the water collection section, respectively, and have inclination downward toward a connection location. The guide walls overlap an upward side end portion boundary Ru as viewed in the vertical direction and are disposed on the upward side of the first housing region and the second housing region.
1. An electric connection box comprising:
a casing having a plurality of walls that define an internal space portion and a cover side opening portion, the cover side opening portion in communication with the internal space portion;
a plurality of electronic components housed in the internal space portion; and
a cover that closes the cover side opening portion, wherein
the casing is installed on an installation target such that a closing direction of the cover with respect to the cover side opening portion is a direction orthogonal to a vertical direction,
the internal space portion is partitioned into a first housing region and a second housing region by a rib formed on the casing to extend in the vertical direction, in a width direction orthogonal to the vertical direction and the closing direction,
the rib extends in an opening direction side which is a direction opposite to the closing direction, and includes a water passage section formed between the rib and a water passage wall opposite the rib in the width direction,
of both end portions of the water passage section in the vertical direction, an upward side end portion communicates with a water collection section provided in the casing, and a downward side end portion communicates with an outside of the casing, and
the water collection section includes a guide wall which overlaps an upward side end portion boundary which is a boundary located at an upward side end portion, of the boundary between the casing and the cover as viewed in the vertical direction, the guide wall being disposed on the upward side of the first housing region and the second housing region, and connected to the water passage wall.
2. The electric connection box according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a water shielding member which is disposed on an upward side in the vertical direction further than the upward side end portion boundary, and at least a part of which overlaps the upward side end portion boundary as viewed in the vertical direction.
3. The electric connection box according to claim 2 , wherein
the water shielding member is an inclined surface in which an upward side end surface in the vertical direction is inclined downward from a closing direction side end portion toward an opening direction side end portion.
4. The electric connection box according to claim 3 , wherein
the casing includes an extension portion extending from the closing direction side of the water shielding member toward the upward direction side further than the water shielding member, and
the extension portion is formed such that an end portion water shielding section at least overlapping the closing direction side end portion of the water shielding member protrudes in the opening direction as viewed in the vertical direction.
5. A wire harness comprising:
an electric wire; and
an electric connection box, connected to the wire, that includes a casing having a plurality of walls that define an internal space portion and a cover side opening portion, the cover side opening portion in communication with the internal space portion, a plurality of electronic components housed in the internal space portion, and a cover that closes the cover side opening portion, wherein
the casing is installed on an installation target such that a closing direction of the cover with respect to the cover side opening portion is a direction orthogonal to a vertical direction,
the internal space portion is partitioned into a first housing region and a second housing region by a rib formed on the casing to extend in the vertical direction, in a width direction orthogonal to the vertical direction and the closing direction,
the rib extends in an opening direction side which is a direction opposite to the closing direction, and includes a water passage section formed between the rig and a water passage wall opposite the rib in the width direction,
of both end portions of the water passage section in the vertical direction, an upward side end portion communicates with a water collection section provided in the casing, and a downward side end portion communicates with an outside of the casing, and
the water collection section includes a guide wall which overlaps an upward side end portion boundary which is a boundary located at an upward side end portion, of a boundary between the casing and the cover as viewed in the vertical direction, the guide wall being disposed on the upward side of the first housing region and the second housing region, and connected to the water passage wall.