IP Library Granted Patent US 12,348,021
Granted Patent B2
US 12,348,021 · App. 18/044,293 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Electrical junction box

Inventors: Maiko Oda (Yokkaichi, JP); Yusuke Okuhira (Yokkaichi, JP)
Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
H02G3/16H02G3/081H02G3/086
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Patent No.
US 12,348,021
App. No.
18/044,293
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The configuration of an electrical junction box is simplified and made compact. Provided is an electrical junction box for a vehicle, including a housing that accommodates a high-voltage circuit for high voltages and a low-voltage circuit for low voltages, the electrical junction box including a connection portion for connection to the outside, the connection portion being provided on the housing, wherein the connection portion has both a high-voltage terminal connected to the high-voltage circuit and a low-voltage terminal connected to the low-voltage circuit.

Claims (18)

1. An electrical junction box for a vehicle, comprising a housing that accommodates a high-voltage circuit for high voltages and a low-voltage circuit for low voltages,

the electrical junction box comprising:

a connection portion for connection to an external device, the connection portion being provided on the housing,

wherein the connection portion has a recessed engagement portion that is engageable with the external device,

an end portion of a high-voltage terminal connected to the high-voltage circuit and an end portion of a low-voltage terminal connected to the low-voltage circuit are exposed to an outside via through holes formed in a bottom of the engagement portion, and

a partition plate having a first surface opposite of a second surface that is disposed in a space between the end portion of the high-voltage terminal and the end portion of the low-voltage terminal is provided extending upright from the bottom, wherein the first surface is entirely spaced apart from the high-voltage terminal and the second surface is entirely spaced apart from the low-voltage terminal.

2. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 ,

wherein a plurality of the partition plates are provided, and a distance between the plurality of partition plates is 1 mm or more.

3. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 ,

wherein a fin is provided protruding from a surface of the partition plate that opposes the end portion of the high-voltage terminal or the end portion of the low-voltage terminal, and extends parallel to the bottom.

4. The electrical junction box according to claim 3 ,

wherein a plurality of the fins are provided, and a distance between the plurality of fins is 1 mm or more.

5. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 ,

wherein the connection portion has a recessed engagement portion that is engageable with the external device,

an end portion of the high-voltage terminal and an end portion of the low-voltage terminal are exposed to an outside via through holes formed in a bottom of the engagement portion, and

a groove having a width of 1 mm or more is provided in the bottom, at a position between the end portion of the high-voltage terminal and the end portion of the low-voltage terminal.

6. The electrical junction box according to claim 2 ,

wherein a fin is provided protruding from a surface of the partition plate that opposes the end portion of the high-voltage terminal or the end portion of the low-voltage terminal, and extends parallel to the bottom.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2023
From: ODA, MAIKO; OKUHIRA, YUSUKE
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 062907/0278 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-152915 · Sep 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230327416A1 · Oct 12, 2023
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