IP Library Granted Patent US 10,522,989
Granted Patent B2
US 10,522,989 · App. 16/374,032 · Granted Dec 31, 2019

Casing, electrical connection box, and wire harness

Inventors: Tatsuhiko Ikeda (Makinohara, JP); Takaaki Kakimi (Makinohara, JP); Ko Fujimoto (Makinohara, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H02G3/088B60R16/0207B60R16/0239
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Patent No.
US 10,522,989
App. No.
16/374,032
Granted
Dec 31, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wire harness wired to a vehicle has an electrical connection box at a terminal thereof. The electrical connection box includes an electronic component block to which a plurality of electronic components are assembled and a casing to be an assembly destination of the electronic component block. The casing has a structure in which an upper cover rotates and moves to cover an upper opening portion surrounded by an edge of a frame peripheral wall. The casing includes the frame peripheral wall having the upper opening portion, the upper cover covering the opening portion by rotational movement, and a packing to be assembled to the upper cover. The packing is assembled to a packing groove formed in the upper cover. The frame peripheral wall has a position adjusting portion for adjusting the position of the packing groove with respect to the edge of the frame peripheral wall.

Claims (31)

1. A casing comprising:

a frame peripheral wall on which an opening portion is formed at an edge;

a cover that covers the opening portion by rotational movement; and

a packing that is assembled in a packing groove to be formed in the cover and is pressed against the edge during the rotational movement,

wherein a position adjusting portion for adjusting a position of the packing groove with respect to the edge is formed on an inner surface of the frame peripheral wall.

2. A casing comprising:

a frame peripheral wall on which an opening portion is formed at an edge;

a cover that covers the opening portion by rotational movement; and

a packing that is assembled in a packing groove to be formed in the cover and is pressed against the edge during the rotational movement,

wherein a position adjusting portion for adjusting a position of the packing groove with respect to the edge is formed on the frame peripheral wall,

the frame peripheral wall includes an outer peripheral wall having the edge and an inner peripheral wall to be disposed inside the outer peripheral wall, and a connecting portion that connects an inner surface of the outer peripheral wall and an outer surface of the inner peripheral wall with a space therebetween, and

the position adjusting portion is disposed and formed so as to be continuous to an end portion of the connecting portion and the inner surface of the outer peripheral wall.

3. The casing according to claim 2 , wherein

the position adjusting portion is formed in a rib shape extending from the connecting portion toward the edge, and a taper as a guide portion is formed at a tip end thereof.

4. A casing comprising:

a frame peripheral wall on which an opening portion is formed at an edge;

a cover that covers the opening portion by rotational movement; and

a packing that is assembled in a packing groove to be formed in the cover and is pressed against the edge during the rotational movement,

wherein a position adjusting portion for adjusting a position of the packing groove with respect to the edge is formed on the frame peripheral wall, and

the position adjusting portion is disposed and formed in accordance with the positions of a frame-side locking portion as a fitting portion of the frame peripheral wall and a cover-side locking portion as a fitting portion of the cover.

5. The casing according to claim 4 , wherein

the frame-side locking portion is formed in a protruding shape protruding outward,

the cover-side locking portion is formed in a substantially U-shaped frame shape to be locked by climbing over the frame-side locking portion in the protruding shape at the time of the rotational movement, and

a locking surface of the frame-side locking portion is formed in a shape inclined with respect to a locked surface of the cover-side locking portion so that a gap increases from a tip end to a base end of the frame-side locking portion.

6. An electrical connection box comprising:

an electronic component block to which a plurality of electronic components are assembled; and

the casing according to claim 1 to be an assembly destination of the electronic component block.

7. A wire harness wired to a vehicle comprising the electrical connection box according to claim 6 at a terminal.

8. The casing according to claim 1 , wherein

an outer surface of the frame peripheral wall, opposite from the inner surface, includes a frame-side locking portion as a fitting portion of the frame peripheral wall, and

the cover includes a cover-side locking portion as a fitting portion of the cover that locks with the frame-side locking portion.

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 3, 2019
From: IKEDA, TATSUHIKO; KAKIMI, TAKAAKI; FUJIMOTO, KO
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 048781/0952 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-089715 · May 8, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190348826A1 · Nov 14, 2019