IP Library Granted Patent US 11,575,252
Granted Patent B2
US 11,575,252 · App. 17/209,406 · Granted Feb 7, 2023

Member junction structure and electric junction box

Inventors: Ryota Ando (Shizuoka, JP); Masayuki Nagano (Shizuoka, JP)
Assignee: YAZAKI CORPORATION
H02G3/081H02G3/10H02G3/14
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Patent No.
US 11,575,252
App. No.
17/209,406
Granted
Feb 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A member junction structure includes a first member provided with a first press-fitting portion and a second press-fitting portion, and a second member provided with a first press-fitted portion and a second press-fitted portion and configured to be installed on the first member by moving in a first direction which is a predetermined one direction with respect to the first member. In a state where the second member is halfway to be installed on the first member, the first press-fitting portion is inserted into the second press-fitted portion, thereby providing a guide for installing the second member on the first member. In a state where the second member is completely installed on the first member, the first press-fitting portion is press-fitted into the first press-fitted portion, and the second press-fitting portion is press-fitted into the second press-fitted portion.

Claims (43)

1. A member junction structure, comprising:

a first member provided with a first press-fitting portion and a second press-fitting portion; and

a second member provided with a first press-fitted portion and a second press-fitted portion, and configured to be installed on the first member by moving in a first direction which is a predetermined one direction with respect to the first member, wherein

in a state where the second member is halfway to be installed on the first member, the first press-fitting portion is inserted into the second press-fitted portion, thereby providing a guide for installing the second member on the first member, and

in a state where the second member is completely installed on the first member, the first press-fitting portion is press-fitted into the first press-fitted portion, the first press-fitting portion and the first press-fitted portion are in surface contact with each other with a biasing force, the second press-fitting portion is press-fitted into the second press-fitted portion, and the second press-fitting portion and the second press-fitted portion are in surface contact with each other with a biasing force.

2. The member junction structure of claim 1 , wherein

the first member and the second member are fitted in at least one of:

a first fitting mode where the second member is completely installed on the first member and when the first press-fitting portion is press-fitted into the first press-fitted portion, the first member and the second member are fitted in an interference-fitting state at a plurality of places in a predetermined direction different from the first direction; and

a second fitting mode where the second member is completely installed on the first member and when the second press-fitting portion is press-fitted into the second press-fitted portion, the first member and the second member are fitted in an interference-fitting state at a plurality of places in a predetermined direction different from the first direction.

3. The member junction structure of claim 2 , wherein

when a predetermined direction crossing the first direction is defined as a second direction,

in the first fitting mode, the first member and the second member are fitted at the plurality of places in the second direction in an interference-fitting state.

4. The member junction structure of claim 2 , wherein

when a predetermined direction crossing the first direction is defined as a second direction,

in the second fitting mode, the first member and the second member are fitted at the plurality of places in the second direction in an interference-fitting state.

5. The member junction structure of claim 1 ,

the guide in the state where the second member is halfway to be installed on the first member is a guide for positioning the second member with respect to the first member in a direction orthogonal to the moving direction of the second member.

6. The member junction structure of claim 1 , wherein

the first press-fitting portion and the second press-fitting portion of the first member are separated from each other in the first direction,

between the first press-fitting portion and the second press-fitting portion of the first member, a press-fitting portion intermediate portion is provided,

the first press-fitted portion and the second press-fitted portion of the second member are separated from each other in the first direction,

between the first press-fitted portion and the second press-fitted portion of the second member, a press-fitted portion intermediate portion is provided, and

in a state where the second member is completely installed on the first member, the press-fitted portion intermediate portion is slightly separated from the press-fitted portion intermediate portion.

7. The member junction structure of claim 1 , wherein

in the state where the second member is halfway to be installed on the first member, the first press-fitting portion is inserted into and surrounded radially by a cavity of the second press-fitted portion, and

in the state where the second member is completely installed on the first member, the first press-fitting portion is inserted into and surrounded radially by a cavity of the first press-fitted portion, and the second press-fitting portion is press-fitted into and surrounded radially by the cavity of the second press-fitted portion.

8. An electric junction box, comprising:

a resin bracket press-fitting structure comprising:

a first resin bracket comprising

a first resin bracket body portion,

a first press-fitting portion projecting from the first resin bracket body portion,

a press-fitting portion intermediate portion adjacent to the first press-fitting portion in a first direction, which is a predetermined one direction, and projecting from the first resin bracket body portion, and

a second press-fitting portion adjacent to the press-fitting portion intermediate portion in the first direction and projecting from the first resin bracket body portion; and

a second resin bracket comprising

a second resin bracket body portion,

a first press-fitted portion formed of a recess provided in the second resin bracket body portion,

a press-fitted portion intermediate portion adjacent to the first press-fitted portion in the first direction, and formed of a recess provided in the second resin bracket body portion, and

a second press-fitted portion adjacent to the of the press-fitted portion intermediate portion in the first direction, and formed of a recess provided in the second resin bracket body portion, wherein

by moving the second resin bracket relative to the first resin bracket in the first direction, the first press-fitting portion is press-fitted into the first press-fitted portion, and the second press-fitting portion is press-fitted into the second press-fitted portion, and

in a state where the second resin bracket body portion is completely installed on the first resin bracket body portion, the first press-fitting portion is press-fitted into the first press-fitted portion, the first press-fitting portion and the first press-fitted portion are in surface contact with each other with a biasing force, the second press-fitting portion is press-fitted into the second press-fitted portion, and the second press-fitting portion and the second press-fitted portion are in surface contact with each other with a biasing force.

9. The electric junction box of claim 8 , wherein

in the state where the second member is halfway to be installed on the first member, the first press-fitting portion is inserted into and surrounded radially by a cavity of the second press-fitted portion, and

in the state where the second member is completely installed on the first member, the first press-fitting portion is inserted into and surrounded radially by a cavity of the first press-fitted portion, and the second press-fitting portion is press-fitted into and surrounded radially by the cavity of the second press-fitted 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 Mar 23, 2021
From: ANDO, RYOTA; NAGANO, MASAYUKI
To: YAZAKI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 055683/0933 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-060124 · Mar 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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