IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,837,857
Granted Patent B2
US 11,837,857 · App. 17/007,280 · Granted Dec 5, 2023

Electrical junction box

Inventors: Kenichi Washihira (Yokkaichi, JP); Takashi Shiraki (Yokkaichi, JP); Yuji Miyamoto (Yokkaichi, JP); Takanori Kawai (Miyoshi, JP); Takuma Kawai (Nagoya, JP)
Assignees: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H02G3/086B60R16/0238
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Patent No.
US 11,837,857
App. No.
17/007,280
Granted
Dec 5, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cover-side peripheral wall includes an inner wall, which serves as a first wall, and a bent wall. The inner wall is located between an inner wall and an outer wall of a body-side double-wall. The bent wall extends inward and downward from an inner surface of the inner wall. The bent wall has a proximal end that is located upward from an upper end of the inner wall of a body-side peripheral wall. The bent wall further includes a portion between a distal end and the proximal end that is located inward and downward from the upper end of the inner wall of the body-side peripheral wall.

Claims (22)

1. An electrical junction box, comprising:

a case body accommodating an electronic component; and

an upper cover, wherein

the case body includes a body-side peripheral wall, which has a closed form, and an upper opening, which is located at an upper side of the body-side peripheral wall and covered by the upper cover,

the upper cover includes a cover-side peripheral wall that has a closed form and is arranged on the body-side peripheral wall,

the body-side peripheral wall has a body-side double-wall including a first inner wall and an outer wall,

the cover-side peripheral wall includes

a first wall located between the first inner wall and the outer wall of the body-side double-wall and including an inner surface, and

a bent wall that extends inward and downward from the inner surface of the first wall,

the bent wall includes an inwardly extending first extension section including a proximal end connected to the inner surface of the first wall, a downwardly extending second extension section including a distal end, and a bent section connecting the first and second extension sections,

the bent wall is configured such that the first extension section is located above an upper end of the first inner wall of the body-side peripheral wall in a state that the upper cover covers the upper opening of the case body, and that a portion of the second extension section is located at an inner side of and lower than the upper end of the first inner wall of the body-side peripheral wall in the state that the upper cover covers the upper opening of the case body,

the case body includes a first drain passage that is located at an inner side of the first inner wall of the body-side double-wall and below the bent wall, in the state that the upper cover covers the upper opening of the case body,

the first drain passage is defined by a set of walls of the case body that includes the first inner wall of the body-side double-wall and a second inner wall located inside the first inner wall of the body-side double-wall and facing the first inner wall, and

the bent wall is configured such that an upper end of the second inner wall is located lower than the bent wall, in the state that the upper cover covers the upper opening of the case body.

2. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the case body includes a second drain passage located below the first wall, in the state that the upper cover covers the upper opening of the case body.

3. The electrical junction box according to claim 2 , wherein the first drain passage and the second drain passage are separate passages configured to drain water.

4. The electrical junction box according to claim 2 , wherein the second drain passage is located at an outer side of the first drain passage.

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

the cover-side peripheral wall further includes a second wall that is located outward from the first wall, and

the second wall and the first wall are arranged at two sides of the outer wall of the body-side double-wall.

6. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the bent wall is configured such that the distal end of the bent wall is located at an inner side of and lower than the upper end of the first inner wall of the body-side peripheral wall in the state that the upper cover covers the upper opening of the case body.

7. The electrical junction box according to claim 1 , wherein the bent wall is arranged on part of the cover-side peripheral wall.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2020
From: WASHIHIRA, KENICHI; SHIRAKI, TAKASHI; MIYAMOTO, YUJI; KAWAI, TAKANORI; KAWAI, TAKUMA
To: SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD.; TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 053643/0659 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-168653 · Sep 17, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210083463A1 · Mar 18, 2021