ELECTRIC APPARATUS MODULE

• US 20090266606A1
• Filed: 04/24/2009
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Original Assignee: Yazaki Corporation
• Inventors: KAMEYAMA, Isao
• Granted Patent: US 7,977,584 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 174/521
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/51 Housings

Abstract

The invention provides an electric apparatus unit which can be easily assembled. The electric apparatus module includes an upper case, a lower case assembled with the upper case and having an opening, an electric apparatus unit accommodated in the upper case and the lower case, a connection unit including a board, a connector mounted on the board and connected to the electric apparatus unit, and a connecting member, a first end of the connecting member attached to the board and a second end of the connecting member guided to outside of the lower case through the opening, and an assembling portion provided on the connection unit and the lower case and assembling the connection unit to the lower case, the assembling portion enabling the board to move along surficial direction of the board and restricting the board to move in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the board.

Claims

1. An electric apparatus module comprising:

an upper case;

a lower case assembled with the upper case and having an opening;

an electric apparatus unit accommodated in the upper case and the lower case;

a connection unit including a board, a connector mounted on the board and connected to the electric apparatus unit, and a connecting member, a first end of the connecting member attached to the board and a second end of the connecting member guided to outside of the lower case through the opening; and

an assembling portion provided on the connection unit and the lower case and assembling the connection unit to the lower case, the assembling portion enabling the board to move along surficial direction of the board and restricting the board to move in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the board.

2. The electric apparatus module according to claim 1, wherein the assembling portion comprises:

a through hole provided on the board; and

a boss provided on the lower case and including a detent which is engaged with the board, a holding portion coming into intimate contact with the board and sandwiching the board with the detent, and a small diameter portion provided between the detent and the holding portion and having a diameter smaller than the diameter of the through hole.

3. The electric apparatus module according to claim 1, wherein the connecting member has a deformable portion provided between the first end and the second end of the connecting member.

4. The electric apparatus module according to claim 2, wherein the connecting member has a flexible portion provided at a center between the first end and the second end of the connecting member.

5. The electric apparatus module according to claim 1, wherein the lower case is filled with a potting material so as to prevent a liquid from intruding into the upper case and the lower case.

6. The electric apparatus module according to claim 2, wherein the lower case is filled with a potting material so as to prevent a liquid from intruding into the upper case and the lower case.

7. The electric apparatus module according to claim 3, wherein the lower case is filled with a potting material so as to prevent a liquid from intruding into the upper case and the lower case.

8. The electric apparatus module according to claim 2, the small diameter portion has a length substantially equal to the thickness of the board.

9. The electric apparatus module according to claim 2, wherein the boss has a slit through the detent and the small diameter portion.