COVER STRUCTURE AND ELECTRIC CONNECTION BOX

• US 20190124779A1
• Filed: 09/28/2018
• Published: 04/25/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sumitomo Wiring Systems Limited (Sumitomo Corporation)
• Inventors: OKUMURA, Masakazu, ODA, Akihiro, DAIDOJI, Tatsuya, HAMADA, Ryoma, OKAMOTO, Noriko
• Granted Patent: US 10,462,914 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/724 containing contact members forming a right angle
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5202 Sealing means between parts of housing or between housing part and a wall, e.g. sealing rings
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/5227 with evacuation of penetrating liquids
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0056 characterized by features for protecting electronic components against vibration and moisture, e.g. potting, holders for relatively large capacitors
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0069 having connector relating features for connecting the connector pins with the PCB or for mounting the connector body with the housing

Abstract

A cover structure that includes a base that is attached to a circuit substrate of an electric connection box on which an electrical component is mounted, the base being used as a receptacle for a cable that is to be electrically connected to the electrical component; and a housing that houses the circuit substrate.

Claims

1. A cover structure comprising:

a base that is attached to a circuit substrate of an electric connection box on which an electrical component is mounted, the base being used as a receptacle for a cable that is to be electrically connected to the electrical component; and

a housing that houses the circuit substrate,

wherein the base is molded from an insulating material into a unitary body that has a shape including;

a bottomed tube that has an opening into which a plug of the cable is fitted;

a drainage hole that is formed in a portion of a side plate of the bottomed tube so as to extend through a bottom plate; and

a wall that stands upright so as to surround a perimeter of the drainage hole on an outer surface of the bottom plate,

a locking rod that covers the bottom plate side of the drainage hole is provided standing upright on an inner side of the housing, and

the locking rod abuts against an inner side of the wall on the outer surface of the bottom plate.

2. An electric connection box comprising:

a circuit substrate on which an electrical component is mounted and to which a receptacle for a cable that is electrically connected to the electrical component is to be attached; and

a housing that houses the circuit substrate,

wherein a base of the receptacle is molded from an insulating material into a unitary body that has a shape including;

a bottomed tube that has an opening into which a plug of the cable is fitted;

a drainage hole that is formed in a portion of a side plate of the bottomed tube so as to extend through a bottom plate; and

a wall that stands upright so as to surround a perimeter of the drainage hole on an outer surface of the bottom plate,

the wall is attached to the circuit substrate so as to extend in a direction opposite to the circuit substrate, and

a locking rod that abuts against an inner side of the wall and covers the bottom plate side of the drainage hole is provided standing upright on an inner side of the housing.

3. The electric connection box according to claim 2,

wherein the base of the receptacle is attached to a peripheral edge of the circuit substrate, with the opening facing outward, such that the bottom plate is substantially perpendicular to the circuit substrate, and

the wall surrounds a perimeter of a bottom plate side-opening of the drainage hole on the outer surface of the bottom plate, except for a portion that is located distally from the circuit substrate.

4. The electric connection box according to claim 2,

wherein the bottomed tube is composed of a plurality of flat rectangular tubes that are arranged side by side with a predetermined gap therebetween,

the receptacle is attached such that a side-by-side arrangement direction in which the rectangular tubes are arranged side by side extends along a lateral side of the circuit substrate, and

the drainage hole is formed in a portion of a side plate that opposes the gap, the side plate being included in one of the rectangular tubes that are arranged side by side, so as to extend through the bottom plate.

5. The electric connection box according to claim 2,

wherein the locking rod includes:

a cap plate that covers a bottom plate side-opening of the drainage hole along the bottom plate; and

a rib plate that is provided at a substantially right angle on a side of the cap plate that is opposite to the drainage hole side, the rib plate being configured to abut against the inner side of the wall.

6. The electric connection box according to claim 2,

wherein the housing includes a cover plate that covers the electrical component so as to oppose the circuit substrate, and

the locking rod is provided standing upright at substantially the center of each lateral side of the cover plate so as to form a U-shaped cross section facing inward.

7. An electric connection box comprising:

a rectangular circuit substrate on which an electrical component is mounted and to which a receptacle for a cable that is electrically connected to the electrical component is attached; and

a housing that houses the circuit substrate between a housing box and a cover plate,

wherein a base of the receptacle is molded from an insulating material into a unitary body that includes;

a plurality of flat rectangular tubes that are arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction with a predetermined gap therebetween on a rectangular bottom plate;

a drainage hole that is formed in a portion of a side plate that opposes the gap, the side plate being included in one of the rectangular tubes that are arranged side by side, so as to extend through the bottom plate; and

a thick bottom that is formed on an outer surface of the bottom plate, and includes, on one long side of the bottom plate, a recess that surrounds a perimeter of a bottom plate side-opening of the drainage hole in a U shape,

the receptacle is attached to a lateral side of the circuit substrate such that the bottom plate is substantially perpendicular to the circuit substrate, openings of the rectangular tubes face outward so that a side-by-side arrangement direction in which the rectangular tubes are arranged side by side extends along the circuit substrate, and the recess is located distally from the circuit substrate, and

a locking rod that abuts against a surface of the U shape of the recess and covers a bottom plate side of the drainage hole is provided standing upright on an inner side of the housing box or the cover plate of the housing.