# US 10,483,738 B2 · Electrical connection box and wire harness > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,483,738 B2 - Document ID: US10483738B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/011,828 - Filed: 2018-06-19 - Published: 2019-01-10 - Granted: 2019-11-19 - Earliest claimed: 2017-07-04 - Assignees: Yazaki Corporation; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Yazaki Corporation; Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Teppei Doi; Kimihiro Ishii; Tomohiko Saito; Takayoshi Furukawa; Tadashi Fujita; Yasuhiro Yamazaki; Takashi Maruyama; Atsushi Kawamura; Akihito Tsukamoto; Takumi Matsumoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10483738B2 ## CPC - H02G 3/083: {Inlets} - H01B 7/0045: {Cable-harnesses} - H02G 3/14: Fastening of cover or lid to box - H02G 5/08: Connection boxes therefor - H05K 5/0047: {having a two-part housing enclosing a PCB} - B60R 16/0207: {Wire harnesses} - B60R 16/0238: {Electrical distribution centers} - H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES - H01B: CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P {; printed circuits H05K}) - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR ## Abstract An electrical connection box applied to a wire harness includes a substrate assembly and a housing the substrate assembly. The housing includes a first flexible rib that is extended along an extending direction Z, elastically deformable along a first support direction X, and supports the substrate assembly with respect to one side in the first support direction X, second flexible ribs that are extended along the extending direction Z, elastically deformable along the first support direction X, and supports the substrate assembly with respect to the other side in the first support direction X, and boss portions that are extended along the extending direction Z and position the substrate assembly with respect to the both sides in the first support direction X. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An electrical connection box, comprising: a substrate assembly that has a substrate on which an electronic component is provided and a conductive member extended from the substrate, the substrate and the conductive member being assembled to each other; and a housing comprising a housing space portion that is internally formed to house the substrate assembly, and: an insertion hole that communicates internally and externally with the housing space portion to receive the conductive member along an insertion direction, a first flexible rib that is extended along the insertion direction, elastically deformable along first and second deforming directions that are opposite to each other and cross the insertion direction, and restricts movement of the substrate assembly towards the first deforming direction, a second flexible rib that is extended along the insertion direction, elastically deformable along the first and second deforming directions, and restricts movement of the substrate assembly towards the second deforming direction, and a boss portion that is extended along the insertion direction and restricts movement of the substrate assembly along both the first and second deforming directions. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The electrical connection box according to claim 1, wherein the substrate assembly has a block that is assembled to the substrate at a position opposed to the insertion hole along the insertion direction to hold the conductive member in the housing space portion, and the block has a first abutment surface to abut with the first flexible rib, a second abutment surface to abut with the second flexible rib, and a positioning concave portion into which the boss portion is inserted, having a third abutment surface to abut with the boss portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The electrical connection box according to claim 2, wherein an article holding a plurality of electronic components is assembled to the block. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The electrical connection box according to claim 1, wherein the first flexible rib, the second flexible rib, and the boss portion protrude and extend to the same side along the insertion direction from an inner wall surface forming the housing space portion and have leading end positions different from one another with respect to the insertion direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The electrical connection box according to claim 2, wherein the first flexible rib, the second flexible rib, and the boss portion protrude and extend to the same side along the insertion direction from an inner wall surface forming the housing space portion and have leading end positions different from one another with respect to the insertion direction. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The electrical connection box according to claim 3, wherein the first flexible rib, the second flexible rib, and the boss portion protrude and extend to the same side along the insertion direction from an inner wall surface forming the housing space portion and have leading end positions different from one another with respect to the insertion direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The electrical connection box according to claim 1, wherein a pair of second flexible ribs including the second flexible rib is provided with the first flexible rib interposed therebetween, a pair of boss portions including the boss portion is provided with the first flexible rib and the pair of second flexible ribs interposed therebetween, and the first flexible rib, the pair of second flexible ribs, and the pair of boss portions protrude and extend to the same direction along the insertion direction from an inner wall surface forming the housing space portion, have base end positions aligned with one another with respect to the insertion direction, and have lengths along the insertion direction that are larger in the order of the pair of second flexible ribs, the pair of boss portions, and the first flexible rib. ### Claim 8 (depends on 2) The electrical connection box according to claim 2, wherein a pair of second flexible ribs including the second flexible rib is provided with the first flexible rib interposed therebetween, a pair of boss portions including the boss portion is provided with the first flexible rib and the pair of second flexible ribs interposed therebetween, and the first flexible rib, the pair of second flexible ribs, and the pair of boss portions protrude and extend to the same direction along the insertion direction from an inner wall surface forming the housing space portion, have base end positions aligned with one another with respect to the insertion direction, and have lengths along the insertion direction that are larger in the order of the pair of second flexible ribs, the pair of boss portions, and the first flexible rib. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The electrical connection box according to claim 3, wherein a pair of second flexible ribs including the second flexible rib is provided with the first flexible rib interposed therebetween, a pair of boss portions including the boss portion is provided with the first flexible rib and the pair of second flexible ribs interposed therebetween, and the first flexible rib, the pair of second flexible ribs, and the pair of boss portions protrude and extend to the same direction along the insertion direction from an inner wall surface forming the housing space portion, have base end positions aligned with one another with respect to the insertion direction, and have lengths along the insertion direction that are larger in the order of the pair of second flexible ribs, the pair of boss portions, and the first flexible rib. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The electrical connection box according to claim 4, wherein a pair of second flexible ribs including the second flexible rib is provided with the first flexible rib interposed therebetween, a pair of boss portions including the boss portion is provided with the first flexible rib and the pair of second flexible ribs interposed therebetween, and the first flexible rib, the pair of second flexible ribs, and the pair of boss portions protrude and extend to the same direction along the insertion direction from an inner wall surface forming the housing space portion, have base end positions aligned with one another with respect to the insertion direction, and have lengths along the insertion direction that are larger in the order of the pair of second flexible ribs, the pair of boss portions, and the first flexible rib. ### Claim 11 (depends on 5) The electrical connection box according to claim 5, wherein a pair of second flexible ribs including the second flexible rib is provided with the first flexible rib interposed therebetween, a pair of boss portions including the boss portion is provided with the first flexible rib and the pair of second flexible ribs interposed therebetween, and the first flexible rib, the pair of second flexible ribs, and the pair of boss portions protrude and extend to the same direction along the insertion direction from an inner wall surface forming the housing space portion, have base end positions aligned with one another with respect to the insertion direction, and have lengths along the insertion direction that are larger in the order of the pair of second flexible ribs, the pair of boss portions, and the first flexible rib. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The electrical connection box according to claim 1, wherein the housing includes a third flexible rib that is extended along the insertion direction, elastically deformable, and restricts movement of the substrate assembly along a third deforming direction crossing the first and second deforming directions, and a fourth flexible rib that is extended along the insertion direction, elastically deformable, and restricts movement of the substrate assembly along a fourth deforming direction crossing the first and second deforming directions. ### Claim 13 (depends on 2) The electrical connection box according to claim 2, wherein the housing includes a third flexible rib that is extended along the insertion direction, elastically deformable, and restricts movement of the substrate assembly along a third deforming direction crossing the first and second deforming directions, and a fourth flexible rib that is extended along the insertion direction, elastically deformable, and restricts movement of the substrate assembly along a fourth deforming direction crossing the first and second deforming directions. ### Claim 14 (depends on 4) The electrical connection box according to claim 4, wherein the housing includes a third flexible rib that is extended along the insertion direction, elastically deformable, and restricts movement of the substrate assembly along a third deforming direction crossing the first and second deforming directions, and a fourth flexible rib that is extended along the insertion direction, elastically deformable, and restricts movement of the substrate assembly along a fourth deforming direction crossing the first and second deforming directions. ### Claim 15 (depends on 7) The electrical connection box according to claim 7, wherein the housing includes a third flexible rib that is extended along the insertion direction, elastically deformable, and restricts movement of the substrate assembly along a third deforming direction crossing the first and second deforming directions, and a fourth flexible rib that is extended along the insertion direction, elastically deformable, and restricts movement of the substrate assembly along a fourth deforming direction crossing the first and second deforming directions. ### Claim 16 A wire harness comprising: a conductive wiring material; and an electrical connection box electrically connected to the wiring material, wherein the electrical connection box includes: a substrate assembly that has a substrate on which an electronic component electrically connected to the wiring material is provided and a conductive member extended from the substrate, the substrate and the conductive member being assembled to each other; and a housing comprising a housing space portion that is internally formed to house the substrate assembly, and: an insertion hole that communicates internally and externally with the housing space portion to receive the conductive member along an insertion direction, a first flexible rib that is extended along the insertion direction, elastically deformable along first and second deforming directions that are opposite to each other and cross the insertion direction, and restricts movement of the substrate assembly towards the first deforming direction, a second flexible rib that is extended along the insertion direction, elastically deformable along the first and second deforming directions, and restricts movement of the substrate assembly towards the second deforming direction, and a boss portion that is extended along the insertion direction and restricts movement of the substrate assembly along both the first and second deforming directions. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The electrical connection box according to claim 1, wherein the housing further comprises a cover, and the cover comprises the insertion hole, the first flexible rib, the second flexible rib, and the boss portion. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The wire harness according to claim 16, wherein the housing further comprises a cover, and the cover comprises the insertion hole, the first flexible rib, the second flexible rib, and the boss portion.