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US 12,416,541 B2Granted
Electric connection box
AssigneesSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTakayuki Takeuchi, Yoshiki Yanagita, Shogo Tomihira
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Abstract
Provided is an electric connection box with which proactive measures can be taken by liquid inflow monitoring. The electric connection box includes a housing where an electronic component is mounted. The housing is provided with a detection part detecting liquid inflow.
Claims5
An electric connection box comprising:
- a housing where an electronic component is mounted, the housing having a first side wall spaced apart from a second side wall, an inner side wall extending between the first side wall and the second side wall and a bottom surface extending between the first side wall and the second side wall and from the inner side wall to a front opening of the housing so as to define a storage recess having an inlet for receiving liquid, wherein the inner side wall includes a lower inner side wall and an upper inner side wall that are parallel to and offset from each other so as to define a drain hole for draining the liquid, and
- a detection needle disposed in the storage recess to detect an inflow of liquid, wherein the detection needle is disposed closer to the inner side wall relative to the front opening of the storage recess.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.