# US 2019/0168697 A1 · Vehicle-mounted component

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- Number: US 2019/0168697 A1
- Document ID: US20190168697A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/323,987
- Filed: 2017-08-07
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-08-10
- Assignees: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
- Applicants: Sumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
- Inventors: Kenichi WASHIHIRA
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190168697A1

## CPC

- B60R 16/0238: {Electrical distribution centers}
- H01R 13/74: Means for mounting coupling parts in openings of a panel
- H02G 3/081: {Bases, casings or covers}
- B60R 13/0815: {Acoustic or thermal insulation of passenger compartments (wall or roof liners integrating the insulating function B60R13/02; insulating floor mats or carpets B60N3/04)}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H02G: INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES

## Abstract

A vehicle-mounted component can be fixed to a vehicle body panel in a space efficient manner using a through hole of the vehicle body panel and the box main body and the cover member are easily attached to each other. In a vehicle-mounted component a cover member is attached to a box main body, a first side surface of a peripheral wall of the box main body is a covering lid wall portion that protrudes more in the height direction of the peripheral wall than other side surfaces, and the covering lid wall portion is fixed to a vehicle body panel via a hook recessed portion and a lock fitting portion by the hook recessed portion and the lock fitting portion provided in the covering lid wall portion being inserted into a through hole of the vehicle body panel and being fitted into peripheral edge portions facing each other.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A vehicle-mounted component includes a box main body and a cover member covering an opening portion of the box main body and is configured to be fixed to a through hole provided in a vehicle body panel,
wherein a first side surface of a peripheral wall of the box main body is arranged opposite to the through hole, and includes a covering lid wall portion that protrudes more in a height direction of the peripheral wall than other side surfaces of the peripheral wall of the box main body and extends in a manner covering the through hole,
a hook recessed portion that is inserted into a first peripheral edge portion of the through hole and a lock fitting portion that is fitted to and locked to a second peripheral edge portion opposite to the first peripheral edge portion of the through hole via an elastic deflection piece are provided on a surface of the covering lid wall portion on the through hole side, and the covering lid wall portion is fixed to the vehicle body panel via the hook recessed portion and the lock fitting portion of the covering lid wall portion, and
a guide portion into which a fitting portion provided on an outer surface of the cover member is fitted is provided on a surface of the covering lid wall portion on the box main body side so as to be located on a protruding end portion side with respect to the box main body, and a lock portion provided in an opening end portion of the cover member is positioned with respect to a locked portion provided on the other side surface of the peripheral wall of the box main body by fitting the fitting portion of the cover member into the guide portion of the covering lid wall portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The vehicle-mounted component according to claim 1, wherein
an additional lock portion is provided at an upper end portion of an outer surface of the cover member that is overlapped with the covering lid wall portion, and an additional locked portion into which the additional lock portion is fitted is provided at a protruding distal end portion of the covering lid wall portion.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The vehicle-mounted component according to claim 1, wherein
an additional lock fitting portion that is fitted to and locked to a third peripheral edge portion extending orthogonally to the first peripheral edge portion and the second peripheral edge portion of the through hole via an elastic deflection piece is provided on the surface of the covering lid wall portion on the through hole side.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The vehicle-mounted component according to claim 1, wherein
a soundproof member is arranged between the covering lid wall portion and the vehicle body panel, and the covering lid wall portion supports the soundproof member by pressing the soundproof member to the vehicle body panel side.