Electrical junction box and method for manufacturing electrical junction box
AssigneeSumitomo Wiring Systems, Ltd.
InventorHiroki Yoshihara
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Abstract
Provided are an electrical junction box for which the time required for production is short, and a method for manufacturing the electrical junction box. An electrical junction box houses an electric device. A plurality of external devices are connected to each other via the electric device housed in the electrical junction box. The electrical junction box includes a housing box and a connector. The housing box is provided with an insertion port 40 into which the connector is inserted, and an opposite opening that is opposite to the insertion port. The insertion port and the opposite opening have the same axial direction. Inside the housing box, a component can be attached to the connector.
Claims7
An electrical junction box configured to house an electric device, and connect a plurality of external devices to each other via the housed electric device, comprising:
- a connector;
- and
- a housing box in which the electric device is to be housed,
- wherein the housing box includes:
- an insertion port into which the connector is inserted;
- and
- an opposite opening that is opposite to the insertion port, and
- the insertion port and the opposite opening have the same axial direction.
A method for manufacturing an electrical junction box configured to house an electric device in an housing box including an insertion port into which a connector is inserted, and an opposite opening having the same axial direction as that of the insertion port, and being opposite to the insertion port, and connect a plurality of external devices to each other via the housed electric device, the method comprising the step of:
- inserting the connector into the insertion port;
- inserting, from the opposite opening, an attachment tool for attaching a conductor to the connector;
- and
- attaching the conductor to the connector using the attachment tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.