US 7,459,631 B2Granted

Structure for housing electrical junction box in housing box

AssigneeYazaki Corporation

InventorsMakoto Nakayama, Masahiro Kanamaru

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Abstract

Provided is a structure for housing an electrical junction box in a housing box by inserting the electrical junction box into the housing box from above and also for fixing the electrical junction box to the housing box so as to prevent slipping-off thereof by engagement between engagement parts provided on external side surfaces of the electrical junction box and engagement parts provided on internal side surfaces of the housing box, both of which face each other in parallel with an insertion direction in insertion of the electrical junction box. Moreover, groove-like depressions extended along the insertion direction into the housing box are provided in the external side surfaces of the electrical junction box, and engagement convex parts are provided in the depressions. Furthermore, engagement projections engaged with the engagement convex parts are provided on the internal side surfaces of the housing box. As depressions behind the engagement convex parts in the insertion direction, die-releasing holes for injection molding for forming locking parts of the electrical junction box are used.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A structure for housing an electrical junction box in a housing box, comprising:

an electrical junction box;
and
a housing box which houses the electrical junction box by an insertion of the electrical junction box from an insertion direction;
wherein an external side surface of the electrical junction box and an internal side surface of the housing box face each other in parallel with the insertion direction,
wherein the external side surface of the electrical junction box has a groove-like depression extended along the insertion direction and an engagement convex part in an upper portion of the depression in a state where a depression is left on a rear side of the insertion direction, the engagement convex part protruding from a bottom surface of the depression and having a height not greater than a depth of the depression,
wherein the internal side surface of the housing box has an internal engagement part pressed and deformed by the engagement convex part in insertion of the electrical junction box to the housing box to allow passing of the engagement convex part over the internal engagement part and engaged with a rear surface, in the insertion direction, of the engagement convex part, and
wherein, when the electrical junction box is housed in the housing box, the engagement convex part and the internal engagement part are engaged with each other to prevent the electrical junction box from slipping off from the housing box.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.