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AssigneeYazaki Corporation
InventorsTetsuya Yamamoto, Masatoshi Egawa, Keiichi Ito, Yoshihide Tsukamoto, Masanori Wakui, Isao Yoneyama
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An electrical junction box has a fitting member for securing the junction box to a vehicle body. The fitting member has a breakdown accelerating portion for enhancing breakdown of the fitting member when the junction box is pulled to remove it from the vehicle body. The breakdown accelerating portion is positioned in a base side of the fitting piece. By a transverse force caused by pulling an associated wiring harness, the breakdown accelerating portion initiates breakdown of a bracket to separate the junction box from the bracket. Another fitting device has a fitting member formed on a junction box for securing the junction box to a vehicle body. The fitting member has a slot for enhancing breakdown of the fitting member when the junction box is pulled to remove the junction box from the vehicle body, and the fitting member has a compensating piece removably inserted into the slot for adjusting the breakdown of the fitting member.
A fitting device of an electrical junction box comprising:
A fitting device of an electrical junction box comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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For transmission of signals between vehicle parts or subsystems: electronic boxes
Vehicle fittings and parts
Term ended 23 Apr 2024 (estimated)
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a fitting device of an electrical junction box that is mounted on a panel of a vehicle body. The fitting device is useful for recovery of the junction box together with a wiring harness connected to the junction box.
2. Related Art
FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a first embodiment of a fitting device of an electrical junction box (junction block) according to present invention;
FIG. 2 is an enlarged perspective view showing a lower fitting piece of the junction block of FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is an enlarged perspective view showing an upper fitting piece of the junction block of FIG. 1;
Referring to the accompanied drawings, embodiments of the present invention will be discussed in detail hereinafter. FIGS. 1 to 4 show a first embodiment of a fitting device of an electrical junction box according to the present invention. Note that the same reference numeral as that of the conventional one is applied to a component the same as that of the conventional art.
A junction block 10, which is an electrical junction box, is a vehicle component accommodating a branch circuit unit having busbars and conductors. The junction block 10 is secured on a panel 20 (vehicle body side) in an engine room or a cabin of a vehicle such as a car with fasteners like screws.
The junction block 10 of the embodiment has brackets (fitting piece) 15, 17 each projected from a top wall 13a or a bottom wall 13b of a block body 12. The block body 12 is secured to a panel 20 via the brackets 15, 17. Each of the brackets 15, 17 has a notch 15b or 17b for enhancing breaking at a base portion thereof. On a recovery step of the block body 12, a wiring harness 25 is pulled in a transverse direction x (FIG. 4A) so that the notch 15b or 17b initiates breakdown of the bracket 15 or 17 to separate the block body 12 from the brackets 15, 17. Thereby, the block body 12 is recovered together with the wiring harness 25 (FIG. 4B).