Connector structure of electrical equipment and vehicle
AssigneeToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKen Asakura, Shuichi Iwata
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Abstract
A connector structure of electrical equipment is for electrically connecting a PCU with a wire, including a waterproof cover having a projection formed at a position adjacent to a recess, a connector provided on a bottom surface of the recess and electrically connected to a control board provided in a casing, and a connector to be fitted to connector from outside of the casing. Connector is formed to include a fitting member to be fitted in connector, and a turn lever, pivotally supported to be rotatable about the fitting member and having a projection to be aligned with the projection when the fitting member is correctly fit in the connector.
Claims7
A connector structure of electrical equipment for electrically connecting electrical equipment with a wire, comprising:
- a box having a side surface, a recess formed on said side surface, and a projection formed on said side surface at a position adjacent to said recess;
- an electric component implementing said electrical equipment housed in said box;
- a first connector provided at a bottom surface of said recess and electrically connected to said electric component;
- and
- a second connector fitted to said first connector from outside of said box;
- wherein
- said second connector includes a first member to be fitted to said first connector, and a second member having a portion to be aligned with said projection when said first member is correctly fit in said first connector;
- said projection and said portion of said second member to be aligned with said projection are visually recognizable from above said box;
- and
- only said portion of said second member to be aligned with said projection protrudes to the outside of said recess when said first member is correctly fit in said first connector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.