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Automotive electrical connection box and a method of mounting it

US6982379B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 11, 2005
Grant dateJan 3, 2006
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Expiry dateFeb 11, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R9/22
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connection box has upper and lower casings (10, 11) for accommodating circuitry. A surrounding wall (10a) of the upper casing (10) fits inside a surrounding wall (11a) of the lower casing (11). Engaging locking claws (10b, 11b) project from the outer surface of the surrounding wall (10a) of the upper casing (10) and from the inner surface of the surrounding wall (11a) of the lower casing (11). An upper wall of the upper casing (10) is inclined down from a center portion to three peripheral edges. A drainage path (13) is defined by a clearance between the surrounding walls (10a, 11a) of the upper and lower casings (10, 11). A bottom wall of the lower casing (11) has drainage holes (14) at the bottom end of the drainage path (13).

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