JP2000224734A - Electrical connection box - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrical connection box which makes it possible to deal with a design change easily, to suppress increase of the manufacturing cost, and to quicken its appointed time limit of delivery. SOLUTION: Previously formed connector components 14, 15, 16, 17 are inserted, and an upper case 13 for a case body 11 is molded. The connector components 14, 15, 16, 17 are provided with connector portions 18, 20, 22, 24 and flange portions 19, 21, 23, 25 being around them. On the occasion of a design change of the upper case 13, changes of the number of connector components 14-17 to be used and the positions of insertion of the connector components 14-17 are sufficient to change the arranged positions of the connector portions 18, 20 and 22, 24, and to change the kinds and numbers of the connector portions 18, 20, 22, 24 to be formed, etc.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric connection box provided with a connector for connecting electric components to the surface of a case body.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, for example, on the inner wall of a car body,
An electric connection box is provided to which various electric components (connectors, fuses, relays, etc.) for a vehicle are connected. This electrical connection box is provided with a connector portion for connecting electrical components on the surface of the case body.

FIGS. 4 and 5 show an electric junction box 30 disposed on the inner wall of a vehicle body. A case body 31 has a lower case 32 made of synthetic resin and an upper made of synthetic resin fitted to the lower case 32. The electrical connection box 30 accommodates electrical components (not shown).

[0004] On the upper surface of the upper case 33, a plurality of connector parts 34, 35, 36, 3 for connecting electrical components are provided.
7 are integrally formed. The connector portions 34 and 35 are for connecting female connectors as electrical components.
The connector section 36 is for connecting a relay as an electrical component, and the connector section 37 is for connecting a fuse as an electrical component. The mold for forming the upper case 33 as described above includes a connector portion 3.
A cavity portion for molding 4, 35, 36, 37 is formed. When the upper case 33 is molded, the connector portions 34, 35, 36, 37 are molded integrally with the upper case 33. .

[0005]

However, the upper case 3 in the electric junction box 30 constructed as described above.
In the design change of No. 3, if the positions of the connectors 34 to 37 formed on the upper case 33 are to be changed, or the type and the number of the connectors are to be changed, the mold is modified or a new metal is formed. A mold must be made.
A lot of time and expense are required for repairing such a mold and manufacturing a new mold, and thus there is a problem that the manufacturing cost of the electric junction box is increased and the delivery date of the product is delayed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to be able to easily cope with a change in the design of an electric junction box and to suppress an increase in the manufacturing cost of the electric junction box. Another object of the present invention is to provide an electric junction box that can shorten the delivery time of a product.

[0007]

According to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electric connection box provided with a connector portion for connecting an electric component to a surface of a case body made of a synthetic resin. The gist of the invention is that the case body is molded using the connector component thus formed as an insert.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the first aspect, the connector component includes a connector portion and a flange portion formed around the connector portion, and the flange portion has a predetermined outer shape. And have external dimensions.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the second aspect of the present invention, the connector part is obtained by molding the flange part using a connector part formed in advance as an insert.

Therefore, according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, in order to make a design change such as an arrangement position and an arrangement number of the connector portion of the electric connection box, the used number of the connector parts and the connector parts are inserted. It can be easily handled by changing the position. In addition, since the design of the electrical junction box has to be changed, there is no need to modify the mold or manufacture a new mold.This suppresses the increase in the manufacturing cost of the electrical junction box and shortens the delivery time of the product. Becomes Further, the synthetic resin material forming the connector component and the synthetic resin material forming the case body can be different.

According to the third aspect of the present invention,
In the connector component, the synthetic resin material forming the connector portion and the synthetic resin material forming the flange portion can be different from each other.

[0012]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment in which the present invention is embodied in an electric junction box disposed on the inner wall of a vehicle body will be described below with reference to FIGS.

As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the case body 11 of the electric connection box 10 is composed of a lower case 12 made of synthetic resin, and an upper case 13 made of synthetic resin fitted to the lower case 12. The electrical connection box 10 accommodates electrical components (not shown).

The upper case 13 includes a plurality of connector parts 14, 15, 16, 17 formed in advance of synthetic resin.
Is formed as an insert. Therefore, as the synthetic resin material forming each of the connector parts 14, 15, 16, 17 can be used a material different from the synthetic resin material forming the upper case 13. Each connector part 1
4, 15, 16, 17 include connector portions 18, 20, 22, 24 for connecting electrical components, and flange portions 19, 21, 23, 25 integrally formed therearound. The connector portions 18 and 20 are for connecting a female connector as an electrical component, the connector portion 22 is for connecting a relay as an electrical component, and the connector portion 24 is for connecting a fuse as an electrical component. It is for doing.

In this embodiment, the two connector parts 1
The flange portions 19 and 21 of 4, 15 have the same predetermined external shape and the same external dimensions. Similarly,
The flange portions 23, 25 of both connector parts 15, 16 have the same predetermined outer shape and the same outer dimensions. Note that the outer shapes and outer dimensions of the flanges 19 and 21 are different from the outer shapes and outer dimensions of the flanges 23 and 25.

To form the upper case 13 configured as described above, a connector component having a connector to be formed is set at a predetermined position with respect to a mold for manufacturing the upper case 13. Then, a molten synthetic resin as a molten material is injected into the mold. When the synthetic resin injected into the mold is solidified and the mold is removed, the upper case 13 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 can be obtained.

Next, effects of the present embodiment will be described. The upper case 13 in the electric connection box 10 according to the present embodiment includes connector parts 14, 15, 1 formed in advance.
6, 17 are molded as inserts. The flange portions 19 and 21 of the connector components 14 and 15 have the same external shape and the same external size, and the flange portions 23 and 25 of the connector components 16 and 17 have the same external shape and the same external size. Therefore, when the design of the upper case 13 is changed, the connector portions 18 and 21 or the connector portions 22 and
24 and the connector portions 18, 20, 22,
In order to change the type and the number of the 24 formed, it is only necessary to change the used number of the connector parts 14 to 17 and the position where the connector parts 14 to 17 are inserted. It can easily respond to design changes. In addition, since the design of the upper case 13 (electrical junction box 10) needs to be changed, it is not necessary to repair or newly manufacture a mold, and it is possible to reduce the time and cost required for the modification. In addition, it is possible to suppress an increase in the manufacturing cost of the electrical junction box 10 and to shorten the delivery time of the product.

In the present embodiment, the connector parts 14,
Upper case 1 with 15, 16, 17 as inserts
3, the connector parts 14, 15, 1
Synthetic resin material for forming 6, 17 and upper case 13
Can be different from the synthetic resin material forming the. For example, in order to provide heat resistance to a connector portion which is a heat generating portion in a conventional electric junction box, the entire upper case must be formed using an expensive heat-resistant synthetic resin material. Will be higher. On the other hand, in the present embodiment, the connector component 1
Only 4, 15, 16 and 17 can be formed using an expensive synthetic resin material having heat resistance, and the portions other than the connector portion of the upper case 13 can be formed using an inexpensive synthetic resin material. In addition, it is possible to suppress the increase in the manufacturing cost of the upper case 13 and the electric connection box 10 while securing the functions and characteristics required for the electric connection box 10.

The embodiment may be modified as follows. FIG. 3 shows another electrical junction box. The case body 11 of the electric connection box includes a lower case 12 made of synthetic resin, and an upper case 13 made of synthetic resin fitted to the lower case 12. The upper case 13 is formed using the connector part 26 as an insert.
The connector component 26 includes a connector 27 for connecting electrical components, and a flange 28 formed around the connector 27. The connector part 26 is formed by inserting a connector part 27 formed of a synthetic resin in advance as an insert into the flange part 2.
8 is formed.

Therefore, in the connector part 26, only the connector part 27 can be formed using an expensive synthetic resin material having heat resistance, and the flange part 28 can be formed using an inexpensive synthetic resin material. Therefore, while ensuring the functions and characteristics required of the electric junction box, the upper case 1
Third, the increase in the manufacturing cost of the electric connection box 10 can be further suppressed.

In the above embodiment, the case body 1
One lower case 12 may be molded with a connector component as an insert.

[0022]

As described in detail above, according to any one of the first to third aspects of the present invention, it is possible to easily cope with a change in the design of the electric connection box and to manufacture the electric connection box. The increase in cost can be suppressed, and the delivery time of the product can be shortened.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the synthetic resin material forming the connector portion and the synthetic resin material forming the flange portion can be made different from each other, and the functions required for the electric junction box In addition, it is possible to further suppress the increase in the manufacturing cost of the electric junction box while securing the characteristics.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an electric junction box according to one embodiment.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view showing the electric junction box.

FIG. 3 is a partial cross-sectional view showing another electric connection box.

FIG. 4 is a plan view showing a conventional electric junction box.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view showing a conventional electric junction box.

[Description of Signs] 11 ... case body, 13 ... upper case constituting the case body, 14, 15, 16, 17, 26 ... connector parts, 18, 20, 22, 24, 27 ... connector part, 1
9, 21, 23, 25, 28 ... flange portions.

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. An electrical connection box provided with a connector portion for connecting electrical components to a surface of a case body made of a synthetic resin, wherein the case body is molded using a connector component formed in advance as an insert. Electrical junction box. 2. The electrical junction box according to claim 1, wherein the connector component includes a connector portion and a flange portion formed around the connector portion, and the flange portion has a predetermined outer shape and outer size. Electrical junction box. 3. The electrical junction box according to claim 2, wherein the connector component is formed by molding the flange portion with a connector portion formed in advance as an insert.