JP2013034275A - Electrical junction box - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an electrical junction box of a novel structure which is capable of achieving further improvement in assemblability.SOLUTION: In a mounting part 14 projectingly provided on a box body 12 and fixed to a mounting member 20 on the vehicle body side, a plurality of grooves 26 which are open on a second surface 24 on the opposite side to a first surface 22 superposed on the mounting member 20 and extend in a direction intersecting the projecting direction of the mounting part 14 are formed in parallel.

Description

  The present invention relates to an electrical junction box provided in an automobile or the like, and more particularly to an electrical junction box attached to a vehicle body or the like via an attachment portion provided in a box body.

  As is well known, an electrical connection box such as a junction box, a relay box, or a connector box is used in an automobile or the like. Such an electrical connection box has a mounting portion protruding from the box body as described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-328953 (Patent Document 1). By being fixed to the mounting member with bolts or the like, the mounting member is attached to the vehicle body via the mounting portion.

  By the way, many electrical connection boxes are made of synthetic resin, and as is clear from Patent Document 1, the mounting portion to the vehicle body is often resin-molded integrally with the box body. If there is a variation between the mounting part and the dimensions of the mounting member on the vehicle body due to a dimensional error during molding, there may be a gap between the mounting part and the mounting member, making assembly difficult. . In particular, in the electrical junction box as described in Patent Document 1, in order to break the mounting portion and separate the box main body from the vehicle body at the time of recycling, the base end portion of the mounting portion is made thin and easy to break. For this reason, if an excessive force is applied, the attachment portion may be broken.

JP 2004-328953 A

  The present invention has been made in the background of the above-mentioned circumstances, and a problem to be solved is to provide an electrical junction box having a novel structure capable of further improving assemblability.

  According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided an electrical connection box in which a mounting portion is protruded from a box body, and the mounting portion is fixed to a mounting member on a vehicle body side. The mounting portion overlaps the mounting member. A plurality of grooves that open in the second surface opposite to the first surface and extend in a direction intersecting the protruding direction of the mounting portion are formed in parallel.

  According to the electrical junction box having the structure according to this aspect, the plurality of grooves are formed in parallel in the mounting portion in the direction intersecting the protruding direction of the mounting portion. Thereby, the thickness dimension of the attachment portion is reduced at the groove forming portion, and the attachment portion can be easily bent and deformed in the plate thickness direction. As a result, even if there is a gap between the mounting part and the mounting member on the vehicle body due to dimensional errors, the mounting part can be bent and deformed to absorb the gap and overlap the mounting member on the vehicle body Therefore, the assembling property can be improved.

  In particular, since the groove is opened only on the surface opposite to the mounting member on the vehicle body side, bending deformation in a direction away from the mounting member causes the opening size of the groove to become smaller and the inner surfaces of the grooves contact each other. As a result, excessive deformation is prevented and appropriate strength is ensured. On the other hand, since the bending deformation in the direction approaching the mounting member is sufficiently allowed, the gap between the mounting portion and the mounting member can be effectively absorbed by the bending deformation of the mounting portion. And the attachment part is piled up on the attachment member by the side of a vehicle body in the attachment state to the attachment member by the side of a vehicle body in the 1st surface where the groove | channel is not opened. As a result, at the time of mounting on the mounting member, the bending deformation in the direction approaching the mounting member is sufficiently allowed, and in the mounted state, the bending deformation is prevented by overlapping the mounting member on the vehicle body side on the first surface side. The strength of the mounting portion can be ensured, and the assembling property can be improved while securing the strength of the mounting portion to reduce the risk of breakage.

  A second aspect of the present invention is the one described in the first aspect, wherein the plurality of grooves are linear.

  According to this aspect, since the groove shape is simple, a plurality of grooves can be easily formed. Since the mounting portion is easily deformed in a direction perpendicular to the extending direction of the plurality of grooves, the direction in which the bending deformation is allowed in the mounting portion by setting the extending direction of the plurality of grooves. Can be easily set in a desired direction.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the first or second aspect, the plurality of grooves extend perpendicular to the protruding direction of the attachment portion.

  According to this aspect, since the direction orthogonal to the extending direction of the plurality of grooves is the protruding direction of the mounting portion, the mounting portion can be easily bent and deformed in the protruding direction. As a result, even when a gap is generated between the attachment member and the attachment portion during attachment to the attachment member on the vehicle body side, the attachment portion is easily bent and deformed toward the attachment member side, and the gap is advantageously absorbed. I can do it.

  According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the one described in any one of the first to third aspects, the plurality of grooves are formed in parallel at the same cross-sectional shape and the same pitch. It is.

  According to this aspect, by forming a plurality of grooves periodically, the thin portion where the groove is formed in the attachment portion and the thick portion where the groove is not formed are repeated in a constant pattern. Thereby, the bendability and strength of the entire mounting portion can be made uniform, and workability and durability can be improved.

  According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the one described in any one of the first to fourth aspects, the plurality of grooves are formed only at positions where the mounting portion overlaps the mounting member on the vehicle body side. It is what.

  According to this aspect, the groove is not formed at a position where the mounting portion does not overlap with the mounting member on the vehicle body side. Thereby, the strength of the portion of the mounting portion that is not reinforced by the mounting member on the vehicle body side can be secured, and the risk of inadvertent breakage can be reduced.

  In this aspect, the mounting portion projecting from the box body is opened in the second surface opposite to the first surface superimposed on the mounting member on the vehicle body side, in a direction intersecting the protruding direction of the mounting portion. A plurality of extending grooves were formed in parallel. As a result, the mounting portion can be bent and deformed, the gap between the mounting member on the vehicle body side and the mounting portion due to a dimensional error or the like can be absorbed, and excellent assemblability can be obtained. Excessive bending toward the second surface side is prevented by the inner surfaces of the grooves coming into contact with each other, and the bending toward the first surface side causes the vehicle body side mounting member to overlap the first surface. It is prevented by this. As a result, it is possible to improve the assembling property while ensuring the strength of the mounting portion and reducing the risk of breakage.

The perspective view of the electrical-connection box as one Embodiment of this invention. The perspective view of an attaching part. FIG. 3 is an A arrow view in FIG. 2. B arrow view in FIG. Explanatory drawing for demonstrating the bending deformation of an attaching part. The figure corresponding to FIG. 3 which shows the aspect from which a groove | channel differs. The figure equivalent to FIG. 4 which shows the further different aspect of a groove | channel.

  Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

  First, FIG. 1 shows an electrical junction box 10 as an embodiment of the present invention. The electrical junction box 10 is made of a synthetic resin and has a structure in which mounting portions 14 and 16 are integrally formed with the box body 12.

  The attachment part 14 is shown in FIGS. The attachment portion 14 has a protruding piece shape protruding from a corner portion of the box body 12 having a rectangular box shape. The specific shape of the mounting portion 14 is appropriately set according to the shape of the box body 12, the shape of the mounting location of the electrical connection box 10, etc., and the rectangular flat plate shape or the protruding tip portion is triangular. Various shapes such as a home base shape can be employed, but in the present embodiment, a substantially tongue-like shape that gradually tapers with a curved shape toward the protruding tip from the box body 12 is formed. A bolt hole 18 is provided through the tip of the mounting portion 14 protruding from the box body 12.

  The attachment portion 14 has a plate shape having a substantially constant thickness dimension. As shown in FIG. 4, one surface is a first surface 22 that is superimposed on the vehicle body panel 20 as a mounting member on the vehicle body side. The first surface 22 is a flat surface that does not have unevenness over the entire attachment portion 14.

  Furthermore, a plurality of grooves 26 are formed in parallel in the attachment portion 14 so as to open in the second surface 24 opposite to the first surface 22. All of the plurality of grooves 26 have the same shape, and in the present embodiment, the grooves 26 have a linear concave shape having a rectangular concave cross section with a constant width dimension: W. Thus, the groove 26 extends with a constant opening width dimension: W, and the bottom surface 28 of the groove 26 is a flat surface having a predetermined width dimension: W equal to the opening dimension. The groove 26 is formed over the entire width of the mounting portion 14, whereby both end portions in the extending direction of the groove 26 are opened on both side surfaces 30 a and 30 b of the mounting portion 14.

  A plurality of such grooves 26 are formed in parallel with the attachment portion 14. The groove 26 in the present embodiment extends perpendicularly to the protruding direction: 1 of the mounting portion 14, and the plurality of grooves 26 are formed at a predetermined interval: P in the protruding direction: 1 of the mounting portion 14. Has been. In the present embodiment, all of the plurality of grooves 26 have the same shape, and the arrangement interval (pitch): P of the plurality of grooves 26 is also constant. As a result, a plurality of grooves 26 are periodically formed in the mounting portion 14 in the projecting direction: 1 from the box body 12. The plurality of grooves 26 are formed in the mounting portion 14 between the bolt holes 18 formed at the protruding tip end portion from the box body 12 and the protruding proximal end portion 32 from the box body 12. Accordingly, the groove 26 is not formed in the protruding proximal end portion 32 of the attachment portion 14.

  In the box body 12, a mounting portion 16 protrudes from a corner corresponding to the diagonal of the mounting portion 14. The attachment portion 16 is a conventionally known one in which the plurality of grooves 26 as in the attachment portion 14 are not formed, and an appropriate shape is adopted in consideration of the shape of the attachment portion and the like.

  In the electrical junction box 10 having such a structure, the mounting portion 16 is bolted to a vehicle body panel or the like (not shown), and the mounting portion 14 is fixed to the vehicle body panel 20 as shown in FIG. The attachment portion 14 is fixed to the vehicle body panel 20 by inserting a bolt 34 through the bolt hole 18 in a state where the first surface 22 is superimposed on the vehicle body panel 20. In a state of being fixed to the vehicle body panel 20, the plurality of grooves 26 are opened in the second surface 24 on the side opposite to the vehicle body panel 20. Further, the end edge portion 36 of the vehicle body panel 20 is overlapped with the protruding base end portion 32 of the mounting portion 14. Thus, the vehicle body panel 20 is overlapped from the protruding base end portion 32 of the mounting portion 14 to the protruding front end portion, and the plurality of grooves 26 are formed from the protruding base end portion 32 of the mounting portion 14 to the protruding front end portion. Thus, the mounting portion 14 is formed only at a position overlapping the vehicle body panel 20.

  And the attachment part 14 in this embodiment has a thickness dimension made small in the formation part of the groove | channel 26, and the intensity | strength is made low locally. Thereby, the attaching part 14 can be easily bent and deformed in the thickness direction. As a result, even if a gap is generated between the mounting portion 14 and the vehicle body panel 20 due to a dimensional error, the mounting portion 14 is bent and deformed to approach the vehicle body panel 20 to absorb the dimensional error, and the mounting portion 14 can be securely overlapped and fixed to the vehicle body panel 20, and the assemblability can be improved.

  Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5A, the attachment portion 14 is subjected to a force from the first surface 22 side to the second surface 24 side and is bent and deformed to the second surface 24 side. Since the opening width dimension of each groove | channel 26 becomes small and the opening edge part of each groove | channel 26 contacts mutually, the excessive bending deformation to the 2nd surface 24 side is prevented. Thereby, careless breakage when the mounting portion 14 is bent toward the second surface 24 can be prevented. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5B, when a force is applied from the second surface 24 side to the first surface 22 side, the opening edges of the grooves 26 do not interfere with each other, and The bending deformation to the surface 22 side is easily permitted. In the state of being fixed to the vehicle body panel 20, the vehicle body panel 20 is superimposed on the first surface 22 side where a large amount of flexure deformation is allowed, whereby the mounting portion 14 is reinforced by the vehicle body panel 20. The bending deformation to the surface 22 side can be prevented. As a result, when attaching to the vehicle body panel 20, the attachment portion 14 is easily bent and deformed toward the vehicle body panel 20 to exhibit excellent assemblability, and in the state of attachment to the vehicle body panel 20, the vehicle body panel 20. By skillfully utilizing this, the attachment portion 14 is reinforced to ensure the strength of the attachment portion 14 and prevent breakage.

  Moreover, in this embodiment, each groove | channel 26 is made into the simple linear shape. Thereby, the several groove | channel 26 can be formed easily. Then, the bending deformation of the mounting portion 14 can be facilitated in a direction orthogonal to the extending direction of each groove 26, and each groove 26 extends in a direction orthogonal to the protruding direction of the mounting portion 14. The mounting portion 14 can be easily bent and deformed in the protruding direction, and the gap with the vehicle body panel 20 can be effectively absorbed. Furthermore, since the bottom surface 28 of the groove 26 is formed with a predetermined width dimension, it is possible to ensure a constant thickness dimension even in the thin part where the groove 26 is formed in the attachment part 14. Thereby, it is avoided that the thickness dimension is locally reduced, and the possibility that the mounting portion 14 is broken due to concentration of stress is also avoided. Further, since the plurality of grooves 26 have the same shape and are periodically formed at the same pitch, the entire mounting portion 14 can be easily bent and the strength thereof can be made uniform, and workability and durability can be improved. Further improvement of sex can be achieved.

  In addition, the plurality of grooves 26 are formed only at positions where the mounting portion 14 overlaps the vehicle body panel 20. As a result, the projecting base end portion 32 that is not overlaid by the vehicle body panel 20 and is not reinforced by the vehicle body panel 20 is secured by securing the thickness dimension without forming the groove 26.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was explained in full detail, this invention is not limited by the specific description. For example, FIGS. 6 and 7 show different modes of the plurality of grooves formed in the attachment portion. 6 and 7, members and parts having the same structure as in the above embodiment are given the same reference numerals as in the above embodiment in the drawings, and the description thereof is omitted as appropriate. The groove 40 shown in FIG. 6 has a predetermined opening width dimension and extends in a zigzag shape in a direction orthogonal to the protruding direction of the mounting portion 14 (from the bottom to the top in FIG. 6). As is apparent from this, the groove is not limited to a linear shape. Further, the groove may have a curved shape. On the other hand, the groove 42 shown in FIG. 7 has a triangular cross section. As described above, various cross-sectional shapes of the groove can be adopted, and the groove bottom surface may have no width like the groove 42. The groove may have a cross-sectional shape having a curved portion such as a semicircular shape.

  Furthermore, the extending direction of the groove is not limited to the orthogonal direction as long as it is a direction that intersects the protruding direction of the mounting portion from the box body. Therefore, you may form a some groove | channel extended in the diagonal direction with respect to the protrusion direction of an attaching part.

  In addition, the plurality of grooves in the attachment portion only need to be arranged in parallel, and even if the pitch of each groove is different or the cross-sectional shape of each groove is different, the attachment portion is bent and deformed, and the attachment portion and the vehicle body Of course, it is possible to improve the assemblability by absorbing the gap with the side mounting member. In addition, the position and the number of the mounting parts having the structure according to the present invention are appropriately set according to the specific shape of the box body, the shape of the location of the electrical connection box, etc., and according to the present invention. Of course, it is also possible to provide a plurality of mounting portions having a structure.

10: Electrical connection box, 12: Box body, 14: Mounting part, 20: Body panel (vehicle body side mounting member), 22: First surface, 24: Second surface, 26, 40, 42: Groove, 28: Bottom surface, 32: protruding base end, 34: bolt

Claims (5)

In the electrical connection box in which a mounting portion is provided on the box body, and the mounting portion is fixed to a mounting member on the vehicle body side.
In the mounting portion, a plurality of grooves extending in a direction intersecting with the protruding direction of the mounting portion are formed in parallel to be opened on the second surface opposite to the first surface superimposed on the mounting member. An electrical junction box characterized in that   The electrical junction box according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of grooves are linear.   The electrical connection box according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of grooves extend perpendicular to a protruding direction of the mounting portion.   The electrical junction box according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the plurality of grooves are formed in parallel with the same cross-sectional shape and the same pitch. The electrical junction box according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the plurality of grooves are formed only at positions where the mounting portion overlaps with the mounting member on the vehicle body side.

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