JP2584525Y2 - Electrical junction box - Google Patents

Description

[Detailed description of the invention]

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric junction box mounted on a vehicle such as an automobile.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art A fuse block, a junction block, a relay block, or the like as an electric connection box of an automobile includes a large number of electric connection parts, and is attached to a lower part of an instrument or the like as a so-called high-assembly control unit (actually open). Sho 62-26759, Shokai 63-1
09430).

[0003] On the other hand, a release cable for releasing the parking brake is also attached so as to extend near the lower part of the instrument.

FIGS. 4 to 6 are a perspective view, a front view, and a side view showing a conventional relationship between the two. In these figures, reference numeral 1 denotes an electric connection box having a number of connectors 1a;
Is a release cable of a parking brake, 3 is a knob of a cable, 4 is an instrument, 5 is a parking lever bracket, and 6, 7, and 8 are attachments provided on the left side and upper left and right sides of the electric junction box 1 in the drawing. Parts 9, 10, 10 and 11 are mounting brackets of the electric junction box 1 extended from the instrument 4 so as to correspond to the mounting sections.

The parking lever bracket 5 is attached to the vehicle dash panel 15 or the like. When a pedal (not shown) is depressed, the parking brake is transmitted to a control cable connected to a center brake (not shown) in accordance with the depression force. When the knob 3 of the release cable 2 is subjected to a pulling operation, for example, the internal ratchet is released and the parking brake is released.

As described above, since the electric junction box 1 is configured as a high-assembly control unit, the electric junction box 1 can be attached after the release cable 2 of the parking brake is attached to the vehicle body. Since the cable 2 and the mounting portion 6 are close to each other when tightening with the bolt 12 at the time of mounting, conventionally, as shown by a dotted line in FIG. The cable 2 is lifted to the position shown by the solid line and tightened to prevent the cable 2 from being pinched.

[0007]

However, such a conventional lifting operation of the cable 2 has a disadvantage that the workability is poor because it requires human labor. Therefore, as shown by solid lines in FIGS. 4 and 5, it is conceivable to move the cable 2 so as to hang it on the shoulder 13a of the case 13 of the electric junction box 1 and tighten the bolt 12. In this case, However, since the cable 2 has elasticity, it returns to the position shown by the dotted line, and there is a problem in that biting by the bolt is apt to occur, so that poor workability is not improved.

Accordingly, the present invention aims to prevent the release cable from being entangled by improving the case of the electric junction box, thereby improving the mounting workability.

[0009]

According to the present invention, in order to achieve the above-mentioned object, after a linear article such as a parking cable is attached to a vehicle so as to be stretched over, a mounting portion approaches an intermediate portion of the linear article. Electrical junction box,
The intermediate portion of the linear article is locked at a position on the surface of the electric connection box away from the mounting portion while elastically deforming the intermediate portion, and the lock is released after the mounting of the electric connection box is completed. In this case, a projection for temporarily locking is provided so that the projection can be returned to the original state when it is made.

[0010]

After setting the electrical connection box in a predetermined positional relationship, lightly attaching the bolts, and then hooking the intermediate portion of the already attached cable on the projection, the cable is separated from the biting portion. Since it stops at the position and does not come off, the bolting is completed in that state. After that, if the cable is lifted and removed from the projection, the cable returns to a regular predetermined position by elasticity. Therefore, biting of the cable by bolting is prevented. In this way, the simple hook setting ensures the hooking work of the cable and improves the mounting workability.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS.

First, the structure will be described. The same parts as those of the prior art will be denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. The difference of this embodiment from the conventional one is that a projection 14 is provided on the left shoulder 13a of the case 13 of the electric junction box 1. The protrusion 14
When the case 13 is made of a synthetic resin, the case 13 is made at the same time by integral molding. Its shape is a cross shape with a uniform cross section,
The projecting shape has a height slightly larger than the diameter of the cable 2. The protruding position is a position having an interval where the cable 2 can enter between the mounting portion 7 and the position protruding from the mounting portion 6 of the cable 2 but as close as possible, that is, within a range in which the cable 2 can be elastically deformed. There is.

Next, the operation of the above embodiment will be described. The cable 2 is attached to a predetermined position on the vehicle body in advance.

Then, the electric junction box 1 is set so that the mounting portions 6, 7 and 8 are fitted with the brackets 9, 10 and 11, and lightly mounted with the bolts 12. After that, the cable 2 is lifted up, the projection 14 is mounted, and the cable 2 is hooked between the mounting portion 7 (the position shown in FIG. 2G). As a result, the intermediate portion of the cable 2 is located at a position away from the mounting portion 6 where there is a risk of biting, and does not come off. After doing so, the bolt 12 is fully tightened. Finally cable 2
If it is removed and it returns to the regular position of the dotted line, the installation work is completed.

The projections 14 are provided on the case 13 as described above.
It may be formed integrally with the case 13, or may be formed separately and fitted into the case 13 by a method such as fitting. Further, the cross section may have any shape such as a circular cross section.

In short, the protrusion is hooked by the cable,
What is necessary is just to select and determine the shape and the position which do not naturally deviate.

The cable is not limited to the release cable of the parking brake, but may be another cable such as a hood,
A flexible linear article such as a cable or a wire such as a trunk or a speedometer may be used.

[0018]

As described above, according to the present invention, when an electric junction box is attached to a vehicle after attaching a linear article such as a parking cable, the linear article bites into the attaching portion. There is an effect that workability to be performed so that there is no problem can be remarkably improved.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a front view of FIG.

FIG. 3 is a side view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a conventional one.

FIG. 5 is a front view of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a side view of FIG. 4;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Electric connection box 2 Release cable (linear article) 3 Knob 4 Instrument 5 Parking lever bracket 6 Attachment part 7 Attachment part 8 Attachment part 9 Bracket 10 Bracket 11 Bracket 12 Bolt 13 Case 13a Shoulder part 14 Projection 15 Dash panel

Claims (1)

(57) [Scope of request for utility model registration] 1. An electric junction box which is attached to a vehicle so that a linear article such as a parking cable is stretched over, and which is attached in a state where an attaching portion approaches an intermediate portion of the linear article.
The intermediate portion of the linear article is locked at a position on the surface of the electric connection box away from the mounting portion while elastically deforming the intermediate portion, and the lock is released after the mounting of the electric connection box is completed. An electric connection box, wherein a projection for temporarily locking is provided so that it can be returned to an original state when the electric connection box is made.