| US 7,507,905 B2 | ||
| Electrical junction box | ||
| Masahiro Kanamaru, Shizuoka-ken (Japan); Makoto Nakayama, Shizuoka-ken (Japan); and Tarou Inoue, Shizuoka-ken (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Dec. 19, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/959,849. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. P2006-344217 (JP), filed on Dec. 21, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0149386 A1, Jun. 26, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H02G 3/08 (2006.01); H02G 3/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 174—50 [174/489; 174/68.1; 174/72 A; 439/76.1; 439/76.2; 439/535] | 6 Claims |
| 1. An electrical junction box comprising,
a box body configured to accommodate an electrical component; and
a cover mounted on an exterior surface of a lateral side of the box body after a wire harness is wired to the box body, wherein
the box body has a frontal-open type wiring groove formed on the exterior surface of the lateral side of the box body to accommodate
the wire harness drawn out of the lateral side of the box body and further led from an upper part of the lateral side downwardly,
the wiring groove having a U-shaped cross section,
the wiring groove is defined by left and right sidewalls projecting from the exterior surface of the lateral side of the box
body,
the left and right sidewalls of the wiring groove have, at respective leading ends thereof, temporary locking parts projecting
inside with each other for restricting slipping of the wire harness out of the wiring groove, and
the cover has restricting walls configured to restrict outward deflection of the left and right sidewalls of the wiring groove
by being respectively positioned outside the left and right sidewalls of the wiring groove on condition that the cover is
mounted to the box body.
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