Patent ID: 11923650
Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  B | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A cable connection part structure for a power control unit that connects a power control unit configured to control electric power and a power supply cable pulled out downward from the power control unit, the cable connection part structure comprising:
the power control unit having an electric power control device and a unit case that accommodates the electric power control device;
a unit-side connector connected to a power supply passage of the electric power control device in the unit case and having a first connection terminal directed toward a space below the unit case; and
a cable-side connector connected to the power supply cable and having a second connection terminal connected to the first connection terminal from below the unit case,
wherein the cable-side connector has:
a connector case configured to support the second connection terminal; and
a bolt fixed to the connector case and having a shaft section passing upward through a part of the unit case from below, and
the cable-side connector is fixed to the unit case and the unit-side connector by fastening a nut to the shaft section passing through the unit case from above,
wherein the cable-side connector comprises a plurality of retainer blocks accommodated in the connector case and configured to sandwich the power supply cable from an outer side in a radial direction, and
the retainer blocks and the connector case have cam surfaces that push the retainer blocks inward in the radial direction according to upward displacement of the connector case when the nut is fastened to the shaft section of the bolt.