Patent ID: 9318287
Filing Date: 2016-04-19
CPC Classification: H01H,H05K

Claim Text:
1. A relay fixing structure for fixing a relay which controls on/off states of an electric circuit, to a housing, comprising: a housing base including a bottom portion on which the relay is to be placed, and a wall portion which surrounds an outer portion of the relay and erects from the bottom portion; and a housing cover including a lid portion which covers the relay, and an edge portion which is suspended from a peripheral edge of the lid portion toward the wall portion of the housing base, wherein the housing base is provided with an engaging portion which is engaged with the housing cover, the housing cover is provided with an engaged portion which is configured to be engaged with the engaging portion, a rib portion which regulates movement of the relay, and a pressing portion which presses the relay and is elastically deformable, the rib portion includes first rib portions which abut against the outer portion, and second rib portions which abut against the wall portion, the first rib portions and the second rib portions are formed in plural numbers over an entire circumference of the edge portion, and the pressing portion is disposed on the lid portion so as to be opposed to the relay, and is elastically deformed to press the relay toward the bottom portion in a state where the engaging portion and the engaged portion are engaged with each other.