Patent ID: 9204562
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: B60R,H02G,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electrical junction box comprising: a case that comprises a bottom plate portion and a ease-side peripheral wall portion extending upright from a peripheral edge of the bottom plate portion, the case having an opening that opens to a lateral side; a circuit structure that is accommodated in the case; and a cover that closes the opening of the case and comprises a lid plate portion and a cover-side peripheral wall portion extending upright from a peripheral edge of the lid plate portion and covering a perimeter of the case-side peripheral wall portion, wherein a protruding length of a cover-side upper wall portion of the cover-side peripheral wall portion that is located on an upper side in a state in which the electrical junction box is used is set at such a length that the cover-side upper wall portion protrudes outward beyond an outer surface of the bottom plate portion, a step is formed in an outer surface and an inner surface of at least a case-side upper wall portion of the case-side peripheral wall portion that is located on the upper side in the state in which the electrical junction box is used such that a region of the case-side peripheral wall portion on the side of the opening protrudes outward beyond a region of the case-side peripheral wall portion on the side of the bottom plate portion, in a state in which the cover and the case are assembled, the cover comprises a waterproof wall protruding from the lid plate portion toward the case, the waterproof wall being disposed at a position to the inside of the case-side upper will portion and overhanging the circuit structure, and the waterproof wall is disposed below the step that is formed in the inner surface of the case-side upper wall portion.