Patent ID: 7578679
Filing Date: 2009-08-25
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. An electric connection box comprising: an upper surface cover; a lower surface cover which forms a space between the upper and lower surface covers; a circuit board received in a generally horizontal posture within the space; an electric part mounted on an upper surface of said circuit board; a connector which is located at an end portion of said circuit board, and has a fitting surface directed for a mating connector; and a connecting terminal electrically connecting the connector to the circuit board, wherein a soldering surface clearance is secured between said circuit board and said lower surface cover so as to protect portions of terminals of said electric part and the connection terminal soldered to a circuit formed on said circuit board, such that neither a body part of the electric part mounted on the upper surface of the circuit board nor body parts of other electric parts are disposed within the soldering surface clearance; wherein said circuit board, said soldering surface clearance, and said electric part are disposed within the range of a height of the fitting surface of said connector, and wherein a fixing bracket is formed at an intermediate portion of a surface opposed to the fitting surface of said connector in a direction of the height of the fitting surface of said connector, said fixing bracket is fixed to said circuit board, and said fixing bracket is electrically independent of the connecting terminal, wherein the height of the fitting surface of the connector is substantially equal to the distance between the upper and lower surface cover.