Patent ID: 7599189

Claim:
A board-housing case, comprising: a case main body to which a board is attached, on a surface of the board an electrical element being arranged, to the board an end portion of a connector terminal being connected, the case main body including: a board housing for accommodating the board; a connector housing for accommodating another end portion of the connector terminal; a component housing for accommodating component, the component housing and the connector housing being aligned in a direction parallel to a plane of the board; and a joint portion integrally formed with the connector housing and the component housing to connect the connector housing and the component housing, an external dimension of the joint portion in a direction orthogonal to the plane of the board is smaller than that of the connector housing and the component housing; and a busbar having a board-side terminal portion connected with the board and a connector-side terminal portion located in the connector housing, wherein: the busbar includes a reinforcement plate portion, a plane of the reinforcement plate portion being non-parallel to the plane of the board, a longitudinal direction of the reinforcement plate portion being non-parallel to a reference line, the reference line being a straight line which is parallel to the plane of the board and is orthogonal to an alignment direction of the connector housing, the joint portion, and the component housing; and the reinforcement plate portion is formed by insert molding in a resin portion of the joint portion.