Patent ID: 6982379

Claim:
An automotive electrical connection box, comprising: an upper casing having an upper wall with an intermediate portion and a plurality of peripheral sides, at least one sloped surface on the upper wall sloping down from the intermediate portion to at least one of the peripheral sides, an upper surrounding wall extending down from the upper wall at the peripheral sides; a lower casing having a bottom wall and a lower surrounding wall extending up from the bottom wall, a rib extending up from the bottom wall inwardly from the lower surrounding wall, drainage holes being formed through the bottom wall between the lower surrounding wall and the rib, portions of the bottom wall between the lower surrounding wall and the rib being sloped down to the drainage holes; and the upper casing being fit on the lower casing so that the upper surrounding wall fits between the lower surrounding wall and the rib and defines a drainage path between the upper and lower surrounding walls for channeling water towards the drainage holes, whereby water is kept away from areas of the bottom wall inward of the rib.