Yazaki Corporation

Yusuke Nagai

Satoshi Yokoyama

Makoto Goto

A liquid discharge structure includes a bottom wall with a discharge opening for liquid, the liquid being collected inside a casing which is configured to be installed in a vehicle, a blocking wall disposed outside the bottom wall so that the blocking wall is overlapped with the discharge opening in a plan view on the bottom wall and opposed to the bottom wall with a gap, and a pair of vertical walls extending towards the bottom wall from the blocking wall in a front-rear direction of the vehicle, the pair of vertical walls being opposed to each other in a width direction of the vehicle, wherein the pair of vertical walls is configured to define a discharge path together with the bottom wall and the blocking wall, the discharge path being opened towards both of a front and rear side of the vehicle.

Liquid discharge structure

A liquid discharge structure includes a bottom wall to be disposed tilted relative to a horizontal plane at a casing which is configured to be installed in a vehicle, a lateral wall arranged vertically at a lower end edge of the bottom wall, wherein the lower end edge is configured to be located on a lower side of the bottom wall being tilted, wherein the lateral wall has a discharge opening for liquid located at an end of the lateral wall closer to the bottom wall, a tubular rib wall projecting at least inwardly within the casing from the lateral wall so as to surround the discharge opening, and a partitioning rib wall which is arranged vertically on an inner surface of the bottom wall at a position closer to the lateral wall so that the partitioning rib wall extends intersecting a center axis of the tubular rib wall.

An objective of the present invention is to improve the discharge capacity for liquid collected within a casing while suppressing liquid entering a discharge opening from the outside. A liquid discharge structure includes a plate-shaped bottom wall with a discharge opening for liquid, the liquid being collected inside a casingwhich is configured to be installed in a vehicle, a blocking wall outside the bottom wall, wherein the blocking wall is overlapped with the discharge opening in a plan view on the bottom wall and opposed to the bottom wall with a gap between the blocking wall and the bottom wall, and a fixing mechanism which is disposed not to be overlapped with the discharge opening in the plan view, wherein the fixing mechanism is configured to fix the blocking wall relative to the bottom wall in an attachable and detachable manner.

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Yusuke Nagai