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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
May. 15, 2008
Masaoki Yoshida, Shizuoka, JP;
Takuya Nakayama, Shizuoka, JP;
Koji Ueyama, Shizuoka, JP;
Yazaki Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
It is object of the present invention to provide an electric junction box that can effectively drain liquid away therefrom. The electric junction box in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention comprises a wiring board; a connector block having a body, and a terminal passing through a bottom wall of the body and being electrically connected to the wiring board at an end portion thereof, the body having a groove formed on an inner face of the bottom wall, and an outlet communicating with an end of the groove; and a case being disposed above the bottom wall, having a hole disposed thereon, and being configured to receive both the wiring board and the connector block therein, the hole being configured to pass an opposite end portion of the terminal therethrough. In such a construction, when liquid leaks into the case via the hole and arrives at the bottom wall, the groove is configured to take the liquid up and to guide the liquid to the outlet due to capillary phenomenon.