(19)
(11) EP 1 187 270 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
05.06.2002 Bulletin 2002/23

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.03.2002 Bulletin 2002/11

(21) Application number: 01307603.9

(22) Date of filing: 07.09.2001
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 13/66, H01R 9/24
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE TR
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 08.09.2000 JP 2000273432

(71) Applicant: Yazaki Corporation
Minato-ku, Tokyo (JP)

(72) Inventors:
  • Ito, Seiji
    Susono-shi, Shizuoka (JP)
  • Uematsu, Satoshi
    Susono-shi, Shizuoka (JP)
  • Osamu, Yaguda
    Susono-shi, Shizuoka (JP)
  • Watanabe, Kazuhiro
    Susono-shi, Shizuoka (JP)
  • Nakatsugawa, Susumu
    Toyohira-ku, Sapporo-shi, Hokkaido (JP)

(74) Representative: Haley, Stephen 
Gill Jennings & Every, Broadgate House, 7 Eldon Street
London EC2M 7LH
London EC2M 7LH (GB)

   


(54) Electric connection box


(57) A waterproof cover 45, covering wire connection portions 54 provided at a bottom surface of a connection box body 50, includes a cover body 60, slidably engaged with the connection box body 50 along the bottom surface of the connection box body 50, and a cover side wall portion 71 which is provided downwardly at one side edge of the connection box body 50 so as to close a notch opening 66 formed in one side surface of the cover body 60. A wire capture-prevention wall 75 for guiding and holding wires 80 at the inside of the cover is formed on and projects from that portion of an inner surface of the cover side wall portion 71 disposed near to a peripheral edge thereof including at least the peripheral edge of a distal end portion of this cover side wall portion.






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