JP6708115B2 - Wiring cover and storage battery unit - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a wiring cover and a storage battery unit including the wiring cover.

Patent Document 1 discloses a household storage battery unit capable of supplying electric power to home electric appliances, lighting equipment, air conditioning equipment, and the like.

JP, 2014-11920, A

Generally, a storage battery unit such as the household storage battery unit has a rectangular box-shaped housing in which a storage battery is housed, is fixed to a wall surface in the room through the housing, and is electrically connected to an external device through a wiring. Connected to each other. Most of this wiring is usually wired inside the wall, and it is pulled out from the wall around the storage battery unit to the outside of the wall and connected to the storage battery inside the housing through the wiring opening provided on the side surface of the housing. It is supposed to be done.

However, since a part of such wiring is exposed indoors, it is easy to break, and there is a possibility that failures due to the break will increase.

Therefore, it is an object of the present invention to provide a wiring cover and a storage battery unit that can protect the wiring that connects the storage battery and an external device.

The wiring cover of one embodiment of the present invention is
A storage battery unit and a storage battery unit having a storage battery housing housing that stores the storage battery, and the installation surface on which the storage battery unit is installed is configured to be laid across,
A first wiring opening provided on the wiring extraction surface of the box-shaped storage battery accommodating housing having a mounting surface facing the installation surface and a wiring extraction surface that intersects with the installation surface and extends in a direction away from the installation surface. Has one end attached thereto, and the other end attached to a second wiring opening provided on the installation surface, and passes through the first wiring opening and the second wiring opening and electrically connects the storage battery to an external device. Cover the wiring.

In addition, the storage battery unit of one embodiment of the present invention,
The storage battery housing,
The wiring cover according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which is fixed to the storage battery housing.
Equipped with.

According to the wiring cover, one end is attached to the first wiring opening provided on the wiring extraction surface of the storage battery housing, and the other end is attached to the second wiring opening provided on the installation surface. Since it is configured to cover the wiring that passes through the second wiring opening and electrically connects the storage battery and the external device, the wiring that connects the storage battery and the external device can be protected.

Further, according to the storage battery unit, the wiring cover can protect the wiring connecting the storage battery and the external device.

The perspective view of the storage battery unit of one embodiment of the present invention. The perspective view of the state which connected the wiring to the storage battery of the storage battery unit of FIG. The perspective view of the state where the upper housing of the storage battery housing was removed from the storage battery unit of FIG. The perspective view of the wiring cover of one embodiment of the present invention. The perspective view which looked at the wiring cover of FIG. 4 from the direction different from FIG. The disassembled perspective view of the wiring cover of FIG. FIG. 7 is an exploded perspective view of the wiring cover of FIG. 4 viewed from a direction different from that of FIG. 6. FIG. 5 is a first diagram for explaining a method of fixing the wiring cover of FIG. 4. The 2nd figure for demonstrating the fixing method of the wiring cover of FIG. FIG. 5 is a third diagram for explaining a method of fixing the wiring cover of FIG. 4. FIG. 5 is a fourth diagram for explaining a method of fixing the wiring cover of FIG. 4. The perspective view which shows the other example of the wiring cover of FIG.

An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, terms indicating a specific direction or position (for example, terms including “upper”, “lower”, “right”, and “left”) are used as necessary, but use of those terms Is for facilitating the understanding of the invention with reference to the drawings, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited by the meanings of the terms. Further, the following description is merely exemplary in nature, and is not intended to limit the present invention, its application, or its application. Furthermore, the drawings are schematic, and the ratios of the respective dimensions and the like do not always match the actual ones.

As shown in FIG. 1, a storage battery unit 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a storage battery housing 4 in which a storage battery 3 is housed, and a wiring cover 2 fixed to the storage battery housing 4. ..

The storage battery 3 is electrically connected to an external device (not shown) by the wiring 5. The storage battery accommodating housing 4 has a substantially rectangular parallelepiped box shape and includes a lower housing 41 and an upper housing 42.

The lower housing 41 and the upper housing 42 respectively include a mounting surface 43 that faces the mounting surface 6 (shown in FIG. 8) on which the storage battery unit 1 is mounted, and a mounting surface 6 that intersects (substantially orthogonal) to the mounting surface 43. And a wiring extraction surface 44 extending in a direction away from. A first wiring opening 45 is provided in the wiring extraction surface 44 of the upper housing 42. Further, the installation surface 6 is provided with a second wiring opening 61 (shown in FIG. 8). The first wiring opening 45 and the second wiring opening 61 are provided so that the wiring 5 can be inserted therein.

The wiring cover 2 is arranged so as to straddle the storage battery unit 1 and the installation surface 6, and has one end attached to the first wiring opening 45 (shown in FIG. 2) of the storage battery accommodating housing 4, and the installation surface 6 The other end is attached to the second wiring opening 61 (shown in FIG. 8) of the second wiring opening 61 and is further configured to cover the wiring 5 (shown in FIG. 2) passing through the first wiring opening 45 and the second wiring opening 61. There is. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 4 to 7, the wiring cover 2 includes a base portion 10 and a concealing portion 20 that is detachably attached to the base portion 10, and the wiring portion 5 can be stored in the base portion 10. 30 (shown in FIGS. 4 and 5) is provided. That is, the concealing section 20 can cover the wiring 5 accommodated in the base section 10.

The base portion 10 is composed of a substantially rectangular plate-shaped first opening forming wall portion 101, a second opening forming wall portion 102, a first opposing wall portion 103, and a fan plate-shaped second opposing wall portion 104. There is. The first opening forming wall portion 101 and the second opening forming wall portion 102 have substantially the same length and width, and are connected so that one short side thereof is orthogonal to each other. The first facing wall portion 103 and the second facing wall portion 104 face each other, and each is substantially orthogonal to the pair of long sides of the first opening forming wall portion 101 and the second opening forming wall portion 102. Are connected as.

The first opening forming wall portion 101 is provided with the first opening portion 11 attached to the first wiring opening 45. The first opening 11 is provided at the end of the first opening forming wall 101 in the direction opposite to the end connected to the second opening forming wall 102 in the longitudinal direction. The first opening 11 has a half-octagonal shape and is provided so that its center line coincides with one long side of the first opening forming wall 101. That is, one long side of the first opening forming wall portion 101 is opened by the first opening portion 11.

Around the first opening 11 of the first opening forming wall 101, a first projecting wall 12 extending from the first opening forming wall 101 in a direction orthogonal to the first opening forming wall 101 is provided. There is. The first protruding wall portion 12 is provided so as to extend to the inside of the storage battery housing housing 4 when the wiring cover 2 is attached to the storage battery housing housing 4. Further, the first protruding wall portion 12 is provided with a pair of screw fixing portions 13 for fixing the concealing portion 20.

The second opening forming wall portion 102 is provided with the second opening portion 14 attached to the second wiring opening 61. The second opening 14 has a circular shape, and is provided at the end of the second opening forming wall 102 opposite to the end connected to the first opening forming wall 102 in the longitudinal direction. There is. Further, the second opening forming wall portion 102 is provided with a plurality of through holes 15 for fixing the base portion 10 to the installation surface 6 (shown in FIG. 8 ).

The first facing wall portion 103 is arranged on the long side of the first opening forming wall portion 101 opened by the first opening portion 11. One of the short sides of the first facing wall portion 103 is connected to the connecting portion 105 of the first opening forming wall portion 101 and the second opening forming wall portion 102 and the first opening portion 11 in the first opening forming wall portion 101. It is connected to a portion between the edge portion 106 closer to the portion 105 and one of the long sides is connected to a portion between the connection portion 105 and the substantially center of the second opening portion 14 in the second opening forming wall portion. ing.

The second facing wall portion 104 is arranged on the long side of the first opening forming wall portion 101 that is not opened by the first opening portion 11. The second facing wall portion 104 has one side extending in the radial direction between the connecting portion 105 of the first opening forming wall portion 101 and the edge portion 107 of the first opening portion 11 which is remote from the connecting portion 105. The other side which is connected to the portion and extends in the radial direction is connected to a portion between the connection portion 105 and the substantially center of the second opening portion 14 in the second opening forming wall portion.

The concealing portion 20 includes a substantially fan-shaped first opposing wall portion 201 and a second opposing wall portion 202, and an arcuate wall portion 203 connected to the arcuate portions of the first opposing wall portion 201 and the second opposing wall portion 202. It is configured.

When the concealing portion 20 is attached to the base portion 10, the first opening 11 of the first opening forming wall portion 101 and the first protruding wall portion 12 are formed on one side of the first facing wall portion 201 extending in the radial direction. A second projecting wall portion 204 that closes the opening in the lateral direction of the first opening forming wall portion 101 is provided. The second protruding wall portion 204 is provided with a pair of screw holes 21 for fixing the concealing portion 20 to the base portion 10 with screws. Each of the pair of screw holes 21 is provided so as to correspond to the screw fixing portion 13 of the base 10 when the concealing portion 20 is attached to the base 10. Further, between the first facing wall portion 201 and the second facing wall portion 202 of the concealing portion 20, a gap 22 (see FIG. 7) in which the first facing wall portion 103 and the second facing wall portion 104 of the base portion 10 can be inserted. (Shown) is provided.

By attaching the concealing portion 20 to the base portion 10, the first opening forming wall portion 101, the second opening forming wall portion 102, the first facing wall portion 103, and the fan plate-shaped second facing wall portion 104 of the base portion 10 are provided. The housing portion 30 surrounded by the first facing wall portion 201, the second facing wall portion 202, and the arcuate wall portion 203 of the concealing portion 20 is formed. The inside of the housing portion 30 and the outside of the wiring cover 2 communicate with each other through the first opening 11 and the second opening 14.

It should be noted that the storage battery housing 4 is provided with a fixed position adjusting portion that can adjust the fixed position of the wiring cover 2 with respect to the storage battery housing 4 in a direction orthogonal to the installation surface 6. The fixed position adjusting portion is composed of the first wiring opening 45 and the first protruding wall portion 12 and the second protruding wall portion 204 of the wiring cover 2. Specifically, the first protruding wall portion 12 and the second protruding wall portion 204 of the wiring cover 2 are movable in the direction orthogonal to the installation surface 6 in a state of being inserted into the first wiring opening 45.

Subsequently, a method of fixing the wiring cover 2 will be described with reference to FIGS.

First, as shown in FIG. 8, the storage battery unit 1 is fixed to the installation surface 6, and the second wiring opening 61 is formed in the installation surface 6. Here, the storage battery unit 1 is placed on the floor 7 in the room. Further, the installation surface 6 is an indoor wall, and has a skirting board 62 provided at a boundary portion with the floor 7.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9, after removing the upper housing 42 and fixing the base portion 10 to the installation surface 6 with screws, as shown in FIG. The wiring 5 is drawn into the room through the opening 61. 9 and 10, the upper housing 42 is shown by a dotted line.

Finally, as shown in FIG. 11, the concealing portion 20 is fixed to the base portion 10 with screws, and then the upper housing 42 is attached. As a result, the wiring cover 2 is fixed to the storage battery unit 1 in a state in which the wiring cover 2 covers the first wiring opening 45 and the second wiring opening 61 and covers the wiring 5 passing through the first wiring opening 45 and the second wiring opening 61. It

As described above, in the wiring cover 2 of the embodiment, one end is attached to the first wiring opening 45 provided on the wiring extraction surface 44 of the storage battery housing 4 and the second wiring opening 61 is provided on the installation surface 6. Since the other end is attached and configured to cover the wiring 5 that passes through the first wiring opening 45 and the second wiring opening 61 and electrically connects the storage battery 3 and the external device, the storage battery 3 and the external device It is possible to protect the wiring 5 that connects with.

That is, the wiring cover 2 can realize the storage battery unit 1 capable of protecting the wiring connecting the storage battery and the external device.

Further, since the wiring 5 is not exposed, the wiring 5 is not restricted to an inconspicuous place such as a press-fitting place, and the wiring 5 does not spoil the aesthetics of the room.

In addition, the wiring cover 2 has the first opening 11 attached to the first wiring opening 45 and the second opening 14 attached to the second wiring opening 61 to accommodate the wiring and can be fixed to the installation surface 6. The base 10 and the concealing section 20 detachably attached so as to conceal the wiring accommodated in the base 10 are provided, and the wiring 5 is covered by the base 10 and the concealing section 20. As a result, the wiring 5 that connects the storage battery 3 and the external device can be protected more reliably.

Further, the concealing portion 20 has, around the first opening portion 11, a first protruding wall portion 12 that extends to the inside of the storage battery housing housing 4 through the first wiring opening 45 while being attached to the storage battery housing housing 4. ing. This can prevent dust and the like from entering the inside of the storage battery unit 1.

Further, the storage battery unit 1 further includes a fixed position adjusting portion that can adjust the fixed position of the wiring cover 2 with respect to the storage battery housing 4 in the direction orthogonal to the installation surface 6. Thus, for example, even if the baseboard 62 (shown in FIG. 8) is provided on the installation surface 6, by adjusting the fixing position of the wiring cover 2, it is possible to install the second opening forming wall 102 of the base 10 and the installation. It is possible to eliminate the gap with the surface 6. As a result, the wiring 5 that connects the storage battery 3 and the external device can be protected more reliably.

Note that, as shown in FIG. 12, a sealing portion 50 that can seal between the base portion 10 and the first wiring opening 45 and between the concealing portion 20 and the first wiring opening 45 may be further provided. Good. The sealing section 50 can be made of, for example, a sealing material. As a result, it is possible to prevent water from entering the inside of the storage battery unit 1 in addition to intrusion of dust and the like.

The wiring cover 2 includes a first wiring opening 45 provided on the wiring extraction surface 44 of the storage battery housing 4, a second wiring opening 61 provided on the installation surface 6, a first wiring opening 45, and a second wiring. The wiring 5 that passes through the opening 61 and electrically connects the storage battery 3 to an external device may be configured to be covered, and is not limited to the case where the base 10 and the concealing portion 20 are provided.

Further, the first protruding wall portion 12 and the second protruding wall portion 204 of the wiring cover 2 and the fixed position adjusting portion can be omitted.

Further, the base portion 10 of the wiring cover 2 may be fixed to the installation surface 6 as in the above embodiment, or may not be fixed to the installation surface 6.

Although various embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above with reference to the drawings, finally, various aspects of the present invention will be described.

The wiring cover according to the first aspect of the present invention is
A storage battery unit and a storage battery unit having a storage battery housing for storing the storage battery, and is configured to be arranged across the installation surface where the storage battery unit is installed,
A first wiring opening provided on the wiring extraction surface of the box-shaped storage battery accommodating housing having a mounting surface facing the installation surface and a wiring extraction surface that intersects with the installation surface and extends in a direction away from the installation surface. Has one end attached to it, the other end is attached to the second wiring opening provided on the installation surface, and passes through the first wiring opening and the second wiring opening and electrically connects the storage battery to an external device. Cover the wiring.

According to the wiring cover of the first aspect, one end is attached to the first wiring opening provided on the wiring extraction surface of the storage battery housing, and the other end is attached to the second wiring opening provided on the installation surface. Since the wiring that passes through the wiring opening and the second wiring opening and electrically connects the storage battery and the external device is configured to be covered, the wiring that connects the storage battery and the external device can be protected.

In the wiring cover of the second aspect of the present invention,
A base having a first opening attached to the first wiring opening and a second opening attached to the second wiring opening and accommodating the wiring and being fixed to the storage battery unit and the installation surface; A concealing portion detachably attached to the base so as to conceal the wiring housed in the base, and the wiring is covered by the base and the concealing portion.

According to the wiring cover of the second aspect, the wiring that connects the storage battery and the external device can be protected more reliably.

In the wiring cover of the third aspect of the present invention,
The said concealing part has the protrusion wall part extended to the inside of the said storage battery accommodation housing through the said 1st wiring opening in the state attached to the said storage battery accommodation housing in the circumference|surroundings of the said 1st opening part. Wiring cover.

According to the wiring cover of the third aspect, it is possible to prevent dust and the like from entering the inside of the storage battery unit.

In the wiring cover of the fourth aspect of the present invention,
The wiring cover according to claim 3, further comprising a sealing portion capable of sealing between the base portion and the first wiring opening and between the concealing portion and the first wiring opening.

According to the wiring cover of the fourth aspect, it is possible to prevent water from entering the inside of the storage battery unit 1 in addition to intrusion of dust and the like.

A storage battery unit according to a fifth aspect of the present invention is
The storage battery housing,
The wiring cover according to any one of claims 1 to 4, which is fixed to the storage battery housing.
Equipped with.

According to the storage battery unit of the fifth aspect, the wiring connecting the storage battery and the external device can be protected by the wiring cover.

In the storage battery unit according to the sixth aspect of the present invention,
The mounting surface of the storage battery housing and the wiring extraction surface are provided so as to be orthogonal to each other,
The wiring cover further includes a fixed position adjustment unit that can adjust a fixed position of the wiring cover with respect to the storage battery housing in a direction orthogonal to the installation surface.

According to the storage battery unit of the sixth aspect, for example, even if a skirting board is provided on the installation surface, by adjusting the fixing position of the wiring cover, the space between the second opening forming wall portion of the base and the installation surface is adjusted. The gap can be eliminated. As a result, the wiring connecting the storage battery and the external device can be protected more reliably.

By properly combining the arbitrary embodiments or modifications of the various embodiments or modifications, the effects possessed by them can be produced. Further, a combination of the embodiments or a combination of the examples or a combination of the embodiment and the example is possible, and a combination of features in different embodiments or examples is also possible.

The wiring cover of the present invention can be applied to, for example, a household storage battery unit.

1 Storage Battery Unit 2 Wiring Cover 3 Storage Battery 4 Storage Battery Housing 41 Lower Housing 42 Upper Housing 43 Mounting Surface 44 Wire Extracting Surface 45 First Wiring Opening 5 Wiring 6 Installation Surface 61 Second Wiring Opening 62 Baseboard 7 Floor 10 Base 101 First Opening forming wall 102 Second opening forming wall 103 First opposing wall 104 Second opposing wall 105 Connection portion 106, 107 Edge 11 First opening 12 First protruding wall 13 Screw fixing portion 14 Second opening Portion 15 Through hole 20 Concealing portion 201 First opposing wall portion 202 Second opposing wall portion 203 Arc wall portion 204 Second protruding wall portion 21 Screw hole 22 Gap 30 Housing portion 50 Sealing portion

Claims (4)

A storage battery unit and a storage battery unit having a storage battery housing for storing the storage battery, and is configured to be arranged across the installation surface where the storage battery unit is installed,
A first wiring opening provided on the wiring extraction surface of the box-shaped storage battery accommodating housing having a mounting surface facing the installation surface and a wiring extraction surface that intersects with the installation surface and extends in a direction away from the installation surface. Has one end attached thereto, and the other end attached to a second wiring opening provided on the installation surface, and passes through the first wiring opening and the second wiring opening and electrically connects the storage battery to an external device. A wiring cover for covering wiring ,
A base having a first opening attached to the first wiring opening and a second opening attached to the second wiring opening and accommodating the wiring, and being fixed to the storage battery unit and the installation surface;
A concealment portion detachably attached to the base portion so as to conceal the wiring housed in the base portion;
Equipped with
Covering the wiring with the base portion and the concealing portion,
The wiring cover, wherein the concealing portion is arranged around the first opening, and has a protruding wall portion that extends to the inside of the storage battery housing through the first wiring opening when attached to the storage battery housing. .. Comprising a respective sealable seal portion and between the said veil and said first wire opening between the said base portion first wiring aperture, the wiring cover according to claim 1. The storage battery housing,
The wiring cover according to claim 1 or 2 , which is fixed to the storage battery housing,
Storage battery unit. The mounting surface of the storage battery housing and the wiring extraction surface are provided so as to be orthogonal to each other,
The storage battery unit according to claim 3 , further comprising a fixed position adjusting unit that can adjust a fixed position of the wiring cover with respect to the storage battery housing in a direction orthogonal to the installation surface.

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