Abstract: A busbar connection system comprises a plate member formed of a first material having a higher tensile strength than second and third materials of first and second busbars, respectively, and defining first and second apertures and first and second stud members securely inserted through the first and second apertures of the plate member, respectively, the first and second stud members being configured to be securely inserted through first and second apertures, respectively, in each of the first and second busbars, wherein the first and second stud members mitigate rotational movement between the first and second busbars when connected.

Abstract: A conductor shielding termination assembly can include a housing tube defining an inner diameter housing channel therethrough and having housing threads on an outer diameter thereof. The housing tube can be made of conductive material. The assembly can include a shoulder bushing configured to insert within the inner diameter housing channel of the housing tube. The shoulder bushing can define an inner diameter bushing channel sized to receive an unshielded portion of a conductor. The assembly can include a jam nut comprising a nut inner diameter channel sized to receive a shielded portion of the conductor and nut threads on an inner diameter thereof configured to mesh with the housing threads. The jam nut and housing tube can be configured to trap a shielding termination within the meshed housing threads and jam nut threads.

Abstract: A wire guide device includes a first divided part and a second divided part that can be combined in a width direction. In a combined state, the first divided part and the second divided part form an insertion hole 19 through which a wire passes in a direction intersecting the width direction. One end of the insertion hole is open toward a cable guide, and the other end of the insertion hole is open upward. The upper side of the insertion hole is covered by upper walls of the first divided part and the second divided part. The upper walls of the first divided part and the second divided part are formed in the width direction, are abutted against each other, and include upper guide portions that restrict displacement in a direction orthogonal to the width direction.

Abstract: An isolated switch-mode power supply includes at least one input, at least one output, and a power circuit coupled between the at least one input and the at least one output for converting an input voltage or current to an output voltage or current. The power circuit includes a transformer having one or more primary windings, one or more secondary windings, an electrical insulator, and a core magnetically coupling the one or more primary windings and the one or more secondary windings. Upper portions of the primary and secondary windings are covered with the electrical insulator. Other example switchmode power supplies, transformers, magnetic chokes and methods are also disclosed.

Abstract: A glass core multilayer wiring board includes a glass substrate, a through electrode, a first layer structure, and a second layer structure. A through hole has a diameter decreasing from a first surface toward a second surface. The through electrode is along a side wall of the through hole. The first layer structure is on the first surface and the second layer structure is on the second surface. The second layer structure closes an opening in the second surface defining a bottom section. The through electrode has: a first layer on part of the side wall and on part or all of the bottom section of the through hole closing the opening of the through hole, a second layer covering the first layer, the side wall of the through hole exposed, and the bottom section, and a third layer is located on the second layer.

Abstract: An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technique capable of holding a wiring member in a bended state. A wiring member integrated module includes: a wiring member, a first base member including an arrangement target part holding a part of the wiring member; and a second base member whose state can be changed from a first state where a part of the wiring member extending from the arrangement target part is held on an extension of the arrangement target part to a second state where the part is held in a bended state with respect to the arrangement target part.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical conductor (1) having an electrically conductive material (2) comprising graphene and/or carbon nanotubes and a joint (3, 4), wherein a metal coating (6) is provided on the electrically conductive material (2) of the electrical conductor (1) at the joint (3, 4) for integrally joining the electrical conductor (1) to a metal conductor element, the metal coating (6) being in direct contact with the electrically conductive material (2), characterized in that the metal coating (6) of the joint (3, 4) comprises a metal that forms carbides in a boundary layer of the coating (6) by reaction of the metal of the coating (6) with the carbon of the electrically conductive material (2).

Abstract: A power semiconductor module includes: an electrically insulative frame having opposite mounting sides and a border wall that defines a periphery of the frame; a substrate seated in the frame; power semiconductor dies attached to the substrate; signal pins attached to the substrate and electrically connected to the power semiconductor dies; a busbar attached to the substrate and extending through the border wall; a receptacle in the border wall configured to receive a current sensor module and that exposes part of the busbar, the exposed part of the busbar having an opening; and a rotation bar jutting out from a sidewall of the receptacle and onto the exposed part of the busbar without obstructing the opening in the busbar, wherein the rotation bar forms an axis of rotation within the receptacle. A power electronic assembly that incorporates the power semiconductor module and corresponding method of production are also described.

Abstract: A unitary molded audio/video cable holder is disclosed that is easily linked to similar cable holders using ends that cooperate in a male/female relationship. Each cable holder comprises rows of recesses that each hold a cable and include retention structures to releasably hold the cables in their respective recess. The holders further may include windows adjacent the recesses to receive a zip tie to keep the cables in the holder where the cables care moved, twisted, or otherwise subjected to forces that would otherwise pull the cables from the holder. The capability of the holders of the present invention to interlock and expand allows the invention to hold an unlimited number of cables easily and safely. Fastener bores facilitate the holders being mounted to a wall or other flat surface.

Abstract: A conduit outlet assembly for a rigid metal conduit raceway of an electrical system is provided. A conduit outlet assembly includes a gasket, a gripping ring, and a condulet assembly. The gasket is sized to circumscribe an outer surface of a rigid metal conduit of the rigid metal conduit raceway. The gripping ring is sized to circumscribe the outer surface of the rigid metal conduit. The condulet assembly is sized to receive the rigid metal conduit, and includes an adapter and a condulet. The adapter includes a compression section and a coupling section, wherein the compression section is sized to receive the rigid metal conduit with the gasket and the gripping ring disposed thereon. The condulet is sized to receive the coupling section of the adapter.

Abstract: A conductive pattern has been disclosed. The conductive pattern includes a pair of conductive traces. Each of the conductive traces comprises a linear portion and a terminal portion. The terminal portions are arranged adjacent to each other and comprises a pair of circular arc profile with a pair of complementary notches facing toward each other.

Abstract: In at least some implementations, a powertrain assembly, includes a combustion engine arranged to propel a vehicle, an electric motor arranged to propel a vehicle, a transmission coupled to the combustion engine and having a transmission housing and an output, an exhaust assembly coupled to the combustion engine, a drivetrain component driven for rotation by the output, multiple wires connected to the electric motor, and a housing. The housing has a first housing part and a second housing part that are coupled together to define an interior between them. At least one of the first housing part and the second housing part is coupled to the transmission housing, the wires are received within the interior and the housing is received between the transmission housing and both a portion of the exhaust assembly and a portion of the drivetrain component.

Abstract: A copper-clad laminate includes an insulating layer formed of a cured product of a resin composition and a surface treated copper foil in contact with the insulating layer, in which the resin composition contains a compound having at least one group specified in the present application and a crosslinking type curing agent; and the surface treated copper foil is a surface treated copper foil including a finely roughened particle treatment layer of copper on at least one surface side of copper foil.

Abstract: A watertight electrical compartment for use in an irrigation device can include a compartment body having a chamber and a sealing section configured to mate with one or more sealing rings. A sealing cap can mate with the sealing section and/or the sealing rings to seal the chamber. A cap retainer can be advanced over at least a portion of the sealing cap. One of the compartment body and cap retainer can have internal threads to be screwed onto external threads of the other one of the compartment body and cap retainer. The cap retainer can also have a stopping feature to keep the sealing cap in its sealed position. The watertight electrical compartment can be used in a wireless flow sensor assembly, a battery operated irrigation controller, and/or a battery-operated central controller device, to provide irrigation control, and/or sensor information, without the need for AC power.

Abstract: A heat exchange assembly includes a plate stack having fin plates and spacer plates interleaved with the fin plates in the plate stack. Each fin plate has fin sides extending between a fin lower edge and a fin upper edge. Each spacer plate has spacer sides extending between a spacer lower edge and a spacer upper edge. The fin upper edges of the fin plates are located above the spacer upper edges. Air flow channels are formed in gaps between the fin plates above the spacer plates. The fin lower edges and the spacer lower edges define a lower thermal interface configured to be in thermal communication with an electrical component to dissipate heat from the electrical component. The fin plates are independently movable relative to the spacer plates in the plate stack to independently articulate the fin lower edges and the spacer lower edges at the lower thermal interface. The heat exchange assembly includes a plate stabilizer structure positioning the fin upper edges relative to each other.

Abstract: A magnetized cable in which the magnetic force of the cable is configured to aid in aligning and maintaining alignment of the cable while the cable is being looped for storage and, when the cable is rolled or looped, the magnetic force will aid in keeping the cable coiled. Embodiments of the magnetized cable include an elongated flexible magnetic component (EFMC) of a pliable polymer such as rubber and/or one or more other suitable materials in combination with magnetic particles comprising iron, neodymium, ferrite, cobalt, nickel, and/or other suitable magnetic elements or compounds. The EFMC may be exposed to a strong magnetic field to produce a permanent magnet. The EFMC may be enclosed within a sheathing material of braided textile yarns or another suitable material.

Abstract: A coil component according to one or more embodiments includes a base body having first to sixth surfaces, and a coil conductor including a winding portion that extends around a coil axis intersecting the first and second surfaces. The winding portion includes first, second, third, and fourth portions facing the third, fourth, fifth, and sixth surfaces, respectively when viewed from a direction of the coil axis. The radii of curvature of the first and second portions are both smaller than the radii of curvature of the third and fourth portions. When viewed from the direction of the coil axis, a distance between the first portion and the third surface is larger than a distance between the third portion and the fifth surface.

Abstract: A capacitor module horizontally mounted on a PCB and including a case including a first side surface, an opposing second side, a first electrode pad and a second electrode pad disposed at the first side surface, and a third electrode pad disposed at the second side surface, and an electrolytic capacitor including a dielectric extending in a first horizontal direction, a first electrode contacting the first electrode pad and a second electrode contacting the second electrode pad, wherein the first electrode pad is spaced apart from second electrode pad in a second horizontal direction.

Abstract: A wiring member includes: a connector; a plurality of wire-like transmission members extending from the connector; and a sheet member in which the plurality of wire-like transmission members extending from the connector are disposed and fixed on a main surface in a state where an arrangement of the plurality of wire-like transmission members is changed to be different from an arrangement in an end surface of the connector. At least one intersection position in which the plurality of wire-like transmission members intersect with each other for changing the arrangement of the plurality of wire-like transmission members is located in a backward region of the end surface of the connector.

Abstract: A junction box may include a housing box. The housing box may be configured to selectively attach to a sub-tile surface of the structure. The housing box may include a recess portion configured to be physically positioned between a plane of a tile surface of the structure and the sub-tile surface. The housing box may also include an expose portion configured to extend away from the plane of the tile surface. In addition, the housing box may include a bottom portion attached to the recess portion. The bottom portion may include a first surface configured to be physically positioned proximate the sub-tile surface such that a central plane of the housing box is not parallel to a plane of the sub-tile surface when the plane of the tile surface is not parallel to the plane of the sub-tile surface.