Abstract: [Problem to be Solved] To provide a terminal connection structure which is downsized and which can easily connect terminal fixtures together without producing the variation in electric resistance between the terminal fixtures. [Solution] A terminal connection structure connects a bus bar connected to an inverter and a second terminal fixture connected to a coil of a motor. The terminal connection structure includes a first housing receiving a thin-walled portion of the bus bar, a second housing receiving an electric-contact portion of the second terminal fixture and having an insert portion, a clip terminal arranged to make the thin-walled portion to closely contacted with the electric-contact portion, and a permitting/restricting portion.

Abstract: [Problem] To provide a terminal connection structure that can reliably connect terminal fixtures together even if the positional offset between the terminal fixtures is great. [Solution] The terminal connection structure (1) connects a busbar (4) and a first terminal fixture (3) connected to the coil of a motor. The terminal connection structure (1) is provided with: a base (11) having a bottom wall (16); a terminal holder (12) that can hold the first terminal fixture (3) and the busbar (4) in an overlapping state; and a mobile attachment section (13). The mobile attachment section (13) has: a bottom plate section (22) that is provided to the terminal holder (12) and that is parallel to the bottom wall (16); and a holding slit (29) that is provided to the base (11), is entered by the bottom plate section (22), and is larger than the bottom plate section (22). The mobile attachment section (13) attaches the terminal holder (12) to the base (11) movably in parallel to the surface of the bottom wall (16).

Abstract: A shield member capable of preventing the break of a metallic foil due to the bend of the metallic foil and bringing the shielding capability is provided. The shield member includes a metallic foil formed in a tubular shape, to be provided for covering and surrounding one or more conducting paths. At least one of a wrinkled part and an axially-uneven part is formed in the metallic foil at least in correspondence with a bent position of the one or more conducting paths. At least one of the wrinkled part and the axially-uneven part is formed over one loop of the metallic foil.

Abstract: There is provided a wiring structure of wire harness capable of reducing an influence due to the swing and heat even in the case where the wire harness is subjected to the countermeasure against electromagnetic shield, and a shielding cover used for the wiring structure. In the wiring structure, a conducting path of a harness body of the wire harness and a conductive shielding cover that covers the wire harness are partly put into at least one of a contact state and a holding state directly or indirectly.

Abstract: A conductive path structure includes a conductor that includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion which are connected to each other through a cut-off facilitating portion, and an insulation member that covers the cut-off facilitating portion directly or indirectly. When the cut-off facilitating portion is cut off so as to separate the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion to each other due to an impact applied to the cut-off facilitating portion, the insulation member is configured so as to cover the separated first conductive portion and the separated second conductive portion.

Abstract: A conductive path structure includes a conductor that includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion which are connected to each other through a cut-off facilitating portion, and a semi-solid state insulation member that is in a semi-solid state and covers the cut-off facilitating portion. When the cut-off facilitating portion is cut off so as to separate the first conductive portion and the second conductive portion to each other due to an impact applied to the cut-off facilitating portion, the semi-solid state insulation member covers end portions of the separated first conductive portion and the separated second conductive portion which are close to the cut-out facilitating portion.

Abstract: A conductive path structure includes a conductor that includes a first conductive portion and a second conductive portion which are connected to each other through a cut-off facilitating portion, a first covering member that covers the first conductive portion and the cut-off facilitating portion, and a second covering member that covers the second conductive portion and the cut-off facilitating portion. The second covering member covers the cut-off facilitating portion through the first covering member. The second covering member slidably covers the first covering member.

Abstract: A wire harness which can absorb a position shift or a dimensional tolerance related to mounting or the like sufficiently is provided. A wire harness (21) includes a harness body (22), a motor side connector (23) provided at one end of the harness body (22), and an inverter side connector (24) provided at the other end of the harness body (22). The harness body (22) includes high voltage conduction paths (25), and an electromagnetic shielding member (26) which collectively covers the high voltage conduction paths (25). The high voltage conduction path (25) includes a conductor body (27), connecting parts (28, 29) and a mold part (30). The conductor body (27) is provided with a tolerance absorbing part (31).

Abstract: The present invention provides a waterproof structure for a conductive path which waterproofs a conductive path without imposing an unnecessary load on a conductor, and can sufficiently obtain a creepage distance. A plurality of grooves 9 is formed on the outer circumferential surface 8 of an insulator 7. The grooves 9 are formed to be hollow by heat or cutting. The grooves 9 are formed within a predetermined range L on the outer circumferential surface 8 of the insulator 7. This predetermined range L is set as a range in which an overmold part 5 is provided. The overmold part 5 is a seal member made of an elastomer, and is disposed and formed within the predetermined range L of an electric wire 2. Also, the overmold part 5 is formed to fill all of the three grooves 9.

Abstract: A terminal connection structure which enables miniaturization and reliable connection of terminal fittings to each other is provided. A terminal connection structure 1 includes first terminal fittings 5 connected to a motor 7, second terminal fittings 22 connected to an inverter, and a clip terminal. The first terminal fittings 5 and the second terminal fittings 22 respectively includes electrical contact portions 8 and 27 formed in a band plate shape and superimposed on each other. The clip terminal includes a pair of contact pieces sandwiching the electrical contact portions 8 and 27 where the clip terminals are superimposed on each other and an urging connection portion 36 continued from a pair of the contact pieces 35, and urging the pair of the contact pieces 35 between which the electrical contact portions 8 and 27 are sandwiched, in a direction to approach each other.

Abstract: When bus bars are covered with covering parts and high-voltage conducting paths are formed and further the ends of the high-voltage conducting paths are provided with a motor side connector and an inverter side connector, formation of a wire harness is completed. Since the wire harness has a shape holding part, the whole bus bar is not a rigid body. The wire harness has plasticity. Since the shape holding part holds the shape at a point in time of stopping a bend process, the wire harness can be formed in a desired bend shape.

Abstract: Provide is a shield terminal connection structure and method, which are easy and simple, for connecting a terminal part of a tubular shielding member to a shield structure. A holding part is formed by a terminal part itself of a shielding member, and then, a fixing member held by the holding part is connected to one side wall of a shield casing. When the fixing member is fixed to the one side wall of the shield casing, electrical connection to the shield member is also completed at the same time of the fixing.

Abstract: Provided is a shield terminal connection structure and method, which are easy and simple, for connecting a terminal part of a tubular shielding member to a shield structure. A terminal part of a shielding member is inserted to the outside of a tubular part of a shield casing, and then, when a pair of fixing parts, which are placed on a bolt fastening base, are clamped and fixed with a bolt, the terminal part of the shielding member is pressed with the fixing so that a terminal pressing part of a clamping and fixing member is in a surface contact with the tubular part. Therefore, at the same time of clamping and fixing with the bolt, electric connection of the shielding member is also completed.

Abstract: Provided is a connector capable of preventing an operator from touching a filler and reducing a filling amount of a filler to cut down the cost. A connector (1) includes a terminal fitting (3) provided at an end of a high-voltage electric wire (2), and a connector housing (4) that has a terminal accommodation part (14) that contains the terminal fitting (3). The connector (1) is waterproofed by a filler (A) with which a filling chamber (15) in the connector housing (4) is filled. The connector (1) includes a holder (5) that is fitted to the connector housing (4) and that engages with the high-voltage electric wire (2) which is drawn from the filling chamber (15). A rib (26) is integrally formed with the holder (5), and provided across an opening of the filling chamber (15) and a part of the rib (26) is partly immersed in the filler.

Abstract: A motor cable assembly connecting a motor and an inverter includes a cable main body, which can move flexibly. The cable main body is manufactured and formed into a flat shape by arranging a plurality of cables in parallel in a row, covering an outer surface of the arranged cables with a braid, and covering further an outer surface of the covered cables. The motor cable assembly includes an inverter-side protector having a vibration absorbing portion supporting the cable main body at a position near the inverter-side connecting member so as to absorb the vibrating motion of the cable main body.

Abstract: There is provided a wiring harness allowing a cable main body to be shaken effectively. The wiring harness includes a harness main body 5 having a plurality of high-voltage electric wires 4. A middle portion 5a of the harness main body 5 includes a shake tolerance range R1 as a range of allowing the high-voltage electric wires 4 to be shaken. This shake tolerance range R1 is composed of an individual wire shake range R3 and a wire bundle shake range R4. In the individual wire shake range R3, the high-voltage electric wires 4 are routed so as to be allowed to be individually shaken.

Abstract: Motors 1 and 2 are electrically connected to inverters 3 and 4 by a motor cable device 5 including connection/interference regulating member 8 which is installed at a predetermined position in a longitudinal direction of cable bodies 6 and 7. If in this connection state the motors 1 and 2 are driven or a vehicle is driven, vibration or impact is transferred to the motor cable device 5 from the motors 1 and 2 or the exterior, and thus the cable bodies 6 and 7 swing in an arrow direction. The swing contributes to the absorption of the vibration or the like.

Abstract: The motor cable device which can prevent damage on an inverter-side connecting member of the motor cable device and lowering in a connecting reliability of the inverter-side connecting member is provided. Also, a resin component used in the above-described motor cable device is provided. The motor cable device electrically connects a motor and an inverter and includes an inverter-side protector and a motor-side protector. The inverter-side protector includes a fixed end which is directly or indirectly fixed to the inverter and which supports the inverter-side connecting member. A swinging motion absorbing portion is formed continuously to the fixed end, the swinging motion absorbing portion being arranged to support a cable body at the inverter-side connecting member and absorb the swinging motion generated at the cable body of the motor cable device, is further included.

Abstract: Motors 1 and 2 are electrically connected to inverters 3 and 4 by a motor cable device 5 including connection/interference regulating member 8 which is installed at a predetermined position in a longitudinal direction of cable bodies 6 and 7. If in this connection state the motors 1 and 2 are driven or a vehicle is driven, vibration or impact is transferred to the motor cable device 5 from the motors 1 and 2 or the exterior, and thus the cable bodies 6 and 7 swing in an arrow direction. The swing contributes to the absorption of the vibration or the like.

Abstract: A step-shaped receptacle part 22 depressed in a step shape in a circumferential direction is provided in a middle part of an outer peripheral surface 21 of a core body 18 of a core 16 constituting a caulking die 5. Further, a part on a core insertion start side relative to the step-shaped receptacle part 22 is formed in a size smaller than that at the position of the step-shaped receptacle part 22. Caulking is performed by the caulking die 5 having this configuration, so that the fixing state viewed in a cross section in a connection and fixation target part is made such that a plurality of bent parts are formed in accordance with the sectional shape of the step-shaped receptacle part 22.