Abstract: To provide an inexpensive board mounted connector which achieves both a simplification in structure and a reduction in size. A board mounted connector includes a fixed housing fixed to a board; connector terminals which are housed in the fixed housing and connected to a conductive portion of the board; an operating housing which is movable with respect to the fixed housing; and an elastically deformable support portion which presses, supports, and electrically connects relay terminals of electrical elements, which are inserted in the fixed housing, to the connector terminals along with the movement of the operating housing.

Abstract: A rotating electrical machine such that positional deviation caused by a part tolerance can be absorbed in an electrical connection between a power conversion device and a rotating electrical machine main body, and size can be reduced without a structure becoming complex, is obtained. The rotating electrical machine is characterized by including a power terminal unit of the rotating electrical machine main body housed in a housing, the power conversion device fixed to the housing, and a multilayer bus bar connected to the power terminal unit of the rotating electrical machine main body as a power terminal of the power conversion device, wherein the multilayer bus bar has flexibility, and is bent by being connected to the power terminal unit.

Abstract: To provide an inexpensive board mounted connector which achieves both a simplification in structure and a reduction in size. A board mounted connector includes a fixed housing fixed to a board; connector terminals which are housed in the fixed housing and connected to a conductive portion of the board; an operating housing which is movable with respect to the fixed housing; and an elastically deformable support portion which presses, supports, and electrically connects relay terminals of electrical elements, which are inserted in the fixed housing, to the connector terminals along with the movement of the operating housing.

Abstract: In a current detection apparatus, one or more first plate portions, one or more second plate portions, and one or more third plate portions of one or more magnetic shields are opposed to side surfaces of the one or more protrusions. The one or more protrusions, the one or more magnetic field detection elements, and one or more conductive members are respectively surrounded by the one or more magnetic shields, respectively. Consequently, the current detection apparatus is downsized and has high current detection accuracy.

Abstract: A rotating electrical machine such that positional deviation caused by a part tolerance can be absorbed in an electrical connection between a power conversion device and a rotating electrical machine main body, and size can be reduced without a structure becoming complex, is obtained. The rotating electrical machine is characterized by including a power terminal unit of the rotating electrical machine main body housed in a housing, the power conversion device fixed to the housing, and a multilayer bus bar connected to the power terminal unit of the rotating electrical machine main body as a power terminal of the power conversion device, wherein the multilayer bus bar has flexibility, and is bent by being connected to the power terminal unit.

Abstract: In a current detection apparatus, one or more first plate portions, one or more second plate portions, and one or more third plate portions of one or more magnetic shields are opposed to side surfaces of the one or more protrusions. The one or more protrusions, the one or more magnetic field detection elements, and one or more conductive members are respectively surrounded by the one or more magnetic shields, respectively. Consequently, the current detection apparatus is downsized and has high current detection accuracy.

Abstract: A structure for efficiently transferring heat generated from an electronic part or the like to a heat dissipation member is provided. A bus bar is used for a wiring pattern in an electronic device (60), such as a power line (2), a GND line (6) and the like. A heat transfer member (25) is held between a first bus bar that is a power line (2) connected to an electronic part and a second bus bar that is a GND line (6) connected to a heat dissipation member (7) to configure a heat dissipation structure in which heat generated from the electronic part is transferred through the power line (2), the heat transfer member (25) and the GND line (6) to the heat dissipation member (7).

Abstract: The invention has an object of providing a power supply device for vehicle of high efficiency while keeping longer service life of a capacitor. By supplying an electric power of a capacitor to various electronic devices for a first predetermined time period after a vehicle engine has been stopped and discharging an electric power of the capacitor to a battery for a second predetermined time period after the first predetermined time period has ended, the voltage of the capacitor is reduced. By forcing the electric power of the capacitor to discharge at a forced discharge circuit until the voltage of the capacitor is substantially equal to a predetermined voltage after the second predetermined time period has ended, the time period during which the capacitor is held at a high voltage is made shorter. Longer service life of the capacitor and higher efficiency of the power supply device can be achieved.

Abstract: When a housing of a waterproof main terminal is fixed onto the outside surface of a case with a screw, a through hole is sealed with a seal surface of a packing pressed onto the outside surface of the case. Furthermore, the elastic force of the packing placed so as to be in tight contact with the whole circumference of the terminal ensures high waterproofing performance between the terminal and the housing, so the one packing can perform waterproofing both between the case and the housing and between the terminal and the housing.

Abstract: When a housing of a waterproof main terminal is fixed onto the outside surface of a case with a screw, a through hole is sealed with a seal surface of a packing pressed onto the outside surface of the case. Furthermore, the elastic force of the packing placed so as to be in tight contact with the whole circumference of the terminal ensures high waterproofing performance between the terminal and the housing, so the one packing can perform waterproofing both between the case and the housing and between the terminal and the housing.

Abstract: A structure for efficiently transferring heat generated from an electronic part or the like to a heat dissipation member is provided. A bus bar is used for a wiring pattern in an electronic device (60), such as a power line (2), a GND line (6) and the like. A heat transfer member (25) is held between a first bus bar that is a power line (2) connected to an electronic part and a second bus bar that is a GND line (6) connected to a heat dissipation member (7) to configure a heat dissipation structure in which heat generated from the electronic part is transferred through the power line (2), the heat transfer member (25) and the GND line (6) to the heat dissipation member (7).

Abstract: A power storage apparatus provided with a capacitor module and a power storage control circuit is connected between a generator and an electrical load. The capacitor module includes a plurality of capacitors and a plurality of switching devices which are connected in series with the capacitors, respectively, the capacitors and the switching devices together constituting a plurality of series circuits which are connected parallel to each other. When starting up the generator, the power storage control circuit controls only the specified switching device to become ON in order to quickly charge the capacitor which is connected in series with the switching device so that a voltage of the capacitor module is increased and a power source for starting up the generator is produced as high speed.

Abstract: An electrical equipment casing includes a circuit board on which many electrical parts are mounted and a heat sink to which the circuit board is fixed. The heat sink is provided with a reactor housing dent that opens in a surface on which the circuit board is placed and radiator fins that reach a bottom portion of the reactor housing dent on a surface opposite to the surface on which the circuit board is placed at a position surrounding an outer circumference of the reactor housing dent. The reactor is housed in the reactor housing dent and a terminal thereof is electrically connected to the circuit board. This structure of the electrical equipment casing can contribute to an achievement of both of a size reduction of the overall casing and enhanced heat dissipation of the reactor.

Abstract: A power supply device includes a failure determination means that detects, based on a current detected by a current detector, a failure of the switching elements of each of the chopper sections, and the failure determination means obtains values of the current detected by the current detector at the timing of falling edges of control signals to the switching elements of each of the chopper sections, determines the failure when the obtained current values differ from each other, and transmits a failure signal to a generation control means. When receiving the failure signal, the generation control means limits an output current from a generator in a way such that the withstanding current of a non-failed chopper section out of the chopper sections of the phases is not exceeded.

Abstract: An electrical equipment casing includes a circuit board on which many electrical parts are mounted and a heat sink to which the circuit board is fixed. The heat sink is provided with a reactor housing dent that opens in a surface on which the circuit board is placed and radiator fins that reach a bottom portion of the reactor housing dent on a surface opposite to the surface on which the circuit board is placed at a position surrounding an outer circumference of the reactor housing dent. The reactor is housed in the reactor housing dent and a terminal thereof is electrically connected to the circuit board. This structure of the electrical equipment casing can contribute to an achievement of both of a size reduction of the overall casing and enhanced heat dissipation of the reactor.

Abstract: A power supply device includes a failure determination means that detects, based on a current detected by a current detector, a failure of the switching elements of each of the chopper sections, and the failure determination means obtains values of the current detected by the current detector at the timing of falling edges of control signals to the switching elements of each of the chopper sections, determines the failure when the obtained current values differ from each other, and transmits a failure signal to a generation control means. When receiving the failure signal, the generation control means limits an output current from a generator in a way such that the withstanding current of a non-failed chopper section out of the chopper sections of the phases is not exceeded.

Abstract: A power storage apparatus provided with a capacitor module and a power storage control circuit is connected between a generator and an electrical load. The capacitor module includes a plurality of capacitors and a plurality of switching devices which are connected in series with the capacitors, respectively, the capacitors and the switching devices together constituting a plurality of series circuits which are connected parallel to each other. When starting up the generator, the power storage control circuit controls only the specified switching device to become ON in order to quickly charge the capacitor which is connected in series with the switching device so that a voltage of the capacitor module is increased and a power source for starting up the generator is produced as high speed.

Abstract: The invention has an object of providing a power supply device for vehicle of high efficiency while keeping longer service life of a capacitor. By supplying an electric power of a capacitor to various electronic devices for a first predetermined time period after a vehicle engine has been stopped and discharging an electric power of the capacitor to a battery for a second predetermined time period after the first predetermined time period has ended, the voltage of the capacitor is reduced. By forcing the electric power of the capacitor to discharge at a forced discharge circuit until the voltage of the capacitor is substantially equal to a predetermined voltage after the second predetermined time period has ended, the time period during which the capacitor is held at a high voltage is made shorter. Longer service life of the capacitor and higher efficiency of the power supply device can be achieved.