Abstract: A manufacturing method of a circuitry including a planar diode that can improve manufacturing precision of a connection between the planar diode and a circuit element connected to an electrode of the planar diode is provided. The manufacturing method of the circuitry including the planar diode includes: forming an insulating layer having a first pattern shape on a substrate; and monolithically forming a functional material layer having a second pattern shape complementary to the first pattern shape on the substrate. The functional material layer includes a material that functions as a planar diode having a rectifying property based on a shape and a size. The second pattern shape has a shape of a circuitry including the planar diode, a first circuit element connected to a first electrode of the planar diode, and a second circuit element connected to a second electrode of the planar diode.

Abstract: According to the present invention, when a second housing is assembled to a first housing, the release or holding of a lever is well detected. A second housing (60) in this lever-type connector (10) has a lock release part (63) which releases a locking state of a temporary lock part (37A) and a first groove part (8) when the second housing is assembled to a first housing (50) at a lock release position. The lever (30) has a rigid part (38). A housing unit (20) has a first lock arm (64) which is elastically deformed in the process in which the second housing (60) moves to the lock release position. The first lock arm (64) starts an elastic return when the second housing (60) has reached the lock release position and pushes and moves the lever (30) to a fitting position side.

Abstract: A terminal includes a tube portion 33, into which a mating terminal is inserted, and a resiliently deformable resilient piece 34 disposed in the tube portion 33. The resilient piece 34 includes an inner contact point 37 located inside the tube portion 33 to contact the mating terminal, and an outer contact point 40 located outside the tube portion 33 to contact a conductor different from the mating terminal.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connection structure for flexible printed board and a method for manufacturing a flexible printed board unit, which are hardly affected by dimensional tolerances between adjacent contacts and capable of preventing a size increase. A flexible printed board includes a first constituent portion having a plurality of first contacts arrayed along a lateral direction provided on a front surface and a second constituent portion disposed side by side with the first constituent portion in a front-rear direction and having a plurality of second contacts arrayed along the lateral direction provided on a front surface. A supporting portion supports the flexible printed board in a folded state such that a back surface of the first constituent portion and a back surface of the second constituent portion face each other. The first contacts and the second contacts are arranged in a staggered manner along the lateral direction.

Abstract: It is aimed to satisfactorily correct the position of a lock arm. A connector (1) is provided with a first housing (10), female terminal fittings (27) to be inserted into the first housing (10) from behind, a second housing (50) to be connected to the first housing (10), a lock arm (22) provided at the first housing (10) and displaceable to a lock position where the first and second housings (10, 50) are locked in a connected state by the lock arm locking the second housing (50) and a lock releasing position where separation of the first and second housings (10, 50) is enabled by releasing the locking, and a correcting portion (74) arranged to face a surface on an unlocking direction side of the lock arm (22) in the connected state.

Abstract: A surface mount connector 10 is to be mounted on a circuit board 5 having a plate thickness direction oriented in a vertical direction, and provided with a plurality of terminals 11, a plurality of inner housings 20 for holding the plurality of terminals 11, and an outer housing 30 for accommodating the plurality of inner housings 20 in parallel. Leads 13 to be connected to the circuit board 5 are provided on lower end parts of the plurality of terminals 11. Each of the plurality of inner housings 20 is supported independently movably in the vertical direction in the outer housing 30.

Abstract: It is aimed to suppress a cost increase even if short-circuit patterns increase. A joint connector is provided with a male terminal fitting including a plurality of tabs arranged in parallel in a first arrangement direction and a male carrier coupling the plurality of tabs in parallel and cuttable between arbitrary adjacent ones of the tabs, and a female terminal fitting including a plurality of female connecting portions arranged in parallel in a second arrangement direction orthogonal to the first arrangement direction and a female carrier coupling the plurality of female connecting portions in parallel and cuttable between arbitrary adjacent ones of the female connecting portions. A plurality of male terminal fittings is arranged in parallel to the second arrangement direction. A plurality of female terminal fittings is arranged in parallel to the first arrangement direction with the plurality of female connecting portions connected to the plurality of tabs.

Abstract: It is aimed to connect a first housing and a second housing in an opposed state and detect connection of the housings. A lever-type connector includes a cam follower formed on a second housing and configured to connect the first and second housings by sliding in contact with a cam groove in a rotation process of a lever from an initial position to a connection position, a restricting pin provided on the first housing and arranged at a position deviated in a direction intersecting a connecting direction with respect to a virtual connection line, a restricting groove to be brought into sliding contact with the restricting pin, and a connection detector for allowing the lever to slide to a connection detecting position eccentric from a center of rotation only when the lever reaches the connection position and the first and second housings are connected in an opposed positional relationship.

Abstract: This connector unit 1 is provided with a plurality of coupled sub connectors 10, wherein the sub-connectors 10 are each provided with a lower housing 20 and an upper cover 40, and the upper cover 40 is configured to be slidable between a main closed position and a provisional closed position and to be pivotable between the provisional closed position and an open position. One among the lower housing 20 and the upper cover 40 comprises: a pivoting permitted part 51A that permits pivoting when the upper cover 40 is at the provisional closed position; and a pivoting restriction part 51B that restricts pivoting when the upper cover 40 is at the main closed position. One sub connector 10A is provided with a movement restriction part 45 that restricts a slide movement of the upper cover 40 provided to another sub connector 10B from the main closed position to the provisional closed position.

Abstract: A connector is provided with a first housing (10), a second housing (20) connectable to the first housing (10), a guide functional unit (45) for enabling the first and second housings (10, 20) to approach/separate from each other in a relatively unrotatable state, a rotary member (30) for surrounding the first and second housings (10, 20), the rotary member being rotatable about an axis parallel to a connecting direction of the first and second housings (10, 20), and a cam functional unit (46) for causing the first and second housings (10, 20) to approach each other as the rotary member (30) is relatively rotated with respect to the first and second housings (10, 20).

Abstract: It is aimed to make only some of a plurality of housings in a connected state separable. A connector is provided with a first housing and a second housing connectable to the first housing. The second housing includes a detachable housing connectable to the first housing and separable from the first housing and an inseparable housing connectable to the first housing. The first housing and the inseparable housing are provided with an unreleasable lock portion and a lock arm for locking the inseparable housing and the first housing in a connected state. The unreleasable lock portion and the lock arm have no part enabling release of locking by the unreleasable lock portion and the lock arm.

Abstract: Provided is a connector that can hold a substrate firmly even in high-temperature and high-humidity environments. The connector (1) has: a connector housing (10) having a substrate accommodation space (S1); a terminal fitting (11) attached to the connector housing (10) so as to face the substrate accommodation space (S1); and a retainer (13) that holds a flexible substrate (30) positioned in the substrate accommodation space (S1) by pinching the flexible substrate (30) against the terminal fitting (11). The retainer (13) changes between a pressing state in which the flexible substrate (30) is pressed toward the terminal fitting (11), and a non-pressing state in which the pressing on the flexible substrate (30) is released. The retainer (13) is made of metal.

Abstract: A precision agriculture support system is provided with a measuring device, a storage device and a plant species determining unit. The measuring device measures a first spectral characteristic of light derived from vegetation in a support target area. The storage device stores a database of spectrum according to species that shows a spectral characteristic of a desired crop. The plant species determining unit determines whether a plant included in the vegetation is the desired crop or not based on the database of spectrum according to species and a measurement result of the first spectral characteristic. The plant species determination unit further carries out distinction of agricultural crops, distinction of agricultural crops and weeds and the like. Furthermore, the precision agriculture support system identifies an area where abnormality is occurring, estimates a nature of the abnormality and carries out an early warning by providing a countermeasure against the abnormality.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector having a function of protecting a male terminal and capable of coping with size reduction. A connector includes a guide, inside which a female housing is arranged, a cavity located behind the guide and communicating with inside of the guide, a holding member arranged movably in a front-rear direction with respect to the guide, and a male terminal arranged inside the cavity and including a tab projecting forward. The male terminal is provided to move integrally with the holding member.

Abstract: It is aimed to realize a size reduction. A connector includes a first housing (10) and a second housing (20) connectable to each other. The second housing (20) is configured by assembling a first terminal holding member (21) and a second terminal holding member (32) to be relatively displaceable. The first housing (10) is provided with a restricting portion (16) for allowing a connecting operation of the first terminal holding member (21) and restricting a connecting operation of the second terminal holding member (32). The first terminal holding member (21) is provided with a restriction releasing portion (27) for releasing restriction by the restricting portion (16) in a state where the connecting operation of the first terminal holding member (21) is started.

Abstract: It is aimed to enable a peak value reduction of connection resistance without hindering a connecting operation. A first housing includes an initial position holding portion for holding a movable housing at an initial position and a connection position holding portion for holding the movable housing at a connection position. A facing interval between the movable housing at the initial position and the second housing is narrower than that between a housing body and the second housing, and a facing interval between the movable housing at the connection position and the second housing is equal to that between the housing body and the second housing. The second housing is provided with a holding releasing portion for releasing holding by the initial position holding portion when the movable housing reaches a position just before a proper connection position in a connection process to the first housing.

Abstract: It is aimed to provide a connector including a moving plate capable of satisfactorily positioning a tab. A connector includes a first housing having a terminal holding portion and a receptacle, a male terminal fitting having a tab projecting into the receptacle, a second housing to be connected to the first housing, and a moving plate through which the tab is passed and which positions a front end part of the tab and is movable in the receptacle. The moving plate includes a projection formed by causing a hole edge part of a positioning hole to project forward on a first facing surface facing the second housing. A front end of the tab is located rearward of a virtual protection surface defined by extending an outer surface of the projection obliquely forward when the moving plate is at an initial position.

Abstract: A terminal includes a tube portion 33, into which a mating terminal is inserted, and a resiliently deformable resilient piece 34 disposed in the tube portion 33. The resilient piece 34 includes an inner contact point 37 located inside the tube portion 33 to contact the mating terminal, and an outer contact point 40 located outside the tube portion 33 to contact a conductor different from the mating terminal.

Abstract: A male connector 11 provided with a plurality of male terminals 16 to be connected to a plurality of female terminals 14 provided in a female connector 12 includes a receptacle 23 into which the female connector 12 is fit, and a movable member 38 disposed in the receptacle 23 and including an engaging portion 42 to be engaged with the female connector 12. The movable member 38 includes a releasing member 47 for releasing a short circuit by contacting a shorting terminal 28 provided for the plurality of male terminals 16 or the plurality of female terminals 14 to short-circuit the plurality of male terminals 16 or the plurality of female terminals 14.

Abstract: A lever-type connector includes a first housing, a second housing, and a lever for moving the second housing. The lever is formed with cam grooves and the second housing includes cam followers movable along the cam grooves. The lever is rotatable about axes of rotation movable within a predetermined range with respect to the first housing. The cam groove includes a first groove portion configured to guide the cam follower, a second groove portion disposed along the first groove portion on the side of the axes of rotation with respect to the first groove portion and configured to guide the cam follower, and a coupling groove extending in a direction intersecting the first and second groove portions to couple the first and second groove portions and configured to guide the cam follower. The coupling groove extends in a direction along a moving direction of the axes of rotation.