Abstract: An electrical connection box 20 is arranged rearward of and in the vicinity of a dash panel 13, and is fixed to a cowl side panel 15 via mounting members 23, 24 extended from a box body 21. The box body 21 of the electrical connection box 20 is formed with a protruding member 22 for receiving impact from the dash panel 13 before the box body 21 does upon collision of the vehicle. The mounting members 23, 24 are formed to have such a rigidity as to allow the members 23, 24 to be broken to prevent the box body 21 from being crushed when the protruding member 22 receives impact, and load exceeding a predetermined limit is applied to the box body 21. The breakage of the electrical connection box upon collision of the vehicle is thereby minimized.

Abstract: A parking assisting apparatus displays an image of a rear view from a vehicle, which is acquired by a camera, on a display located in a passenger compartment, thus assisting in a parking procedure. The parking procedure assisted by the parking assisting apparatus is, for example, a parallel parking procedure in which the rotating direction of the steering wheel must be switched. An assumed path along which the vehicle is moved during the parking procedure is determined in accordance with the steering angle of the steering wheel when the parking procedure is started. In the parking procedure, the display indicates a steering information that informs the driver of a timing at which the rotating direction of the steering wheel must be switched, in accordance with the assumed path.

Abstract: A method of fitting connectors includes a step of inserting a first connector into a mounting hole of a joint body from one side of the mounting hole in order to temporarily retain the first connector in the mounting hole, a step of inserting a second connector into the mounting hole from the other side of the joint body in order to release the condition in that the first connector has been retained in the mounting hole simultaneously with fitting both connectors to each other, and a step of inserting the second connector into the mounting hole further so that the second connector is primarily fixed in the mounting hole.

Abstract: A method of fitting connectors includes a step of inserting a first connector into a mounting hole of a joint body from one side of the mounting hole in order to temporarily retain the first connector in the mounting hole, a step of inserting a second connector into the mounting hole from the other side of the joint body in order to release the condition in that the first connector has been retained in the mounting hole simultaneously with fitting both connectors to each other, and a step of inserting the second connector into the mounting hole further so that the second connector is primarily fixed in the mounting hole.

Abstract: A fitting operation of connectors is completed through the following steps of providing a first connector with a mating projection, and a second connector; providing a slide member which moves in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the first connector is pressed against the second connector; preparing an inclined groove provided in the slide member for receiving the mating projection when fitting the first connector to the second connector is started; temporarily securing the first connector in a fitting hole of a fitting body; pressing the second connector against the first connector in a connector fitted direction; fitting the first connector and the second connector together by moving the slide member in a direction perpendicular to the connector fitted direction by a pressing force via the inclined groove while releasing the first connector from being temporarily secured in the fitting hole; and completing the fitting operation between the first and second connectors by pushing the second co

Abstract: A contact terminal fixing construction including a first fixing portion and a second fixing portion which are mounted on a board in spaced relation to each other. When a distal end portion of a contact terminal is moved obliquely relative to the surface of the board, the first fixing portion engages this distal end portion. The second fixing portion includes a pair of claws, and a proximal end portion of the contact terminal is fitted into a space between these claws, and is engaged with the second fixing portion. The contact terminal has a limitation portion for limiting the movement of the contact terminal in a direction of a length thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a channel housing comprising curving channels whereby complex and varied channels can be compactly contained.Plural curving channels that must be connected to plural valves, for example, are formed by partitioning walls forming curving channels inside a pair of symmetrical housing halves, which are then bonded together to form the complex channel system.The housing halves may be joined by welding or adhesive bonding. To improve the bonding strength, a pair of opposing channel members is provided along the length of the contacting members that are welded or bonded. The cavity formed by the opposing channel members D, D is then filled with an adhesive resin M to integrate the two halves.

Abstract: A ventilating system for an outboard motor having a water propulsion device and an internal combustion engine positioned in a cowling, the engine having an output shaft arranged to drive the water propulsion device, is disclosed. The ventilating system includes an air inlet in the cowling which permits air to flow into an engine compartment in which the engine is positioned, and an exhaust port positioned in the cowling. The system also includes a mechanism for drawing air through the inlet into the compartment and expelling air out of the compartment through the exhaust port after the engine has stopped.

Abstract: A numerical control machining apparatus, having a section for reading out and analyzing machining programs from a storage section to control the axis drive section of a machine tool, also can display the quantity and direction of movement for each axis on a display section. The axis movement is identified by symbols that reflect a pre-set correspondence between the direction of movement instruction to each axis of the machine tool and the direction of the actual movement of each axis of the machine tool seen by an operator. That correspondence is stored beforehand when an operator inputs instructions for the various movements of the axes and the operator examines the machine's response and identifies a symbol that corresponds to that response, such as an arrow whose orientation corresponds to an observed movement direction.

Abstract: The present invention provides a channel housing comprising curving channels whereby complex and varied channels can be compactly contained.Plural curving channels that must be connected to plural valves, for example, are formed by partitioning walls forming curving channels inside a pair of symmetrical housing halves, which are then bonded together to form the complex channel system.The housing halves may be joined by welding or adhesive bonding. To improve the bonding strength, a pair of opposing channel members is provided along the length of the contacting members that are welded or bonded. The cavity formed by the opposing channel members D, D is then filled with an adhesive resin M to integrate the two halves.

Abstract: An adjustable throttle damper retards closure of associated throttle valves. The throttle damper is positioned between runners of an intake manifold to which the throttle valves communicate. A lever selectively couples the throttle damper to a throttle linkage operating the throttle valves. This arrangement reduces the width of the engine. The throttle damper also operates against a lead throttle lever of the throttle linkage in order minimize the effect play in the linkage has on valve synchronization.

Abstract: A marine propulsion system and particularly an outboard motor wherein the outboard motor is provided with a control for preventing engine damage in response to an abnormal condition by reducing the speed of the engine through disabling certain cylinders. The cylinders disabled are chosen on the vertical position of the cylinder in the engine so as to provide improved running and avoid undesirable results. In addition, the disabling of the cylinders is precluded until the abnormal condition has existed more than a predetermined time period upon initial start-up so as to permit unencumbered normal warm up of the engine.

Abstract: An interface device for an automobile telephone-set with a data transmission device-includes a switch for selectively connecting voice lines of a radio-transmitter/receiver to one of the telephone-set and the data transmission device, a distinguishing device for distinguishing dial data transmitted from the telephone-set and a control unit for energizing the switch and for connecting the voice lines of the radio transmitter/receiver to the data transmission device upon receiving a redial request from the data transmission device. When the user operates the telephone-set, an off-hook signal is transmitted from the telephone-set to the remote terminal through the radio transmitter/receiver. At this moment, the distinguishing device distinguishes the dial data which is transmitted from the telephone-set. The dial data is memorized in the data transmission device in case of a busy or not answerable situation at the remote terminal.

Abstract: A power supply circuit for an automobile including an electric automotive appliance having a memory, a main battery, a backup battery, an ignition key switch, a battery switching circuit for connecting one of the main and backup batteries to the electric automotive appliance, a power detector for detecting a charged power in the backup battery, a limiting circuit for limiting the operation of the electric automobile appliance to only a power backup of the memory, and a control circuit for activating the limiting circuit when a charged power in the backup battery is detected to be below a predetermined level.

Abstract: A secret communication control apparatus used to effect secret communication with communication equipment, for example, facsimile equipment, which transmits picture information by use of public communication lines. When a communication control code that is utilized to set a communication mode is to be transmitted, the intervention of the secret communication control apparatus in the communication is suspended by switching a change-over switch, so that the main body of the local communication equipment and the remote communication equipment perform direct transmission of the communication control code therebetween without passing it through the secret communication control apparatus. It is therefore possible to transmit the signal in the minimized time, that is, in the same way as in the case of ordinary, nonsecret communication.

Abstract: A data encripting transfer system includes a scanner for scanning an object to output an image signal, a data encripting device for encripting the image signal, and a data decoder for decoding the encripted image signal. The system further includes a card having the data encripting device and the data decoder, and a receiving device for receiving the card. The received card enables the data encripting device and the data decoder.

Abstract: Encoder/decoders are associated with conventional local and far-end communications equipment such as facsimile machines. Information to be faxed is encoded at one end, transmitted to the other end, and decoded, without affecting normal communications protocol or requiring other specialized equipment at either end. A secure information processing device is provided at each end, between the equipment and the communications line, and either encodes outgoing information or decodes incoming information, in accordance with a randomly generated key code, depending on whether the equipment at a particular end is transmitting or receiving a communication.