Abstract: A female connector to be connected to an end part of a shielded cable configured such that outer peripheries of coated wires each including a core and insulation coating are surrounded by a braided wire is provided with female terminals, a first outer conductor including a tubular portion in a state electrically insulated from the female terminals, the tubular portion being formed with a through hole, and a connection plate portion, and a second outer conductor including a rear crimping portion to be crimped to the braided wire and the connection plate portion from outside the braided wire and the connection plate portion and a left side wall and a right side wall for covering at least parts of the tubular portion from outside the tubular portion. The through hole of the first outer conductor is closed by the left and right side walls.

Abstract: It is aimed to prevent the damage and deformation of a terminal fitting. A connector is provided with a housing including a terminal accommodation chamber, and a terminal fitting including a tube portion and a resilient contact piece accommodated in the tube portion, the terminal fitting being inserted into the terminal accommodation chamber. A front wall portion of the housing is formed with a tab insertion hole into which a tab (T) of a mating terminal is inserted to enter the tube portion from front and contact the resilient contact piece. A left front plate portion is formed forward of the resilient contact piece in the terminal fitting. The front wall portion of the housing is formed with a detection hole open separately from the tab insertion hole. The detection hole is disposed at a position facing the left front plate portion in the front wall portion.

Abstract: It is aimed to improve a holding force for holding a retainer on a housing. A female connector (F) includes a female housing (10), female terminal fittings (27) to be inserted into the female housing (10) from behind, and a retainer (36) mounted on the female housing (10). The retainer (36) is movable in a direction intersecting an inserting direction of the female terminal fittings (27) between a partial locking position where insertion of the female terminal fittings (27) into the female housing (10) is allowed and a full locking position where the female terminal fittings (27) inserted into the female housing (10) are retained. The female housing (10) is formed with displacement restricting portions (18). The retainer (36) is formed with hooking portions (43) capable of coming into contact with the displacement restricting portions (18) from front when the retainer (36) is at the full locking position.

Abstract: A wire harness fixing structure includes a plate-like member including a first layer and a second layer softer than the first layer, an electrical wire disposed along the plate-like member, and a fixing member attached to the electrical wire to fix the electrical wire to the plate-like member. The fixing member includes: a through locking piece formed to be able to pass through the first layer and locked to the first layer while passing through the first layer, a regulation piece provided with a space between the regulation piece and the through locking piece to stop the through locking piece from passing through a surface of the plate-like member, and a column connecting the through locking piece and the regulation piece.

Abstract: An electric wire with a terminal described herein includes a shielded electric wire 11 and an inner conductive member 20. The shielded electric wire 11 includes a covered wire 12 including a core wire 13 through which a signal for communication is transmitted and an insulation cover 14 that has insulation property and covers the core wire 13, a shielding portion 15 having electric conductive property and covering an outer periphery of the covered wire 12, and a sheath 16 covering an outer periphery of the shielding portion 15. The inner conductive member 20 is connected to the covered wire 12. The covered wire 12 has an end portion close to the inner conductive member 20 and the end portion is an uncovered portion 17 that is not covered with the sheath 16 and the shielding portion 15. The uncovered portion 17 is covered with an impedance adjustment member 80 that has electric conductive property.

Abstract: An electric cable includes a terminal, and a manufacture method thereof is to suppress shedding of wire strands from a core wire. The electric cable with terminal includes an end of an electric cable connected to the terminal. The electric cable includes a core wire that is a bundle of a plurality of wire strands. The terminal includes a connection portion in which the core wire is exposed at the end of the electric cable. The core wire is placed on the connection portion including a welded portion that is to be ultrasonic welded to the connection portion. The welded portion includes a high compression portion in which the core wire is compressed, and a low compression portion in which a position that is closer than the high compression portion to the end of the core wire is compressed at a compression lower than that of the high compression portion.

Abstract: A relay apparatus system is a relay apparatus system that is mounted in a vehicle, and includes: a wireless relay apparatus that wirelessly communicates with a communication apparatus provided outside of the vehicle; and a plurality of wired relay apparatuses that are connected in series downstream of the wireless relay apparatus when the communication apparatus is assumed to be positioned upstream of the wireless relay apparatus, wherein each of the plurality of wired relay apparatuses includes a communication unit that is communicably connected to an ECU for controlling an in-vehicle apparatus that is mounted in the vehicle.

Abstract: A clamp including: a holding portion and a fixing portion, wherein the fixing portion includes: a base, a support shaft that extends from the base in a direction away from the holding portion, a lock that is provided at a leading end of the support shaft and is formed to be able to be locked to the fixed portion, a spring that is provided in a surrounding region of the support shaft between the base and the lock, and is formed so as to be extendable in a direction in which the support shaft extends, and a vibration suppressor provided between two opposing surfaces of the spring that are adjacent to each other in a direction in which the support shaft extends and face each other.

Abstract: It is aimed to prevent the interference of an external matter with an operating portion of a lock arm. A female connector (10) includes a female housing (11), female terminal fittings (26) to be inserted into the female housing (11) from behind, and a retainer (33) to be mounted into the female housing (11). The female housing (11) includes a lock arm (17) having a rear end part serving as an operating portion (20) for unlocking, and the retainer (33) is formed with a covering portion (35) for covering at least a part of the operating portion (20).

Abstract: A wiring system for an automobile includes: a first connection device connected to a corresponding one of electrical components so as to communicate with and supply power to the corresponding electrical component; and a plurality of second connection devices each connected to a corresponding one of the electrical components so as to communicate with and supply power to the corresponding electrical component, wherein a bus communication line sequentially passes through the first connection device and the plurality of second connection devices, and is branched so as to communicate with the electrical components in the first connection device and the plurality of second connection devices, and a plurality of power sources mounted in the automobile are connected to the first connection device and integrated, and electric power supplied from the plurality of power sources is distributed from the first connection device to the plurality of second connection devices.

Abstract: A first busbar includes a first electrical connection portion that is electrically connected to a main relay, a first heat transfer connection portion that is thermally connected to the insulating plate, and a first detour portion that connects the first electrical connection portion and the first heat transfer connection portion to each other. A second busbar includes a second electrical connection portion that is electrically connected to the main relay, a second heat transfer connection portion that is thermally connected to the insulating plate, and a lateral detour portion and a lower detour portion that connect the second electrical connection portion and the second heat transfer connection portion to each other.

Abstract: A reactor including a magnetic core and a coil having a wound part, the magnetic core having an inner core part disposed inside the wound part and an outer core part disposed outside the wound part, is provided with a bolt coupling the inner core part and the outer core part, the bolt being constituted by a composite material formed by dispersing a soft magnetic powder in a resin and including a shaft part passing through the outer core part, the shaft part including a tip reaching the inner core part, and the inner core part and the outer core part respectively being an integrated member having an undivided structure.

Abstract: A wire harness including: a first wire bundle that includes a plurality of wires; a second wire bundle that includes fewer wires than the first wire bundle; a splice body; and a waterproofing cover, wherein: the wires of the first wire bundle and the second wire bundle each include a conductor and an insulating covering that covers an outer circumference of the conductor, and each include an exposed portion at which the conductor is exposed from the insulating covering, at the splice body, the exposed portions of the first wire bundle and the exposed portions of the second wire bundle are bonded, and the waterproofing cover integrally covers the splice body, the outer surfaces of the insulating coverings of the first wire bundle, and the outer surfaces of the insulating covering of the second wire bundle with a resin material.

Abstract: An electrical connection box is provided with a connector-attached board and a shield case that internally houses the connector-attached board. The connector-attached board is provided with a circuit board, a connector that is fixed to the circuit board and that engages with a mating connector, and an attachment that is attached to the connector. The shield case surrounds the circuit board and is provided with an upper short wall portion and a lower short wall portion that include a connector opening for facing the connector outside. The attachment is provided with a waterproof portion that covers the periphery of an engagement surface of the connector that faces the mating connector, and the waterproof portion is provided with a waterproof wall that covers the periphery of the connector and the mating connector.

Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an electromagnetic shield member that can improve heat dissipation from an electric wire, and a wire harness that includes the electromagnetic shield member. An electromagnetic shield member has rectangular tubular housing portions in which electric wires are individually housed. The housing portions are provided with pressing portions that are formed by cutting and raising portions of the housing portions inward, and that press the electric wires.

Abstract: An energy storage module includes a plurality of cells, a first end plate, a second end plate, and a busbar module. The busbar module includes a plurality of busbars and a busbar case that holds the busbars. The busbar case includes a first end case, a second end case, and a connection portion. The first end case engages with the first end plate. The second end case is located to be separate from the first end case in the first direction, and engages with the second end plate. The connection portion connects the first end case and the second end case to each other. The connection portion includes a first expandable portion that is expandable in the first direction.

Abstract: Provided is an in-vehicle wiring module that is attached to a plurality of power storage elements that include electrode terminals, and includes a busbar that is connected to the electrode terminals, and a flexible substrate that is electrically connected to the busbar, the flexible substrate has a folded-over structures where the flexible substrate is folded along folding portions, the folded-over structure includes protrusions that protrude from outer edges of the flexible substrate in an expanded state before the flexible substrate is folded along the folding portions, and slits into which the protrusions are to be inserted, the folding portions are disposed between the protrusions and the slits of the flexible substrate in the expanded state, and, as a result of the protrusions being inserted into the slits, the flexible substrate is kept from deforming so as to return to the expanded state from a state of being folded along the folding portions.

Abstract: A terminal of the present disclosure is to be connected to a mating terminal and includes a tube portion and a wire connecting portion provided on a rear end part of the tube portion. A resilient contact piece is provided inside the tube portion. The resilient contact piece presses the mating terminal inserted from front of the tube portion toward an inner wall of the tube portion. An upper inspection opening and a lower inspection opening are formed in side walls of the tube portion. The upper inspection opening is formed on an upper side. The lower inspection opening is formed on a lower side (other side). The resilient contact piece is partially exposed from the upper and lower inspection openings with an optical path of light entering from either one of the upper or lower inspection opening and coming out from the other secured.

Abstract: Provided is a power supply apparatus that can be disposed below a floor panel of a vehicle, including: a wiring structural body that is disposed below the floor panel, and is routed such that a first high-voltage wire harness, a second high-voltage wire harness, and a low-voltage wire harness extend along the wiring structural body; a high-voltage electricity storage device disposed below the wiring structural body; a first low-voltage electricity storage device and a second low-voltage electricity storage device that are disposed below the wiring structural body; and a 100-V charger, a first DC/DC converter, and a second DC/DC converter that are disposed below the wiring structural body.

Abstract: An armrest includes a frame, a mounting portion included in the frame and having a mounting surface with which the mounting portion is mounted on a bracket of a seat, an armrest-side wire harness arranged in the frame, and an armrest-side connector connected to the armrest-side wire harness and being open in a direction from the mounting surface toward the bracket.