Abstract: A connector unit (30) is configured to be connectable to a mating connector (10). The connector unit (30) includes a plurality of sub-connectors (40, 50, 60) and a frame (32). Each of the sub-connectors (40, 50, 60) includes a connector housing (42, 52, 62) and male terminals (46, 56, 66) held by the connector housing with male terminal portions (47, 57, 67) projecting out from the connector housing. The frame (32) includes a uniting frame portion (34) for holding the plurality of sub-connectors in a united state with the male terminal portions of the plurality of sub-connectors facing in the same direction and a surrounding frame portion (36) for surrounding the male terminal portions of the plurality of sub-connectors.

Abstract: A service plug has a main connector (30 with two plate-like terminals (32) having coplanar plate surfaces, an accommodating portion (34) having the plate-like terminals (32) therein, and a first connecting portion (36, 38) having first connection terminals to connect the plate-like terminals (32) together by being inserted into the accommodating portion (34). A detection connector (40) includes a detection housing (44) with two detection terminals (42) inside. A second connecting portion (46) has a second connection terminal and is movable between an engaged position where the second connecting portion is engaged with the detection housing (44) and the second connection terminal connects the detection terminals (42) to each other and a non-engaged position where the second connecting portion does not engage the detection housing (44) by sliding within a width range of the first connecting portion (36, 38) along the surfaces of the plate-like terminals (32).

Abstract: A wiring module includes a plurality of conductive plates, and first coupling portions and second coupling portions that are provided on outer peripheral portions of the plurality of conductive plates and have mutually connectable shapes. In this wiring module, the plurality of conductive plates are electrically connected by coupling the first coupling portions and the second coupling portions. Therefore, changing a manner in which the conductive plates are coupled is disclosed (for example, changing the number of coupled conductive plates, the coupling positions thereof, or the coupling angles thereof).

Abstract: A male connector (1) includes a housing (10) made of resin, a male terminal (11) formed into a tubular shape and filled with resin (20B) inside, and a resin cap (12) for covering a distal end on a front side of the male terminal (11) in a connecting direction. A communication port (11D) is provided in a part of the male terminal (11) embedded in the housing (10). Resin (20A) constituting the housing (10) and resin (20B) are integrated via the communication port (11D), and the resin (20B) and resin (20C) constituting the resin cap (12) are integrated via an opening (11E) of the male terminal (11) on the front side in the connecting direction.

Abstract: Provided is a power system that is able to readily address design changes, together with suppressing leakage current from a conduction path of a high voltage to a conduction path of a low voltage. A power system is provided with a voltage transformation device that steps down an input voltage to a 12V voltage that is lower than the 48V voltage and outputs the resultant voltage, a high-voltage power box that is electrically connected to the voltage transformation device and outputs electric power having a voltage of 48V, and a low-voltage power box that is electrically connected to the voltage transformation device and outputs electric power having a voltage of 12V, the voltage transformation device and the high-voltage power box being detachably connected to each other.

Abstract: Provided is a shielded conductive path exhibiting a shielding function over a broad frequency band between a low frequency and a high frequency even when the shielding member has a small cross-sectional area. A shielded conductive path includes conductive path main bodies, insulating layers surrounding the conductive path main bodies, and shielding members facing the outer circumferential surfaces of the insulating layers, each have a configuration in which a conductive layer and a magnetic layer are layered together. Electromagnetic noise in a frequency band between a low frequency and an intermediate frequency is blocked with the conductive layer, and electromagnetic noise in a frequency band between an intermediate frequency and a high frequency is blocked with the magnetic layer. The different frequency regions are assigned to the conductive layer and the magnetic layer, and therefore, the cross-sectional areas of the conductive layer and the magnetic layer need not be increased.

Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board according to an aspect of the present invention includes a base film having insulating properties and a conductive pattern laminated to one surface side of the base film. The conductive pattern forms part of a circuit and includes at least one fuse portion having a cross section smaller than the other part. The conductive pattern has a pair of measurement pad portions configured to enable measurement of a potential difference between two points in the vicinity of both ends of the fuse portion.

Abstract: An electrical connection box includes a bus bar, a case to which the bus bar is fixed, a terminal that is connected to the bus bar, a fixing member that fixes a connection portion at which the terminal and the bus bar are connected to each other, and a base member that holds the fixing member. The fixing member and the base member are disposed at a position at which the fixing member and the base member overlap the connection portion of the bus bar, and when the connection portion at which the terminal and the bus bar are connected to each other is fixed, the base member moves in a direction in which the base member comes into contact with the bus bar.

Abstract: Provided is a circuit assembly that includes: a circuit board that has a connection opening; a plurality of busbars that are laid on one surface side of the circuit board; a coil that includes a main portion and a plurality of lead terminals, the lead terminals being connected to the plurality of busbars exposed through the connection opening; and a heatsink that is laid, via an adhesive agent, on surfaces of the plurality of busbars that face away from the circuit board. The circuit board is provided with a substrate through-hole in the vicinity of the connection opening, and the plurality of busbars are provided with a busbar through-hole at the position that corresponds to the substrate through-hole.

Abstract: A signal generation circuit, a voltage conversion device, and a computer program are provided wherein the minimum increment of a value to be set for a generating portion, can be made substantially smaller than an actual increment with a relatively small processing load. A CPU specifies a set value Y (closest to a target value X) and a second closest set value Z in every N periods of a first signal, determines N set values for the first signal by combining Y and Z based on the result of comparison between the values of Y and Z and the value of X, sets one set value for a generating portion for each period of the first signal, calculates a value for setting off-time of the second signal in a first period in N periods as an additional value, and sets the calculated value for the generating portion.

Abstract: Provided is a reactor in which an accessory member that is attached to the reactor is integrated with an assembly. The reactor includes an assembly of a coil having a winding portion and a magnetic core and an accessory member that is attached to the assembly. In this reactor, an outer core portion of the magnetic core is made of a composite material obtained by dispersing soft magnetic powder in a resin, the outer core portion protruding from the winding portion, and the accessory member includes an embedded portion that is embedded in the outer core portion and a functional portion that protrudes outward from the outer core portion.

Abstract: An in-vehicle power supply switch device that is suited to charging is provided. A first switch is connected between a first load and a first power storage device. A second switch is connected between the first load and a second power storage device. A third switch is connected in parallel to a set of the first switch and the second switch, and has a smaller resistance value than both the resistance value of the first switch and the resistance value of the second switch.

Abstract: Provided is a reactor exhibiting stable magnetic characteristics. The reactor includes a coil, a magnetic core having an inner core portion and an outer core, and an end surface connecting member disposed between an end surface of the winding portion and the outer core portion. The reactor includes a resin-molded portion integrates integrating the outer core portion and the end surface connecting member, and a plurality of protruding portions provided disposed on an outer surface of the end surface connecting member on which the outer core portion is disposed and that supports the outer core portion at a distance from the outer surface, the resin-molded portion enters a gap formed between the outer surface and the outer core portion by the protruding portions, thereby forming a resin gap between the inner core portion and the outer core portion are being separated from each other by the end surface connecting member.

Abstract: Provided are a circuit assembly in which it is possible to eliminate or reduce a level difference between a mounting surface of a substrate and portions to which terminals that are electrically connected to a conductive member are connected, and that can be easily produced, and a method for manufacturing the same. A circuit assembly includes a substrate provided with openings and an electronic component mounted on one side of the substrate, a conductive member that is a plate-shaped member fixed to another side of the substrate, the conductive member constituting a conductive path, and a relay member that is fixed to a surface on the substrate side of the conductive member and made of an electrically conductive material, the relay member being accommodated in the openings formed in the substrate, at least one terminal of the electronic component being connected to the relay member.

Abstract: Provided is a circuit assembly that can suppress deterioration of its heat releasing capability caused by a pit formed by the formation of a protruding portion that enters an opening formed in a substrate. Provided is a manufacturing method with which such a circuit assembly can be produced easily. A conductive member is provided with a protruding portion that enters an opening formed in a substrate and to which a terminal of an electronic component is connected, a pit formed by formation of the protruding portion is covered by a base member for supporting the conductive member, and an embedding member having a heat conductivity higher than that of air is provided inside the pit.

Abstract: Provided are a signal generating circuit, a voltage conversion device, and a signal generating method configured to make a minimum unit of values that are respectively set in m (where m is a natural number equal to or greater than 2) generating units that periodically generate PWM signals corresponding to the setting values substantially smaller than an actual minimum unit. A CPU specifies, at every n periods of the PWM signals generated by the m generating units SG1, SG2, . . . SGm, a settable value closest to the sum of target values for n periods, determines (m×n) setting values for n periods based on a quotient and a remainder obtained by dividing the specified settable value by the product of m and n, and sets the determined values in the respective generating units SG1, SG2, . . . SGm, using phase-specific interrupt processes that are different from each other.

Abstract: A configuration is realized that can subject, when operation of a multiphase conversion unit starts, voltage conversion units to control of gradually increasing a target value for output, and can suppress a reverse flow, more easily and further avoiding a loss. A multiphase converter is provided with a control unit configured to control a multiphase conversion unit, and the control unit sequentially drives, when operation of the multiphase conversion unit is started, a plurality of voltage conversion units by offsetting the points in time at which the driving is started against each other. Also, the control unit determines, each time the driving of a voltage conversion unit is started, whether or not the value detected by the detection unit has reached an individual threshold associated with the number of driven voltage conversion units, and starts to drive the next voltage conversion unit when the value has reached the individual threshold.

Abstract: Provided is a reactor that can be manufactured without holding an assembly when the assembly is fixed to a mounting plate via a bonding layer. The reactor includes a coil, a magnetic core, an interposed insulating member, a metal mounting plate, and a bonding layer. The interposed insulating member is provided with an inwardly interposed portion, a first interposed end face portion, and a second interposed end face portion. The interposed insulating member is obtained by combining a plurality of divided pieces that includes a divided piece having the first interposed end face portion, and a divided piece having the second interposed end face portion. The divided pieces are respectively provided with engaging portions that engage with each other, and the first interposed end face portion and the second interposed end face portion are each provided with a leg piece that separates the coil from the mounting plate.

Abstract: Provided is an in-vehicle light emitting apparatus that is able to use light to make a driver aware of the position of an operating part for opening a fuel lid. The in-vehicle light emitting apparatus is provided with a light emitting body provided in the interior of a vehicle that runs on fuel and a drive unit 6 that drives the light emitting body. The light emitting body is arranged in the operating part for opening the fuel lid of a refueling port provided in the vehicle or at a location from which the operating part can be illuminated.

Abstract: A reactor that can measure the temperature of the magnetic core is provided. The reactor includes an assembly having a magnetic core and a coil that has a winding portion, and a temperature sensor that measures the temperature of the reactor. The magnetic core has an inner core portion that is inserted into the winding portion, and a sensor disposition groove is formed in an outer peripheral face of the inner core portion and is disposed inside the winding portion. The temperature sensor is provided inside the sensor disposition groove. According to this configuration, it is possible to precisely measure the temperature of the magnetic core while the reactor is operating.