Abstract: A terminal connecting structure is provided with each of the electrodes provided on the element forming the electronic component; and the terminals respectively having the connecting portions arranged along the electrodes respectively. In addition, the terminal connecting structure is provided with clearance forming portions configured to respectively form the respective clearances between the electrodes and the connecting portions respectively; and the connecting materials respectively provided in the clearances, the connecting material being configured to electrically connect the connecting portions and the electrodes respectively.

Abstract: Provided is a current measuring device for measuring current, including a conductor (1) adapted to pass current therethrough, and a circuit board (31) with a wire, the wire being adapted to extract a voltage signal from the conductor, in which the circuit board is disposed upright with respect to the conductor.

Abstract: Particularly, it is an object to provide a circuit substrate that can reduce a field intensity near an electrode having a high potential. A circuit substrate of the present invention includes an insulated substrate, a thin-film resistive element, and electrodes electrically connected to both sides of the thin-film resistive element, the thin-film resistive element and the electrodes being disposed on a surface of the insulated substrate. The circuit substrate is characterized in that the thin-film resistive element has a pattern in which a resistance wire is repeatedly folded back, and a dummy wire for reducing a field intensity is provided on a high-potential electrode side.

Abstract: A resistor includes: a first resin protruding part formed in the bottom surface of an exterior material (mold resin body), on an end opposite to a leading side of harness wires along the length of the exterior material near a through-hole piercing an upper surface and a lower surface of the exterior material, and a second resin protruding part, surrounding the circumference of a metal bush embedded in the through-hole and the entire circumference of the resistor substrate. Moreover, a concave part is formed in a region sandwiched between the first resin protruding part and the second resin protruding part.

Abstract: The visibility of light is improved. A flow rate sensor device includes a substrate, sensor elements electrically connected to the substrate, light emitting elements positioned in a rear part of the sensor elements and disposed on a surface of the substrate, and light-transmissive cases internally accommodating the light emitting elements between the light-transmissive cases and the substrate. The light-transmissive cases have light diffusion members projecting from ceiling sections toward the light emitting elements, the light diffusion members have light incident surfaces facing the light emitting elements and wall surfaces connecting the light incident surfaces and the ceiling sections, and at least a part of the wall surfaces has a tilting surface having a dimension between the opposing wall surfaces, the dimension gradually increasing from a side close to the light incident surface toward the ceiling section.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a flow rate sensor device having improved sensor responsiveness compared with the prior art. The present invention is a flow rate sensor device (1) including a sensor element (3, 4) that detects a flow rate, wherein a sensor unit (10) on which the sensor element (3, 4) is mounted and a drive substrate (11) including a drive control circuit are connected through a connection portion (12) narrower than a width of the drive substrate (11). Thus, a heat source in the drive substrate (11) and a heat source in the sensor unit (10) can be separated by the connection portion (12) that is thin in width, and the thermal influence from the drive substrate (11) to the sensor unit (10) can be suppressed. Therefore, good sensor responsiveness can be maintained.

Abstract: Provided is a shunt resistor including: a first terminal and a second terminal each made of an electrically conductive metal material and having a first plane, a second plane, and an outer peripheral surface around the planes; and a resistive body connected to the respective first planes and connecting the first terminal and the second terminal, the first planes of the first terminal and the second terminal opposing each other. A bonding area between the resistive body and the first planes is smaller than an area of the first planes. The first terminal and the second terminal each have a hole penetrating through from the first plane to the second plane. A voltage detection terminal is connected to opposing surface sides of the first terminal and the second terminal.

Abstract: It is an object to provide a flow rate sensor device having improved sensor responsiveness compared with the prior art. The present invention is a flow rate sensor device including a sensor element that detects a flow rate; a unit body including a sensor unit in which the sensor element is mounted, and a case accommodating the unit body, wherein the sensor unit is supported away from a bottom surface of the case. In this way, the sensor unit is supported to float upward from the bottom surface of the case, and a space is provided between the sensor unit and the bottom surface. Therefore, heat caused in the sensor unit can be separated from outside, and good sensor responsiveness can be maintained.

Abstract: A shunt resistor including first and second terminals made of an electrically conductive metal material, and a resistive element disposed between the first terminal and the second terminal. Each of the first terminal and the second terminal has a through-hole formed therein. At least one of the first terminal and the second terminal has a protruding portion protruding on a side thereof opposite to a portion bonded to the resistive element.

Abstract: Provided is a current sensing resistor including a plate-shaped resistive element containing a resistive material, and plate-shaped electrodes joined to opposite sides of the plate-shaped resistive element, each plate-shaped electrode containing an electrode material. Each electrode includes an upper electrode portion that is substantially flush with the resistive element, a lower electrode portion to be mounted on a wire pattern, and a step portion located between the upper electrode portion and the lower electrode portion. The upper electrode portion is wider than the resistive element and the lower electrode portion in the direction orthogonal to the direction in which the electrodes are arranged.

Abstract: A chip resistor is capable of improving surge characteristic while finely adjusting a resistance value with high accuracy. A chip resistor includes a resistor which is print-formed such that a first meandering portion is consecutively connected to a second meandering portion across a rectangular adjustment portion. The adjustment portion is provided with a first trimming groove to lengthen a current path of the resistor, thereby improving the surge characteristic while coarsely adjusting a resistance value of the resistor to bring it close to a target resistance value. Furthermore, a second trimming groove is provided in an area of the second meandering portion where a current distribution is small, thereby finely adjusting the resistance value of the resistor to make it coincide with the target resistance value in accordance with a cutting amount of the second trimming groove.

Abstract: An object is to provide a chip resistor in which hot spots can be dispersed and the adverse effects on performance caused by microcracks can also be reduced. A chip resistor includes an insulating substrate, a resistive element, and electrodes. In the resistive element, a first trimming groove and a second trimming groove are formed. A first vertical groove of the first trimming groove and a second vertical groove of the second trimming groove are formed with a spacing in between in an X1-X2 direction. A first horizontal groove of the first trimming groove and a second horizontal groove of the second trimming groove extend in directions approaching each other, and terminal ends of the first horizontal groove and the second horizontal groove are formed to be separated in the X1-X2 direction such that the first horizontal groove and the second horizontal groove do not overlap in a Y1-Y2 direction.

Abstract: Provided is a shunt resistor mount structure comprising: a shunt resistor including a pair of electrodes and a resistive body; a current detecting substrate having a control circuit mounted thereon, the substrate having a voltage detecting portion to which a pair of voltage detection terminals of the shunt resistor are connected; and a temperature sensor for measuring a temperature of the electrodes.

Abstract: This thick-film resistive element paste is a resistive element paste containing: an electrically conductive metal powder including a copper powder and a manganese powder; a glass powder; and an organic vehicle, and is characterized in that the glass powder contains primarily an alkaline-earth metal.

Abstract: A resistance pattern that contains platinum as a main component is formed into a meander shape and on a main surface of a ceramic substrate. A protective film layer that covers the resistance pattern has a two-layer structure including a trap layer as an inner layer and an overcoat layer as an outer layer. The trap layer contains alumina as a main component and 2 to 30 vol % of platinum. The overcoat layer contains alumina as a main component. With such a configuration, even when reactivity of the platinum resistance pattern becomes higher under high temperature use, platinum contained in the trap layer reacts with oxygen or impurities etc. contained in the ceramic substrate. Thus, reaction of the platinum resistance pattern can be suppressed.

Abstract: A highly reliable surface-mounted resistor, which prevents a problem of disconnection between an electrode and a terminal of a chip resistor when heating during mounting, is disclosed. The surface-mounted resistor includes a chip resistor comprising a plate-shaped substrate, a resistance body formed on an upper surface of the substrate, and an electrode connected the resistance body and drawn from the upper surface of the substrate to a lower surface via an end surface, a plate-shaped lead terminal connected to the electrode of the chip resistor, the plate-shaped lead terminal being fixed to the electrode of the substrate on the lower surface side, and an exterior member covering an entire chip resistor and a part of the lead terminal.

Abstract: A chip resistor is capable of improving surge characteristic while finely adjusting a resistance value with high accuracy. A chip resistor includes a resistor which is print-formed such that a first meandering portion is consecutively connected to a second meandering portion across a rectangular adjustment portion. The adjustment portion is provided with a first trimming groove to lengthen a current path of the resistor, thereby improving the surge characteristic while coarsely adjusting a resistance value of the resistor to bring it close to a target resistance value. Furthermore, a second trimming groove is provided in an area of the second meandering portion where a current distribution is small, thereby finely adjusting the resistance value of the resistor to make it coincide with the target resistance value in accordance with a cutting amount of the second trimming groove.

Abstract: Provided is a current measuring device for measuring current, including a conductor adapted to pass current therethrough, a circuit board with a wire, the wire being adapted to extract a voltage signal from the conductor, a cover member adapted to house the circuit board, first fixing means provided on the cover member, and second fixing means fixed in combination with the first fixing means, in which the conductor is mounted between the first fixing means and the second fixing means.

Abstract: A sulfurization detection resistor includes: a rectangle-shaped insulating substrate; pair of front electrodes formed at both ends facing each other on a surface of the insulating substrate; plurality of sulfurization detection conductors arranged in parallel between the paired front electrodes; plurality of resistors connected between the ends of each of the sulfurization detection conductors and the paired front electrodes; and sulfide gas impermeable protective film that covers all of the resistors and some of the sulfurization detection conductors, wherein each of the sulfurization detection conductors has a sulfurization detection unit exposed from a window hole in the protective film; and by covering the sulfurization detection units with different types of sulfurization rate adjustment layers formed of an acrylic resin, a silicon resin, and the like, timing of disconnection is set so as to vary in response to a cumulative amount of sulfurization in each of the sulfurization detection units.

Abstract: Provided is a current measuring apparatus including a current measuring resistor that includes a resistive element and first and second electrodes fixed to the resistive element, the current measuring resistor being adapted to measure a current, and an electronic circuit component including a plurality of terminals. One of the first electrode or the second electrode is used to short at least two of the terminals of the electronic circuit component.