Abstract: There is provided a joint connector including: a ground terminal member integrally formed by a plate-shaped fixing portion fixed to a ground portion, a body horizontal plate portion extending from the plate-shaped fixing portion, a body rising plate portion formed by bending in a rising direction, a terminal connection portion provided formed with a plurality of terminal connecting portions electrically connectable with a counterpart terminal, and a coupling piece; and a housing integrally formed by a housing body portion in which the body rising plate portion and the terminal connection portion are insert-molded in a state where the plurality of terminal connecting portions are protruded for connecting the counterpart terminal, and a reinforcing rib portion provided to couple a resin portion covering the coupling piece and a resin portion covering the terminal connection portion.

Abstract: A protector includes: a first passage portion extending in a first direction; and a second passage portion extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction, in which the second direction is a fitting direction in which a connector connected to a flexible printed circuit board is fitted to a mating connector, the first passage portion has a bottom wall and side walls arranged on both sides of the bottom wall in a width direction, the bottom wall has a distal end which is an end on the second passage portion side, the first passage portion has slits extending between the bottom wall and the side walls such that the distal end is swingable in the second direction, and the second passage portion is connected to the distal end of the bottom wall and is swingable in the second direction.

Abstract: A protector includes: a first case including a first passage through which a first portion of a flat wiring member is routed; a second case including a second passage through which a second portion of the flat wiring member is routed; and a rotating structure configured to be able to rotate the second case relative to the first case. The second case holds the second portion so as to form a folded portion between the first portion and the second portion, and the rotating structure is configured such that rotation of the second case relative to the first case changes an intersection angle of the second portion with respect to the first portion at the folded portion.

Abstract: A wire harness includes: a connector including a plurality of terminals having press-fit portions, and a terminal holding part that holds the plurality of terminals arranged in at least one row in a state where the press-fit portions protrude therefrom; and a first planar routing member including a flat plate-shaped first flexible printed board part having flexibility, and a flat plate-shaped first rigid board part connected to one end of the first flexible printed board part, having higher rigidity than the first flexible printed board part, and having a plurality of first through holes formed therein to allow the press-fit portions of the terminals corresponding to the plurality of first through holes to be press-fitted into the plurality of first through holes, respectively.

Abstract: A tape winding method includes an oblique winding step, in which a tape set is arranged obliquely so that each tape is wound obliquely at a predetermined angle, the tape spacing is adjusted so that a winding tape pitch is smaller than or equal to a tape width, and in this state, oblique winding is performed while moving the tape set by a movement amount, wherein the movement amount per turn of the oblique winding is defined by multiplying a sum of the winding tape pitch and a winding tape width of one tape by a number of tapes.

Abstract: A connector connected to an external connector, comprising: a plurality of terminals; an electric wire lead-out portion for leading out a plurality of electric wires, partially joined to the terminals, in a first direction to be connected to the external connector; and a combination of a first electric wire contact and a second electric wire contact for partially clamping the electric wires extending in a second direction, intersecting with the first direction, between the terminals and the electric wire lead-out portion. The first electric wire contact is integrated with a member having the electric wire lead-out portion.

Abstract: In a connector, routing holes include an inclined surface in which a distance to an extension axis of a central axis of packing holes becomes closer from a first opening end toward a second opening end. A first end of a inclined surface at a position closest to the first opening end faces an interior of a housing body in a direction opposite to a first direction, and a second end of the inclined surface at a position closest to the second opening end forms a narrowest opening part in the routing holes.

Abstract: A display apparatus capable of displaying an image over a wide range of a front window without distortion is provided. The display apparatus includes a display unit disposed along the front window of a vehicle, wherein the display unit includes a plurality of display devices including a display region with a same curvature as the front window, and light emitted from the display unit is directly reflected directly on the front window to form a virtual image.

Abstract: The efficiency of the tape winding task is improved while a desired lapping width (R11) is secured. A tape winding method includes a winding start step (step S11 to step S14), a lapped winding step (step S15 and step S16) of performing lapped winding in which adjacent tapes (21) partially overlap each other, while the tape set (2) is moved by an amount of movement per lapped winding that is a sum of a tape spacing (T11) and a lapping width (R11), and a winding end step.

Abstract: A connection structure includes: a first bus bar including a first through hole; a second bus bar including a second through hole; a connection member including a shaft, a first overhanging portion, and a second overhanging portion; and an elastic member through which the shaft penetrates. The elastic member has an outer peripheral diameter larger than the circumference of the virtual circle and an inner peripheral diameter smaller than a maximum diameter of the first overhanging portion. The second overhanging portion is insertable into the first through hole and the second through hole while being fitted into a recess defined by the first recessed surface of the first through hole and the second recessed surface of the second through hole at a first rotational position; and the second overhanging portion overlaps a second pressed surface when viewed in a penetrating direction at a second rotational position.

Abstract: A connection structure of an embodiment is a connection structure that electrically connects a device and a battery pack. The connection structure includes a first conductor, a second conductor, and a third conductor. The first conductor is connected to one of the device and the battery pack. The second conductor is connected to the other of the device and the battery pack. The second conductor is arranged so as to be spaced away from the first conductor in a first direction. The third conductor is configured to electrically connect the first conductor and the second conductor by being inserted between the first conductor and the second conductor from a second direction intersecting the first direction in a state where the device and the battery pack are fixed.

Abstract: This disclosure relates in general to three dimensional (“3D”) printers having a configuration that prepares a three-dimensional object by using a feedstock comprising a metal or a polymer compound and a carbon coating formed on a surface of the compound. This disclosure also relates to such feedstocks and their preparation methods. This disclosure further relates to 3D composite objects prepared by using such printers and feedstocks. This disclosure also relates to carbon containing photocurable formulations and methods for their preparation. This disclosure further relates to electrically conducting 3D polymer composites prepared by using such carbon containing photocurable formulations.

Abstract: A wire harness assembly includes: a wire harness including an electric wire and a connector electrically connected to an end of the electric wire; and an assembly member in which the wire harness is arranged. The assembly member includes: a base; and a cover integrally provided on one surface side of the base. At least one of the base or the cover includes a holding portion configured to hold the electric wire.

Abstract: A wire harness assembly includes: a wire harness including an electric wire and a connector electrically connected to an end of the electric wire; and an assembly member in which the wire harness is arranged. The assembly member includes: a base; and a cover attached to the base via a bonding portion. The bonding portion includes an outer bonding portion arranged along an outer edge of the assembly member. A non-bonding region in which the bonding portion is not arranged is provided between the base and the cover.

Abstract: A wire harness assembly includes: a wire harness including an electric wire and a connector electrically connected to an end of the electric wire; and a soundproofing member including a base and a cover integrally provided on one surface side of the base with the wire harness being arranged between the base and the cover. At least one of the base or the cover includes through holes. The through holes are arranged to be distributed to opening regions. The opening regions are different from each other in opening ratios per unit area of the through holes in the opening regions.

Abstract: A wire harness assembly includes: a wire harness including an electric wire and a connector electrically connected to an end of the electric wire; and an assembly member in which the wire harness is arranged. The assembly member includes: a body in which the electric wire is arranged; and an extension in which the connector is arranged, the extension being formed as a single member continuous with the body.

Abstract: A wire harness assembly includes: a wire harness including an electric wire and a connector electrically connected to an end of the electric wire; and an assembly member in which the wire harness is arranged. The connector is arranged to be exposed to an outside of the assembly member. The assembly member has a pull-out portion configured to pull out the electric wire arranged inside the assembly member to the outside of the assembly member to change an arrangement position of the connector.

Abstract: A wire harness assembly includes: a wire harness including an electric wire and a connector electrically connected to an end of the electric wire; and an assembly member in which the wire harness is arranged. The assembly member includes: a base; and a cover attached to the base via a bonding portion. The bonding portion includes a wayside bonding portion arranged along the electric wire. A non-bonding region in which the bonding portion is not arranged is provided between the base and the cover.

Abstract: The operations from a formation of a branch shape to a shape determination by a tape winding are automatically performed. An apparatus for manufacturing wire harness includes an under-pulling tape winding portion of a fixed tape winding mechanism and a moving tape winding mechanism (preceding tape winding portion) configured to, among a plurality of connectors and electric wires prepared for manufacturing a wire harness, perform tape winding of the electric wires that are connected to the same connector; and the moving tape winding mechanism (following tape winding portion) configured to perform the tape winding with respect to portions connected to the different connectors and to which the tape winding by the preceding tape winding portion have already been performed so as to form a branch shape.

Abstract: A connector includes: a routing material having a conductive plate-like conductor; a terminal connected to the plate-like conductor; and a housing for accommodating a connection portion that connects the plate-like conductor and the terminal. The connector further includes a conductive metal plate overlapped with the plate-like conductor positioned near the terminal.