Abstract: A seal member includes: a main body elastically deformable by an external force, and a first seal part that is pressed against a sealing surface of a first member to tightly seal between the main body and the first member. The first seal part includes: a plurality of protrusions formed to project toward the first member in a compression direction and to be separated from each other in an orthogonal direction; and an opening provided to a base part between the neighboring protrusions and directed in a vertical direction. The main body includes a housing space that communicates with outside via the opening and houses a liquid adhesive. The opening maintains a closed state in an uncompressed state of the main body, and deforms from the closed state to an open state to allow the adhesive to leak from the housing space to a space between the neighboring protrusions.

Abstract: A connector includes an insulating housing that is fixed to a casing of a first device at a communication part through which an opening of the casing of the first device and an opening of a casing of a second device communicate with each other and includes first through holes, conductors that are inserted into the respective first through holes to electrically connect the first device and the second device, an insulating sealing member that includes tubular sealing parts that seal between the conductors and the housing, and a connecting part that connects the sealing parts, and an insulating support member that includes second through holes into which the conductors are inserted, is attached to the housing from a side of the second device, and interposes the sealing member between the support member and the housing to support the sealing parts.

Abstract: A connector includes an insulating housing that is fixed to a casing of a first device, a plurality of conductors to electrically connect the first device and the second device, an insulating sealing member that includes a plurality of annular sealing parts that seal between the conductors and the housing and a connecting part that connects the sealing parts, and an insulating support member that includes second through holes into which the conductors are inserted, is attached to the housing from a side of the second device, and supports the sealing parts. The housing and the sealing member have a first fitting structure in which they are fitted to each other along an axial direction of the conductor, and the sealing member and the support member have a second fitting structure in which they are fitted to each other along the axial direction of the conductor.

Abstract: An image forming apparatus including a print engine to form an image on an image forming medium, a conveyance device to provide printing paper using a feed roller and a conveyance roller installed to face the feed roller to the print engine, a sensor to sense pressure applied to the conveyance roller, and a processor to identify whether double feed occurs on the basis of a signal provided from the sensor.

Abstract: A connector including a female connector and a male connector is provided. The female connector has a female terminal, a female terminal accommodation portion, and a female-side finger-touch prevention portion. The female-side finger-touch prevention portion is arranged in an entrance of the female terminal accommodation portion, and is configured to generate a force for biasing toward a center of the opening in a state where the opening is enlarged in diameter with insertion of the male terminal. The male connector has a male terminal including a recess in an intermediate portion of an electrical contact portion. The recess of the male terminal is formed in a portion where the opening of the female-side finger-touch prevention portion can be fitted into the recess at a position before the male terminal contacts the female terminal and where the opening can be remove from the recess at a position after the male terminal contacts the female terminal.

Abstract: A wire harness includes at least one electrically conductive path, a waterproof connector, a tubular shield member and a shield shell. The waterproof connector includes a waterproof packing a connector housing and a terminal. The waterproof packing includes a cylindrical packing body and a heat transfer member, the heat transfer member being provided integrally with the cylindrical packing body. The heat transfer member of the waterproof packing is formed of metal, the heat transfer member being configured to transfer heat from the connector housing. The heat transfer member is configured to transfer the heat from the connector housing of the waterproof connector to the metal case when the waterproof packing of the waterproof connector is inserted into an insertion hole of the metal case.

Abstract: A terminal base includes a plurality of terminals configured to electrically connect a first device and a second device to each other, each of the plurality of terminals being electrically conductive and a housing configured to hold the plurality of terminals, the housing being made of an electrically insulating resin in which each of the plurality of terminals includes a first connection portion exposed to an outside of the housing so as to be connected to the first device, a second connection portion exposed to the outside of the housing so as to be connected to the second device, and an insert portion insert-molded in the housing and in which he insert portion has a solid cylindrical shape or a hollow cylindrical shape.

Abstract: A connector including a female connector and a male connector is provided. The female connector has a female terminal, a female terminal accommodation portion, and a female-side finger-touch prevention portion. The female-side finger-touch prevention portion is arranged in an entrance of the female terminal accommodation portion, and is configured to generate a force for biasing toward a center of the opening in a state where the opening is enlarged in diameter with insertion of the male terminal. The male connector has a male terminal including a recess in an intermediate portion of an electrical contact portion. The recess of the male terminal is formed in a portion where the opening of the female-side finger-touch prevention portion can be fitted into the recess at a position before the male terminal contacts the female terminal and where the opening can be remove from the recess at a position after the male terminal contacts the female terminal.

Abstract: An internal voltage veneration circuit includes negative voltage generation circuits of a first type and a second type, and the negative voltage generation circuits of the first type and the second type are connected parallel to each other. A drive signal is input to a charge pump circuit from a signal drive circuit in opposite phases in the negative voltage generation circuits of the first type and in the negative voltage generation circuits of the second type. A plurality of pairs of a negative voltage generation circuit of the first type and a negative voltage generation circuit of the second type are disposed, and the negative voltage generation circuit of the first type and the negative voltage generation circuit of the second type are located adjacent to each other.

Abstract: A sheet-type medium transporter comprises separation rollers to separate a sheet-type medium from sheet-type media picked up from a load tray in which the sheet-type media are loaded to be transported out of the load tray in a transporting direction; and an air blower coupled to at least one separation roller of the separation rollers to be driven by the at least one separation roller, to supply air in a direction substantially opposite to the transporting direction of the load tray and toward the sheet-type media, to lift the sheet-type medium from the sheet-type media, which is to be separated by the separation rollers.

Abstract: A sheet separation device includes a separating member to contact a feed roller and to separate sheet-type media transported between the feed roller and the separating member, the separating member movable to contact the feed roller at a plurality of contact points on the feed roller along the withdrawing direction to apply different pressing forces corresponding to the plurality of contact points.

Abstract: A sheet feeding apparatus includes a sheet stacker to stack at least one sheet; a sheet feed roller disposed at one side of the sheet stacker and to feed a sheet fed from the sheet stacker; a multi-feed prevention roller disposed to face the sheet feed roller and to prevent multi-feed of the sheet fed from the sheet stacker; a magnetic torque limiter disposed coaxially with the multi-feed prevention roller; a hall sensor disposed at one side of the magnetic torque limiter and to detect rotation of the magnetic torque limiter; and a controller configured to rotate the sheet feed roller in a state in which the sheet feed roller and the multi-feed prevention roller are in contact with each other without a sheet and to identify a lifetime of the multi-feed prevention roller by using a signal output from the hall sensor.

Abstract: A self-aligning busbar assembly includes a housing, a busbar having a first terminal connecting end, a second terminal connecting end, and a jog portion disposed therebetween, and a front holder coupled to the housing and the busbar. The front holder includes an inner wall defining a busbar receiving aperture to receive at least a portion of the busbar, and at least one flexible tab extending inwardly from the inner wall into the busbar receiving aperture. The at least one flexible tab is configured to bias and center the at least a portion of the busbar within the busbar receiving aperture. At least one clearance is defined in the busbar receiving aperture between the inner wall and the busbar and is configured to enable at least one of the first and second terminal connecting ends to move to account for tolerances and/or variances during installation of the busbar assembly.

Abstract: An internal voltage veneration circuit includes negative voltage generation circuits of a first type and a second type, and the negative voltage generation circuits of the first type and the second type are connected parallel to each other. A drive signal is input to a charge pump circuit from a signal drive circuit in opposite phases in the negative voltage generation circuits of the first type and in the negative voltage generation circuits of the second type. A plurality of pairs of a negative voltage generation circuit of the first type and a negative voltage generation circuit of the second type are disposed, and the negative voltage generation circuit of the first type and the negative voltage generation circuit of the second type are located adjacent to each other.

Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of terminal units. The terminal unit includes a terminal main body, a plug cap having the terminal main body inserted therein, fitted with a counterpart connector, and formed in a cylindrical shape, and a contact passing between the terminal main body and the plug cap. The contact includes a first connecting portion having a first abutting portion abutting on an outer circumferential surface of the terminal main body and a second connecting portion having a second abutting portion abutting on an inner circumferential surface of the plug cap. At least either the first connecting portion or the second connecting portion is a spring member movably biasing the plug cap in a perpendicular direction to a fitting direction with the counterpart connector in a state in which electric connection to the terminal main body is maintained.

Abstract: A self-aligning busbar assembly includes a housing, a busbar having a first terminal connecting end, a second terminal connecting end, and a jog portion disposed therebetween, and a front holder coupled to the housing and the busbar. The front holder includes an inner wall defining a busbar receiving aperture to receive at least a portion of the busbar, and at least one flexible tab extending inwardly from the inner wall into the busbar receiving aperture. The at least one flexible tab is configured to bias and center the at least a portion of the busbar within the busbar receiving aperture. At least one clearance is defined in the busbar receiving aperture between the inner wall and the busbar and is configured to enable at least one of the first and second terminal connecting ends to move to account for tolerances and/or variances during installation of the busbar assembly.

Abstract: A first connector including a pair of male terminals of which axial directions of rod-like bodies having a circumferential surface are aligned in the same direction and which is arranged at an interval, a conductive coupling member which couples one ends of the respective male terminals in the axial direction to each other, and a first housing which includes a male terminal housing chamber for each male terminal and a holding mechanism which holds the coupling member the male terminal includes a rod-like body having a male terminal fitting portion to be inserted and fitted into the female terminal on the other end and a spherical turning fulcrum body which is provided at the one end and enables the turn with respect to the coupling member in the male terminal housing chamber about the one end as a fulcrum.

Abstract: A connector includes a plurality of terminal units. The terminal unit includes a terminal main body, a plug cap having the terminal main body inserted therein, fitted with a counterpart connector, and formed in a cylindrical shape, and a contact passing between the terminal main body and the plug cap. The contact includes a first connecting portion having a first abutting portion abutting on an outer circumferential surface of the terminal main body and a second connecting portion having a second abutting portion abutting on an inner circumferential surface of the plug cap. At least either the first connecting portion or the second connecting portion is a spring member movably biasing the plug cap in a perpendicular direction to a fitting direction with the counterpart connector in a state in which electric connection to the terminal main body is maintained.

Abstract: A first connector including a pair of male terminals of which axial directions of rod-like bodies having a circumferential surface are aligned in the same direction and which is arranged at an interval, a conductive coupling member which couples one ends of the respective male terminals in the axial direction to each other, and a first housing which includes a male terminal housing chamber for each male terminal and a holding mechanism which holds the coupling member the male terminal includes a rod-like body having a male terminal fitting portion to be inserted and fitted into the female terminal on the other end and a spherical turning fulcrum body which is provided at the one end and enables the turn with respect to the coupling member in the male terminal housing chamber about the one end as a fulcrum.

Abstract: A sheet-type medium transporter comprises separation rollers to separate a sheet-type medium from sheet-type media picked up from a load tray in which the sheet-type media are loaded to be transported out of the load tray in a transporting direction; and an air blower coupled to at least one separation roller of the separation rollers to be driven by the at least one separation roller, to supply air in a direction substantially opposite to the transporting direction of the load tray and toward the sheet-type media, to lift the sheet-type medium from the sheet-type media, which is to be separated by the separation rollers.