Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes a control unit that performs control such that the motoring of an engine is carried out at a higher rotational speed when a required braking force is large than when the required braking force is small, from the start of charge of a battery to the start of rapid decrease in a charging power of the battery, in the case where predetermined control is performed to control a first motor and a second motor such that the battery is charged within a range of a permissible charging power through regenerative driving of the second motor and the motoring of the engine by the first motor with fuel injection stopped and that the required braking force at a braking request is applied to the vehicle, in response to the making of the braking request during the performance of cruise control or variable speed limiter control.

Abstract: A connector structure includes a plurality of terminals to be connected to an electric wire, an electronic component configured to control an external component to be connected to the terminals, and a housing holding the terminals and the electronic component to accommodate the terminals and the electronic component. Each terminal includes a connection portion to be connected to the electric wire, and an extension portion having a cross section of an arc shape and extending from the connection portion. The housing is configured to hold the plurality of terminals and the electronic component such that the cross sections of the extension portions are arranged to form a substantially circular shape that surrounds the electronic component.

Abstract: A connector is provided to facilitate the connection work of a connection terminal and to enhance the connection reliability. A connector includes an attachment part that includes a terminal stand; a connector main body that includes a connection terminal connected to a cable, the connection terminal being fastened and fixed to the terminal stand in a state in which the connector main body is mounted to the attachment part; a cable shield shell that covers an introduction part for the cable in the connector main body; and a connection part shield shell that covers a fastening area between the connection terminal and the terminal stand so as to accommodate the cable shield shell inside the connection part shield shell.

Abstract: A fuse-equipped connector (1) is configured in combination of a first connector (10) and a second connector (30) which can be assembled to each other in an attachable and detachable state. The first connector (10) includes a first terminal (13) electrically connected to an external apparatus (50) and a connection portion (12a) mechanically connectable to the external apparatus (50). The second connector (30) includes a second terminal (33) electrically connected to the first terminal (13) and a fuse (35) being electrically connected to the second terminal (33). In a state where the first connector (10) and the second connector (30) are assembled with each other, the first terminal (13) and the second terminal (33) are electrically connected to each other.

Abstract: A connection structure of an external conductor terminal for connection with an external conductor of an electric cable including the external conductor made up of twined cables enclosing an outer periphery of an insulating coating of one or more internal conductors and a protective coating covering the external conductor, wherein the external conductor terminal has a cylindrical connector portion connected to the external conductor and a terminal portion provided at one end of the connector portion; and the connector portion is fitted around a location on an outer periphery of the insulating coating where the external conductor is laid bare, the twined cables of the external conductor are provided in contact with an outer periphery of the connector portion, a ring member is fitted around outer peripheries of the twined cables and the twined cables are crimped.

Abstract: A connector includes connector terminals having an elastically deformable contact portion which contacts an apparatus-terminal of a connection counterpart apparatus, a housing to which the connector terminals are assembled, a rotating member which is rotatable with respect to the housing by an external manipulation, and a movable member which moves the housing toward the connection counterpart apparatus via a motion direction converting mechanism which converts a rotation motion of the rotating member into a linear motion. The motion direction converting mechanism includes at least one projection in one of the housing and the movable member and at least one linear groove which meshes with the projection in the other one of the housing and the movable member, wherein the projection and the linear groove are inclined with respect to a moving direction of the housing.

Abstract: A cable branch structure (1) branches, from a main line (30A) to branch lines (30B, 30C), a shielded cable (30) with electric wires (10) covered with a braided wire (20). The braided wire (20) includes: a main line side braided wire (20A) constituting a part corresponding to the main line (30A); and branch line side braided wires (20B, 20C), respectively, constituting parts corresponding to the respective branch lines (30B, 30C). The braided wire (20) includes at least one of a first mounting portion (100; 110) provided at an end portion of the main line side braided wire (20A) for mounting end portions of the branch line side braided wires (20B, 20C) and second mounting portions (100; 120, 130) provided at each of the end portions of the branch line side braided wires (20B, 20C) for mounting the end portion of the main line side braided wire (20A).

Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes a control unit that performs control such that the motoring of an engine is carried out at a higher rotational speed when a required braking force is large than when the required braking force is small, from the start of charge of a battery to the start of rapid decrease in a charging power of the battery, in the case where predetermined control is performed to control a first motor and a second motor such that the battery is charged within a range of a permissible charging power through regenerative driving of the second motor and the motoring of the engine by the first motor with fuel injection stopped and that the required braking force at a braking request is applied to the vehicle, in response to the making of the braking request during the performance of cruise control or variable speed limiter control.

Abstract: A wear-resistant copper-based alloy includes: at least one selected from the group made of molybdenum, tungsten, and vanadium and niobium carbide; chromium in an amount of less than 1.0% in terms of wt %; and a matrix and hard particles dispersed in the matrix, in which the hard particles include niobium carbide and at least one selected from the group made of Nb—C—Mo, Nb—C—W, and Nb—C—V around the niobium carbide.

Abstract: An oil content measurement device includes a fluid device which mixes water to be treated containing oil content with a solvent and extracts the oil content into the solvent, a sensor unit which has a casing storing a quartz crystal oscillator therein with a ring-like spacer in between, a dispensing nozzle which is disposed above the oscillator at a predetermined gap there between and feeds a predetermined amount of the solvent after the oil content has been extracted on the oscillator, a sensor circuit which measures a resonance frequency of the oscillator, and controller which controls at least the fluid device and the sensor circuit. Provided is a arithmetic logical unit, based on a change amount of the received resonance frequency of the oscillator in the sensor unit to which the solvent after the oil content has been extracted has been fed, measures the oil content remaining on the oscillator.

Abstract: A second connector housing connected to a first connector housing includes: a second housing body (31) including a cylinder portion (312) into which a body portion (212) is fitted; an axial groove (315a) formed by a cut in the cylinder portion (312) and allowing a connection pin (214) to enter therein, a circumferential groove (315b) arranged to extend circumferentially in the cylinder portion (312) from a distal end of the axial groove (315a), and allowing the connection pin (214) to move therein when the connector housings are operated and rotated relatively to each other; and a lock spring piece (316) formed integrally with the cylinder portion (312) to extend along the circumferential groove (315b), and restricting the connection pin (214) from moving in a return direction in a state in which the connection piece (214) arrives at distal end of the circumferential groove (315b).

Abstract: A wire harness includes a wire portion formed by arranging three wires in the same direction, the respective wires having conductors and insulators coating outer circumferences of the conductors, and a braided wire. The three wires of the wire portion and the braided wire are disposed such that the braided wire is interposed between two wires of the wire portion adjacent to each other along a circumferential direction around a central axial line of the wire portion on a cross section of the wire harness when viewed from an axial direction along the central axial line, on a side of the central axial line from outer circumferential-side tangents connecting the conductors of the two wires.

Abstract: An electric wire holding member (20) includes: a main body portion (21) formed in a cylindrical shape having a central axis line (X1); a plurality of electric wire accommodating portions (22a, 22b, and 22c) provided to penetrate through the main body portion (21) along the central axis line (X1), respectively, and are formed to be capable of individually accommodating electric wires (3a, 3b, and 3c), respectively, the electric wire accommodating portions (22a, 22b, and 22c) being disposed along a circumferential direction around the central axis line (X1) at equal intervals in a cross section as viewed from an axial direction; and a space portion (23) formed between two electric wire accommodating portions adjacent to each other along the circumferential direction to penetrate through the main body portion (21) along the central axis line (X1).

Abstract: A wire harness includes a wire portion having three wires arranged in the same direction, connectors connected to both end portions of the wire portion, a middle portion installed in an intermediate position of the wire portion between the connectors, a wire-side surge reducing section provided in the wire portion, a connector-side surge reducing section provided in each of the connectors, and a middle portion-side surge reducing section provided in the middle portion.

Abstract: A connector includes a female terminal having an elastically deformable contact portion; a housing; a rotary cylinder rotatably mounted to the housing; and a slider movably mounted in a cylinder axis direction via a motion direction converting mechanism, in which the motion direction converting mechanism is configured to move the slider from a first cylinder axis position to a second cylinder axis position when the rotary cylinder is rotated from a first rotation position to a second rotation position, the slider is formed to be separated from a contact portion at the first cylinder axis position and press the contact portion at the second cylinder axis position, and the contact portion of the female terminal is formed to come into pressing contact with the male terminal by being pressed by the slider.

Abstract: In a terminal connection structure, a male terminal and a female terminal are mutually connected by being butted to each other. The male and female terminals are to be connected with respective ends of electric wires. The male terminal includes a male contact portion formed into a curved shape opening on a side opposite to the female terminal. The female terminal includes a female contact portion formed into a curved shape opening on the male terminal side, the curved shape being configured to contact with an outer circumferential surface of the male contact portion. The female contact portion includes contact pieces protruding toward the male contact portion.

Abstract: A connector has a male-side housing provided with terminals and a female-side housing provided with contact portions to contact the terminals. In a state in which the male-side housing and the female-side housing are rotated relative to each other and engaged with each other, the terminals and the contact portions are contact each other to be electrically connected.

Abstract: A connector (11) includes a female terminal (13) having a terminal connection section (19) to which a mating male terminal (17) is electrically connected and a conductor connection section (23) and an electric insulating female-side housing (15) for holding the female terminal (13). The female terminal (13) includes a male terminal insertion/extraction opening (37) bored in the terminal connection section (19) and a plurality of spring contact pieces (41), the fixed-side ends (43) of which are fixed to the opening peripheral section of the male terminal insertion/extraction opening (37) and the free-side ends (45) of which elastically make contact with the male terminal (17) inserted into the male terminal insertion/extraction opening (37).

Abstract: A connector includes connector terminals having an elastically deformable contact portion which contacts an apparatus-terminal of a connection counterpart apparatus, a housing to which the connector terminals are assembled, a rotating member which is rotatable with respect to the housing by an external manipulation, and a movable member which moves the housing toward the connection counterpart apparatus via a motion direction converting mechanism which converts a rotation motion of the rotating member into a linear motion. The motion direction converting mechanism includes at least one projection in one of the housing and the movable member and at least one linear groove which meshes with the projection in the other one of the housing and the movable member, wherein the projection and the linear groove are inclined with respect to a moving direction of the housing.

Abstract: A shell of a female connector includes two members including a shell body integrated with a female housing and a braided wire fixing member to which a braided wire of a shield cable is crimped and fixed. The braided wire fixing member to which the braided wire is crimped and fixed is mated with a cylindrical portion of the shell body integrated with the female housing.