Abstract: The position of the rotation of a tire complicates the establishing of a wireless connection between a sensor unit attached to the tire and a sensor control unit attached to a vehicle body. A reflection plate (20) is attached to an inner surface of a wheel housing (16) at a position different from that of a sensor control unit (10). A transmission electromagnetic field from the sensor control unit (10) is reflected by the metal reflection plate (20) and transmitted to a sensor unit (6) rotated to a position to which the field does not readily reach directly from the sensor control unit (10). The sensor unit (6) varies an impedance of a coil antenna in accordance with transmission data, and generates a variation in the transmission electromagnetic field. The variation is detected via the reflection plate (20) as a variation in a transmission load of the sensor control unit (10), and the transmission data from the sensor unit (6) is detected in the sensor control unit (10).

Abstract: A column hole cover is interposed between a circumferential portion of an aperture of a column hole of an instrument panel and a steering gear box capable of being displaced in a predetermined direction. The column hole cover includes a cylindrical main body extended in the predetermined direction. The main body includes a first annular end portion directly or indirectly fixed to the steering gear box, and a second annular end portion. The second end portion is provided with an annular seal. An intermediate portion between the first and second end portions is provided with a expandable/contractible portion capable of being elastically expanded or contracted in the predetermined direction. Irrespective of the displacement of the steering gear box, the annular seal is maintained in an elastic pressure contact against the circumferential portion of the aperture of the instrument panel by a reaction force of the compressed expandable/contractible portion.

Abstract: A tire inflation pressure determining system is provided in which measurement results are transmitted to the exterior without providing a high precision oscillation circuit to a tire-mounted air pressure determining system. An LC resonance circuit is composed of a coil Ls and an inflation pressure sensor in which the electric capacitance varies in accordance with tire air pressure. The fluctuations of the electromagnetic field having a frequency f0 generated by a sensor control unit are sensed in a coil L2, a clock is generated based on the sensed fluctuations, the clock is inputted to a coil Le that is transformer coupled to the coil Ls, and the LC resonance circuit is excited.

Abstract: To suppress a noise component caused in conversion of digital data into an ASK modulated signal to be transmitted over a network. Based on a clock CL generated by a clock generation circuit (10), an amplifier (12) produces a clock CL1 having a relatively small amplitude, and an amplifier (14) produces a clock CL2 having a relatively large amplitude. A switching control circuit (20) generates control signals SW relative to switch circuits (16), (18) based on digital data D. The switch circuits (16), (18) selectively send either the clock CL1 or CL2 to an LPF (22) according to the signals SW. The LPF (22) receives a signal which is obtained by connecting rectangular waves having different amplitudes. The LPF (22) smoothes the received signal to thereby produce an ASK modulated signal which is a succession of sinusoidal waveforms.

Abstract: A tire inflation pressure determining system is provided in which measurement results are transmitted to the exterior without providing a high precision oscillation circuit to a tire-mounted air pressure determining system. An LC resonance circuit is composed of a coil Ls and an inflation pressure sensor in which the electric capacitance varies in accordance with tire air pressure. The fluctuations of the electromagnetic field having a frequency f0 generated by a sensor control unit are sensed in a coil L2, a clock is generated based on the sensed fluctuations, the clock is inputted to a coil Le that is transformer coupled to the coil Ls, and the LC resonance circuit is excited.

Abstract: A raw signal is delayed in a delay circuit (1) and then supplied to one of the input terminals of a selection circuit (8). The raw signal is also supplied to another delay circuit (2) to be delayed. Subsequently, data of this delayed signal is processed by spline interpolation in an interpolation circuit (4), and the interpolation values are supplied to the other of the input terminals of the selection circuit (8). Further, a timer (7) is operated according to an output signal from a noise detection circuit (6) which detects noise in the raw signal. When noise is detected, the selection circuit (8) switches to select the output from the interpolation circuit (4), thereby achieving interpolation of noisy sections.

Abstract: In an electric apparatus having a bus bar, a plurality of electric parts and a number of terminals connected to external terminals are mounted on the bus bar. The terminals are arranged in two or more lines, plural terminals are arranged in each line. Therefore, a stability and strength in mounting the apparatus to a junction block is improved compared to an apparatus where the terminals are arranged in a single line. The electric apparatus according to the present invention can be mounted to a junction block by being supported with only the terminals of the apparatus.

Abstract: In a delay circuit, when a first conductivity-type transistor (M6) becomes conductive on the basis of one level of its input signal, a first current path is formed through a source side transistor (M4), the first conductivity-type transistor (M6), and a second drive transistor (M9) between a source power line and a sink power line, and its output signal being the delayed inverse of the one level of the input signal is output from a connection point of another source side transistor (M5) and a sink side transistor (M11), and when a second conductivity-type transistor (M7) becomes conductive on the basis of the other level of the input signal, a second current path is formed through a first drive transistor (M3), the second conductivity-type transistor (M7), and another sink side transistor (M10), and the output signal being the delayed inverse of the other level of the input signal is output from the connection point.

Abstract: A relay device includes plural relay units, each having a coil for opening/closing a contact point, a base plate made of resin and having wiring metal pieces, and a control circuit mounted on the base plate for controlling current supply to the coil. The control circuit has a function of stabilizing the holding current irrespective of environmental variation. Thus, the holding current can be further reduced and heating and power consumption can be reduced without losing the function of keeping the contact point state.

Abstract: An amplitude adjusting circuit comprises a first current mirror where a variable current of a variable current source is copied into each of 1st-3rd transistors; a second current mirror where the variable current is copied into each of 11th-13th transistors; a third current mirror having 6th-7th transistors where a current through the 2nd transistor copied from the variable current flows through the 6th transistor; a fourth current mirror having 8th-9th transistors where a current through the 12th transistor copied from the variable current flows through the 8th transistor; an inverter that has 1st-2nd conductivity type transistors and produces an output signal corresponding to a current level of the 7th or 9th transistor; a fifth current mirror having 15th-14th transistors where a current through the 14th transistor copied from the 15th transistor's becomes a current sourced by the 7th transistor; and a sixth current mirror having 5th-4th transistors where a current through the 4th transistor copied from the

Abstract: When a transmitter device connected to a network system outputs a digital signal subjected to bi-phase modulation, a complicated detection circuit for detecting a digital signal is required on the receiver side. Therefore, in an interface device (4) which intervenes between the transmitter device and a communication path (6), transmission data S subjected to bi-phase modulation is converted into a transmission signal subjected to amplitude shift modulation, and the resultant transmission signal is output to the communication path (6). The interface device (4) converts the transmission data S into an NRZ modulated digital signal in the modulation method conversion circuit (12). The amplitude modulation circuit (14) modulates the amplitudes of a carrier wave according to the NRZ signal to thereby generate a transmission signal. In the interface device (4) on the receiver side, a detection circuit (22) detects a transmission signal to extract an NRZ modulated digital signal.

Abstract: In a delay circuit, when a first conductivity-type transistor (M6) becomes conductive on the basis of one level of its input signal, a first current path is formed through a source side transistor (M4), the first conductivity-type transistor (M6), and a second drive transistor (M9) between a source power line and a sink power line, and its output signal being the delayed inverse of the one level of the input signal is output from a connection point of another source side transistor (M5) and a sink side transistor (M11), and when a second conductivity-type transistor (M7) becomes conductive on the basis of the other level of the input signal, a second current path is formed through a first drive transistor (M3), the second conductivity-type transistor (M7), and another sink side transistor (M10), and the output signal being the delayed inverse of the other level of the input signal is output from the connection point.

Abstract: An amplitude setting circuit for setting an amplitude level of its output signal corresponding to an input signal. By setting a current flowing through a first diode-connected transistor (Q5) and a current flowing through a first drive transistor (Q1) to be in a predetermined relationship, variation with temperature in potential at a first connection point of the first drive transistor (Q1) and a first conductivity-type transistor (M1) is removed, and by setting a current flowing through a second diode-connected transistor (Q6) and a current flowing through a second drive transistor (Q4) to be in a predetermined relationship, variation with temperature in potential at a second connection point of a second conductivity-type transistor (M2) and the second drive transistor (Q4) is removed.

Abstract: A clock extracting circuit for receiving an encoded signal and for extracting a clock signal from the encoded signal. The circuit comprises an edge detector that detects rising and falling edges of the encoded signal and produces edge detection pulses indicating the edges being detected; a mask signal generator producing a mask signal which is inverted in response to the edge detection pulses, which are produced one for each period of the received encoded signal, on the basis of the edge detection pulses; a mask signal delay section delaying the mask signal by a delay time controllable and outputting the delayed mask signal; a clock generator producing the clock signal on the basis of edges of the delayed mask signal; and a delay controller that controls the delay time of the mask signal delay section so as to set a duty ratio of the produced clock signal to a predetermined value.

Abstract: An amplitude adjusting circuit comprises a first current mirror where a variable current of a variable current source is copied into each of 1st-3rd transistors; a second current mirror where the variable current is copied into each of 11th-13th transistors; a third current mirror having 6th-7th transistors where a current through the 2nd transistor copied from the variable current flows through the 6th transistor; a fourth current mirror having 8th-9th transistors where a current through the 12th transistor copied from the variable current flows through the 8th transistor; an inverter that has 1st-2nd conductivity type transistors and produces an output signal corresponding to a current level of the 7th or 9th transistor; a fifth current mirror having 15th-14th transistors where a current through the 14th transistor copied from the 15th transistor's becomes a current sourced by the 7th transistor; and a sixth current mirror having 5th-4th transistors where a current through the 4th transistor copied from the

Abstract: A complex relay device has at least one bus bar base plate, two relay units, and a relay case. The bus bar base plate has multiple bus bars that have ends providing terminals and are formed in predetermined circuit patterns. The bus bars are integrated and covered with a resin except for at least the ends. The two relay units are fixed on the bus bar base plate such that the two relay units are adjacent to each other and are connected to the terminals, which are used for external connection, through the bus bars. The relay case accommodates the bus bar base plate and the two relay units.

Abstract: In an electric apparatus having a bus bar, a plurality of electric parts and a number of terminals connected to external terminals are mounted on the bus bar. The terminals are arranged in two or more lines, plural terminals are arranged in each line. Therefore, a stability and strength in mounting the apparatus to a junction block is improved compared to an apparatus where the terminals are arranged in a single line. The electric apparatus according to the present invention can be mounted to a junction block by being supported with only the terminals of the apparatus.

Abstract: A complex relay device has at least one bus bar base plate, two relay units, and a relay case. The bus bar base plate has multiple bus bars that have ends providing terminals and are formed in predetermined circuit patterns. The bus bars are integrated and covered with a resin except for at least the ends. The two relay units are fixed on the bus bar base plate such that the two relay units are adjacent to each other and are connected to the terminals, which are used for external connection, through the bus bars. The relay case accommodates the bus bar base plate and the two relay units.

Abstract: A relay device includes plural relay units, each having a coil for opening/closing a contact point, a base plate made of resin and having wiring metal pieces, and a control circuit mounted on the base plate for controlling current supply to the coil. The control circuit has a function of stabilizing the holding current irrespective of environmental variation. Thus, the holding current can be further reduced and heating and power consumption can be reduced without losing the function of keeping the contact point state.

Abstract: A column hole cover is interposed between a circumferential portion of an aperture of a column hole of an instrument panel and a steering gear box capable of being displaced in a predetermined direction. The column hole cover includes a cylindrical main body extended in the predetermined direction. The main body includes a first annular end portion directly or indirectly fixed to the steering gear box, and a second annular end portion. The second end portion is provided with an annular seal. An intermediate portion between the first and second end portions is provided with a expandable/contractible portion capable of being elastically expanded or contracted in the predetermined direction. Irrespective of the displacement of the steering gear box, the annular seal is maintained in an elastic pressure contact against the circumferential portion of the aperture of the instrument panel by a reaction force of the compressed expandable/contractible portion.