Abstract: A common mode coil can be installed without having to increase the planar area for an inverter accommodating section so that high performance and size reduction and compactness of an inverter device can be achieved.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a connector terminal protection cap for a harness and a harness assembly that are capable of protecting connector terminals provided on one end of a harness and that does not come off easily during transfer or transport but can be easily removed at an assembly site.

Abstract: In an inverter control apparatus in which a control circuit board is fixed by use of pin-like terminals provided in a power board, the breakage of the pin-like terminals is prevented. The power board 160 is provided with a plurality of signal transmission terminals 210a, 210b, 220a, 220b for signal transmission to and from the control circuit board 150 and for grounding along each of a pair of opposed sides, the control circuit board 150 is electrically connected to the plurality of signal transmission terminals 210a etc. and is fixed by soldering to the plurality of signal transmission terminals 210a etc., and the plurality of signal transmission terminals 210a etc. are arranged along each of the pair of sides in a plurality of rows.

Abstract: A PM sensor is provided having high responsiveness and capable of long term detection. A PM sensor 11 includes a sensor element 12 that has particulate collection electrodes 123A, 128A to which a particulate collection voltage for causing particulate matter contained in exhaust to adhere to a sensor element 12 is applied, and measurement electrodes 127A, 127B to which a measurement voltage for measuring an electrical characteristic of the sensor element 12 is applied, in which, after a particulate collection voltage is applied to the particulate collection electrodes 123A, 128A, application of the particulate collection voltage is stopped in response to a predetermined condition being satisfied, the measurement voltage is applied to the measurement electrodes 127A, 127B, and the electrical characteristic of the sensor element 12 is measured.

Abstract: Provided is a highly reliable inverter-integrated electric compressor that is capable of suppressing electromagnetic noise interference from a power-system metal board on which a semiconductor switching devices are bare-mounted and preventing malfunction of the inverter device. In an inverter-integrated electric compressor in which an inverter accommodating section provided on a housing accommodates an inverter device, the inverter device includes an inverter module in which a power-system metal board on which at least semiconductor switching devices are bare-mounted and a CPU board on which is mounted a control and communication circuit having a device operating at low voltage, such as a CPU, are modularized via a resin case, wherein the inverter module has a metal shield plate supported by the resin case and interposed between the power-system metal board and the CPU board.

Abstract: Provided is an inverter-integrated electric compressor capable of reducing the size of an inverter accommodating section by modularizing a power circuit board and a control board and further reducing the size of an inverter device, as well as an accommodating section thereof, by improving the positional structure with respect to other electrical components. An inverter-integrated electric compressor including an inverter accommodating section provided on a periphery of a housing accommodating an inverter device includes an inverter module constructed by integrally modularizing a power circuit board and a control board, wherein attachment legs provided on both edges of at least one side surface of the inverter module protrude outward from a module main body, and the inverter module accommodates the inverter accommodating section with the attachment legs positioned in spaces at both ends of a glass-insulated terminal.

Abstract: An object is to provide a harness-routing protector with a simple configuration that can be readily fabricated at low cost and can be readily attached to a harness so that the harness, which has a difficulty in maintaining a bent shape, can be readily routed without interfering with other components within a limited space. In a harness-routing protector (30) that routes a harness (10) while maintaining it in a predetermined bent shape so as to prevent it from interfering with other components, a cross-sectionally U-shaped semicylindrical body (34) has a predetermined bent shape and includes an inner guide surface (31) and an outer guide surface (32) that are separated from each other by a gap in which the harness (10) is fittable and a side surface (33) that joins one edge of the inner guide surface (31) and one edge of the outer guide surface (32) to each other, and both end surfaces and the other side surface thereof are open.

Abstract: There is provided an electric compressor that can protect a component to be protected from heat damage according to a capability of the component. The electric compressor 10 includes a compression mechanism 11, an electric motor 12 that drives the compression mechanism 11, and a control portion 13 that controls to drive the electric motor 12, incorporated into a single casing, and further includes a temperature detector 14 that detects a temperature of one or more components that constitute one or both of the control portion 13 and the electric motor 12, and a current detector 15 that detects a current flowing through the component.

Abstract: The object is to provide an integrated compressor that enables a control board to be miniaturized while ensuring a layout in which the heat radiation of parts is considered. Diodes 43 and IGBTs 42 that correspond to each of the U-phase, V-phase and W-phase are arrayed in series for each phase. Rectangular chips are used for the diodes 43 and IGBTs 42. As a result of this, a power board 16 is substantially miniaturized, and the diode 43, the IGBT 42, a P-terminal electrode pattern 40, an N-terminal electrode pattern 41, a shunt resistor 44, output terminal patterns 48U, 48V, 48W, and a feed pattern 50 are disposed so as to lie in a region in contact with an outer surface of a housing.

Abstract: A sheet-feeding cassette includes: a first tray having a first wall section and a sheet-urging plate; and a second tray having a second wall section, the second tray being coupled to the first tray in a movable manner whereby an interval between the first wall section and the second wall section is changeable. A wall surface of the second wall section, which comes into contact with the sheet, comes to a position upstream of an upstream end portion of the first tray main body. A downstream end portion of the second tray in the sheet-feeding direction comes to a position downstream of an upstream end portion of the sheet-urging plate in the sheet-feeding direction.

Abstract: A pressure detection unit includes a front-wheel transmitter and a rear-wheel transmitter operatively connected to wheel rims of a front wheel and a rear wheel, respectively. Inflation pressure signals transmitted from the front-wheel transmitter and the rear-wheel transmitter are received by a receiver. The receiver is arranged to be offset outward of a straight line connecting the front-wheel transmitter and the rear-wheel transmitter in the vehicle-body width direction. More specifically, the receiver is arranged in a space surrounded by a front cowl and a side panel, the space being between a coolant reserve tank and a radiator. The single receiver receives the signals transmitted from the front-wheel transmitter and the rear-wheel transmitter.

Abstract: A sheet feed tray including a regulating wall member being assembled in a displaceable manner with a placing tray, which includes a first tray side engagement portion, and regulating a position of a recording medium such that a wall portion of the regulating wall member contacts with the end portion of the recording medium, a first engagement member being disposed in the regulating wall member and including a first regulating wall member side engagement portion, the first regulating wall member engaging with the first tray side engagement portion regulates a displacement of the regulating wall member, an elastic unit being elastically deformable and generating a force for holding an engaging state between the first tray side engagement portion and the first regulating wall member side engagement portion, an elastic deformation regulating unit regulating a deformation amount of the elastic unit, and releasing operation unit releasing the engaging state.

Abstract: When a paper feed cassette is again mounted, a pressing portion of a pressing member is brought into contact from the front side on a second surface of an extending portion of a contacting member, and the contacting member is pressed by the pressing member to be displaced from the retract position to the contact position. At this time, the pressing portion of the contacting member presses a pressed portion of a disc member to rotate a third cam itself in the counterclockwise direction in the drawing. Accordingly, the lift lever locked by the third cam is released, and an end portion of an arm member is allowed to move upward.

Abstract: A delay element generates a delayed clock signal which transitions with a delay from a rising (or falling) of a reference clock signal by a delay amount determined based on an output of a loop filter. A signal generation circuit generates two signals which complementarily change according to rising and falling of the reference clock signal and a transition of the delayed clock signal. A charge pump circuit performs on the loop filter, according to these two signals, a push (or pull) operation during an interval extending from a rising (or falling) of the reference clock signal to the transition of the delayed clock signal and a pull (or push) operation during an interval extending from the transition of the delayed clock signal to a falling (or rising) of the reference clock signal.

Abstract: A straight-type finish, which has improved storage characteristics and is capable of preventing synthetic fibers from becoming electrically charged and uneven dyeing from being generated, contains a lubricant and a functional improvement agent at specified ratios. A metal organic sulfonate of a specified type is contained at least as a part of the functional improvement agent at a specified mass % of the total.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide an electric compressor for automobile use, which can satisfy a plurality of requirements including protection of an inverter board, suppression of electromagnetic noise, vibration and noise, and the like. A cover 20B covering an opening of a housing 11 of the electric compressor is configured by laminating a conductive material layer 21 formed of a conductive material and an insulating material layer 22 formed of an insulating material. By the conductive material layer 21 of the cover 20B, electromagnetic noise radiated from the inverter board 12 and the like is prevented from leaking to the outside of the housing 11. Also, by providing the insulating material layer 22 so as to be directed to the inside of the housing 11, the conductive material layer 21 of the cover 20B is insulated from the inverter board 12 to which a high voltage is applied, so that the electric compressor is made small in size.

Abstract: An integrated-inverter electric compressor is provided, in which a change of the combination of weld plating layers provided on weld surfaces of an electrical connection terminal of an inverter can be allowed for easily. In an integrated-inverter electric compressor in which an inverter is integrally fitted to a compressor housing and an electrical connection terminal that electrically connects the inverter to an electric motor and/or an external power source is provided, one end of the electrical connection terminal has a wire-bonding weld surface for the inverter, the wire-bonding weld surface being provided with a weld plating layer for welding a bonding wire thereto, whereas the other end of the electrical connection terminal has weld surfaces for the electric motor and/or the external power source, the weld surfaces of two sides being respectively provided with different weld plating layers for connecting lead wires, bus bars, or terminals thereto.

Abstract: There is provided a control device of a permanent-magnet type synchronous motor that sets a synchronous operation current at start-up in response to a current limiting value determined from the temperature of an inverter that supplies three-phase power to the permanent-magnet type synchronous motor, that monitors an output voltage or an output current of the inverter during a rotation stabilizing period after start-up, and that updates the synchronous operation current using this output voltage or output current.

Abstract: A converter of 6-bit input includes a reference voltage generating circuit generating 17 reference voltages, a first switch circuit having 19 switch pairs each including MOS transistors for selecting two adjacent reference voltages in accordance with the four most significant bits, a second switch circuit including a series circuit of MOS transistors for dividing the selected two reference voltages into four to obtain three intermediate voltages, and a third switch circuit for selectively outputting the lower of the selected two reference voltages or one of the three intermediate voltages. In a second mode in which a gray level having a smaller ON-resistance of a MOS transistor than that in the first mode is selected, the number of MOS transistors used in the first and second switch circuits for voltage division is increased.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an on-vehicle air conditioner that can prevent breakage or the like caused by applying a high voltage. In an inverter system 20 that controls an operation of a motor 30 of a compressor for the on-vehicle air conditioner, a motor control microcomputer 24 operates by converting a voltage supplied from an on-vehicle battery power source 50 into a low voltage. Thus, the motor control microcomputer 24 is operated to perform failure diagnosis of a high voltage circuit Cb without a high voltage power source 40 being turned on. The failure diagnosis can be performed without power being supplied from the high voltage power source 40 to the high voltage circuit Cb, thereby preventing the high voltage circuit Cb from being broken by applying the high voltage even when there is some failure in the high voltage circuit Cb.