Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a base member, a semiconductor chip, and a conductive member. The base member includes a first surface, a second surface opposite to the first surface, and a protrusion at the second surface side. The semiconductor chip is mounted on the second surface of the base member. The semiconductor chip includes first and second electrodes, a control pad, and a semiconductor part. The semiconductor part has front and back surfaces; the first electrode is provided on the back surface; and the second electrode and the control pad are provided on the front surface. The conductive member bonded on the second electrode via a connection member. The connection member includes a side surface extending along a space between the second electrode and the control pad. The protrusion of the base member overlaps the second connection member and extends along the side surface of the connection member.

Abstract: A wire harness is divided in an arrangement direction, and terminals are connected to ends of wires of the divided wire harnesses and respectively mounted into first and second connectors. An intermediate connector is provided which includes a first connector fitting portion and a second connector fitting portion, into which the first and second connectors respectively are fit, and a partition wall is disposed between the first and second connector fitting portions. Intermediate terminals are inserted through the partition wall of the intermediate connector and electrical contact portions at both ends of the respective intermediate terminals project into the first and second connector fitting portions. A waterproofing agent is filled in a part of one or both of the first and second connector fitting portions in contact with the partition wall to embed parts of the intermediate terminals except the electrical contact portions therein.

Abstract: A waterproofing method is provided for a wire to be arranged in a water susceptible area of a vehicle. The method includes removing an insulating coating layer in a lengthwise intermediate part of the wire to expose a core. A fluid waterproofing agent then is dropped to an exposed core section. Negative pressure then is introduced into the inside of the insulating coating layer from wire ends to suck the waterproofing agent into the inside of the insulating coating layer. Alternatively the exposed core section is loaded with pressure air to press the waterproofing agent into the inside of the insulating coating layer. Thus the waterproofing agent is infiltrated between the strands inside the insulating coating layer.

Abstract: A wire harness is divided in an arrangement direction, and terminals are connected to ends of wires of the divided wire harnesses and respectively mounted into first and second connectors. An intermediate connector is provided which includes a first connector fitting portion and a second connector fitting portion, into which the first and second connectors respectively are fit, and a partition wall is disposed between the first and second connector fitting portions. Intermediate terminals are inserted through the partition wall of the intermediate connector and electrical contact portions at both ends of the respective intermediate terminals project into the first and second connector fitting portions. A waterproofing agent is filled in a part of one or both of the first and second connector fitting portions in contact with the partition wall to embed parts of the intermediate terminals except the electrical contact portions therein.

Abstract: A waterproofing method is provided for a wire to be arranged in a water susceptible area of a vehicle. The method includes removing an insulating coating layer in a lengthwise intermediate part of the wire to expose a core. A fluid waterproofing agent then is dropped to an exposed core section. Negative pressure then is introduced into the inside of the insulating coating layer from wire ends to suck the waterproofing agent into the inside of the insulating coating layer. Alternatively the exposed core section is loaded with pressure air to press the waterproofing agent into the inside of the insulating coating layer. Thus the waterproofing agent is infiltrated between the strands inside the insulating coating layer.

Abstract: In a measuring-instrument remote-calibration system and measuring-instrument remote-calibration method, a measuring standard quantity is converted into a parameter adapted for communication, or based on measuring standard quantity, a parameter adapted for communication is generated and sent to a remote place. Alternatively, when the measuring standard quantity is not suitable for communication, it is converted into a form adapted for transportation and the converted measuring standard quantity is sent to a remote place. After the converted measuring standard quantity reaches the place, it is restored to the original measuring standard quantity, thus enabling calibration. The result of the calibration is certified.

Abstract: In a measuring-instrument remote-calibration system and measuring-instrument remote-calibration method, a measuring standard quantity is converted into a parameter adapted for communication, or based on measuring standard quantity, a parameter adapted for communication is generated and sent to a remote place. Alternatively, when the measuring standard quantity is not suitable for communication, it is converted into a form adapted for transportation and the converted measuring standard quantity is sent to a remote place. After the converted measuring standard quantity reaches the place, it is restored to the original measuring standard quantity, thus enabling calibration. The result of the calibration is certified.

Abstract: In a measuring-instrument remote-calibration system and measuring-instrument remote-calibration method, a measuring standard quantity is converted into a parameter adapted for communication, or based on measuring standard quantity, a parameter adapted for communication is generated and sent to a remote place. Alternatively, when the measuring standard quantity is not suitable for communication, it is converted into a form adapted for transportation and the converted measuring standard quantity is sent to a remote place. After the converted measuring standard quantity reaches the place, it is restored to the original measuring standard quantity, thus enabling calibration. The result of the calibration is certified.

Abstract: Described are a stick-shaped soil fumigant preparation and an application method therefor. The fumigant preparation comprises a water-soluble and/or biodegradable film and a soil sterilizer and/or nematocide hermetically packed in the form of a stick with the film. The soil sterilizer and nematocide are each in a liquid form at room temperature.The soil fumigant preparation according to the present invention remains suppressed in toxicity, volatility and irritation before application to the soil, but its active ingredient(s) are promptly released after application. In addition, the present invention makes it possible to provide a fumigant in such a form as permitting a substantial improvement in the efficiency of work by a fumigating worker and also to provide an effective application method therefor, without the need for any machine designed exclusively for fumigation.

Abstract: A joint spacer member for a pivotable connection between first and second yokes of a windshield wiper assembly includes a longitudinally extending U-shaped portion including first and second sides with a connecting side extending therebetween, the U-shaped portion having a first longitudinal end and a second longitudinal end, each of the first and second sides having a central section and resilient sections, wherein the resilient sections extend at an incline with respect to each of the central sections from each of the central sections to each of the ends.

Abstract: A windshield wiper includes a mounting head and a retainer pivotally supported on the arm-mounting head adapted to support a wiperblade. There is provided a linkage having one end pivotally supported on either of the mounting head or the retainer, a spring is disposed between the linkage and either of the retainer or the mounting head. On the other of the retainer or the mounting head, there is provided a device for restricting range of the movement of the linkage.

Abstract: A wiper device having an oscillator for applying high frequency small amplitude vibration which is actuated in response to the motion of the wiper device. The movement of the wiperblade is forcibly added to the high frequency repetitions of stick and slip conditions, thus, the chattering phenomenon of the wiperblade is suppressed, and the striped pattern on the windshield is prevented.

Abstract: A windshield wiper including an arm head rotatably connected to a stationary part of a vehicle, a main arm rotatively supported on the arm head and having a wiper blade thereon, and a sub-arm supporting a wing and being rotatively supported on the arm head. The axis of the rotative movement of the sub-arm and that of the main arm make an acute angle therebetween whereby a part of the air force acting on the wing is transmitted to the main arm as determined by a partial force defined by the acute angle.

Abstract: A windshield wiper of the type including a wiper arm having a U-shaped tip end, a wiper blade having a primary lever which has spaced parallel side walls on the lengthwise central portion and a pin extending between the side walls, and a connecting member for connecting the wiper arm with the primary lever and including a main body having a generally U-shaped outer surface corresponding to the U-shaped tip end of the wiper arm, a generally cylindrical bore for rotatably engaging with the pin of the primary lever, and flange portions for slidably engaging with the side walls of the primary lever. The connecting member is formed of two halves being split along a plane perpendicular to the pin of the primary lever, and the flange portions of respective halves for slidably engaging with the side walls of the primary lever are projecting toward side walls of the primary lever at the opposite ends in the lengthwise direction of the primary lever as compared with the lengthwise central portions.

Abstract: A wiper arm device of the kind including a rotatable arm head connected to a wiper motor, a retainer rockingly connected to the arm head through a hinge pin, a spring with one end connected to the retainer and the other end connected to a roller pin, and a link supporting the roller pin and being rockable around a pivot shaft which is mounted on the arm head. The link can be forcibly displaced in response to the movement of the wiper arm from the rock-back condition toward the normal operating condition.

Abstract: A solenoid controlled valve of the double pilot type includes a valve main body having a valve mechanism, a pair of pilot valve units each being secured to respective sides of the valve main body and having solenoids for driving the valve mechanism of the valve main body, to first and second sets of male terminals connected to the solenoids, a wiring box being secured to a lower surface of an assembly of the valve main body and the pilot valve units, third and fourth sets of female terminals receiving the first and second sets of male terminals, respectively, a fifth set of male terminals connected to the third and fourth sets of terminals via electric wires, and a base secured to a lower surface of the wiring box at its center. The wiring box has formed therein conduits which are communicated with conduits formed in the valve main body and the base.

Abstract: A wiperblade comprising a main yoke having on the longitudinally central portion formed by two side plates spaced apart and parallel, non-circular and aligning through holes formed in the side plates, and a pin having non-circular portions corresponding to the non-circular holes in the side plates, said pin being inserted from the outside of either of the side plates so as to constitute a pivotal connecting portion between the wiperblade and a wiper arm.

Abstract: A backing member of a wiperblade of a windshield wiper and comprising two elongated body elements extending parallel at a spaced apart relationship and extending substantially along the entire length of a blade rubber to which the backing member is mounted, a plurality of bridge portions being spaced apart in the longitudinal direction of the backing member and connecting the body elements, the space between the body elements being adapted to receive a neck portion of the blade rubber, the bridge portions extending in the sidewise direction and above the body elements so as to define a space above the body elements for receiving a head portion of the blade rubber, and two longitudinally spaced apart pivot connections for connecting with a yoke member of the wiper. At least one of the pivot connections is adapted to permit relative longitudinal displacement of corresponding pivot connection of the yoke member. The curvature and the rigidity of the backing member are changed in the longitudinal direction.

Abstract: A windshield wiper includes an arm head connected to a driving motor and rotatably connected to a pivot shaft, and a wiper arm supported on the arm head and connected to a wiper blade. The arm head has a first head portion rotatably supported on the pivot shaft, and a second head portion connected to the first head portion and rotatable around an axis which is generally perpendicular to the axis of the pivot shaft. A mechanism is provided for rotating the second head portion with respect to the first head portion in response to the rotation of the first head portion around the pivot shaft.

Abstract: A wiperblade comprising at least two yokes with one end of one yoke is connected pivotally to intermediate portion of the other yoke. The one end of the one yoke is formed to have a pair of walls defining therebetween a recess, and the intermediate portion of the other yoke is formed to have projecting portion adapted to be received in the recess. The walls and the projecting portion slidingly engage with each other along vertical side surfaces and along arcuate end surfaces of the recess and the projecting portion. Projections and cutouts are provided respectively on the walls and recess to retain the connected condition.