Abstract: An ultrasonic flow meter includes a cylindrical passage; a pair of ultrasonic transducers; a measuring unit, an arithmetic circuit, and a partition plate. The measuring unit measures a propagation time of ultrasound from one to the other of the ultrasonic transducers. The arithmetic unit operates flow velocity or flow rate of the measurement fluid. The partition plate divides the cylindrical passage into a plurality of divided passages. The cylindrical passage includes a normal propagation route and a shortcut propagation route that makes a shortcut for the normal propagation route through which ultrasound propagates from one of the ultrasonic transducers to the other of the ultrasonic transducers. The partition plate is formed, at a region corresponding to the shortcut propagation route, with a cutaway or opening portion through which the divided passages communicate with each other.

Abstract: Seismic device includes acceleration sensor that successively outputs an acceleration value according to magnitude of acceleration of applied vibrations, earthquake determining unit that differentiates and determines an earthquake and a shock from the acceleration value output from acceleration sensor, and seismic intensity calculator that calculates a seismic intensity equivalent value from the acceleration value output from acceleration sensor. Further, earthquake determining unit differentiates and determines an earthquake and a shock from a generation pattern of binary values binarizing the acceleration value output from acceleration sensor with the predetermined threshold value.

Abstract: A pair of terminal portions of a bus bar is composed of a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion extended along a sidewall of the base portion. Each of the first and second terminal portions has a spring portion for generating biasing force toward a direction of holding the base portion, and a contact portion provided on a tip of the spring portion. The contact portion of the first terminal portion abuts on a contact lead wire, and the contact portion of the second terminal portion abuts on the sidewall of the base portion, thereby the contact portions hold the base portion therebetween. In a natural condition that the bulb is not inserted and the spring portion is not elastically deformed, the pair of terminal portions is displaced from a center plane toward the one side corresponding to a projection size of the contact lead wire.

Abstract: A pair of terminal portions of a bus bar (i.e. a terminal clamp) includes spring portions each of which is arranged to exert a pushing force in a direction of sandwiching a base portion of a bulb, and contact portions each provided at a tip portion of the spring portion. A housing (i.e. a socket body) includes regulation portions located on opposite side of the terminal portions and arranged to abut on the terminal portions from opposite side of the base portion to regulate elastic deformation amount of the spring portions to be within a predetermined value.

Abstract: The switch structure is configured to have a switch knob, a lens for transmitting the light of a bulb in the interior of a vehicle, a bus bar connected between the bulb side and the power source side (not shown), and a convex portion protruding toward the switch knob. A conductive element is formed to have a bulb-side abutment portion that abuts on a bulb-side bus bar and is connected thereto and a power source side abutment portion that abuts on a power source side bus bar and is connected thereto. When attached to an operating element, the conductive element is configured to be retractable in a push direction and to be rotatable in a rotational direction relative to the operating element and slidably contacts with the bus bar upon rotation of the switch knob.

Abstract: The switch structure is configured to have a switch knob, a lens for transmitting the light of a bulb in the interior of a vehicle, a bus bar connected between the bulb side and the power source side (not shown), and a convex portion protruding toward the switch knob. A conductive element is formed to have a bulb-side abutment portion that abuts on a bulb-side bus bar and is connected thereto and a power source side abutment portion that abuts on a power source side bus bar and is connected thereto. When attached to an operating element, the conductive element is configured to be retractable in a push direction and to be rotatable in a rotational direction relative to the operating element and slidably contacts with the bus bar upon rotation of the switch knob.

Abstract: An illuminating unit includes an electronic component that emits illumination light, a busbar that includes a electric connecting part which electrically connects the electric component and the outside of the electronic component, and a locking part which has elasticity and sandwiches and holds the electronic component, a housing that accommodates the busbar, and a cover that is assembled to the housing and includes an opening part through which the illumination light passes. The locking part includes a contact part and a pressing part. The contact part abuts with a fringe of the opening part when the cover is assembled to the housing. The pressing part follows the contact part and presses the electronic component by being deformed in a state where the cover is assembled to the housing.

Abstract: A pair of terminal portions of a bus bar (i.e. a terminal clamp) includes spring portions each of which is arranged to exert a pushing force in a direction of sandwiching a base portion of a bulb, and contact portions each provided at a tip portion of the spring portion. A housing (i.e. a socket body) includes regulation portions located on opposite side of the terminal portions and arranged to abut on the terminal portions from opposite side of the base potion to regulate elastic deformation amount of the spring portions to be within a predetermined value.

Abstract: A pair of terminal portions of a bus bar is composed of a first terminal portion and a second terminal portion extended along a sidewall of the base portion. Each of the first and second terminal portions has a spring portion for generating biasing force toward a direction of holding the base portion, and a contact portion provided on a tip of the spring portion. The contact portion of the first terminal portion abuts on a contact lead wire, and the contact portion of the second terminal portion abuts on the sidewall of the base portion, thereby the contact portions hold the base portion therebetween. In a natural condition that the bulb is not inserted and the spring portion is not elastically deformed, the pair of terminal portions is displaced from a center plane toward the one side corresponding to a projection size of the contact lead wire.

Abstract: An illumination lamp comprising: a cover including an engagement portion; a functional member including a light emitting element and a mounting portion, the light emitting element covered by the cover while the engagement portion is engaged with the mounting portion; and a designed member including a cover holder and a lock, the lock locking the functional member, and the cover holder holding the cover.

Abstract: An illumination lamp comprising: a cover including an engagement portion; a functional member including a light emitting element and a mounting portion, the light emitting element covered by the cover while the engagement portion is engaged with the mounting portion; and a designed member including a cover holder and a lock, the lock locking the functional member, and the cover holder holding the cover.

Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide an electrode for p-type SiC which can provide improved surface morphology and less thermal damage for a semiconductor crystal layer due to formation of an electrode. In this invention, a p-type electrode is manufactured to contain at least one selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), palladium (Pd) and platinum (Pt).

Abstract: An object of this invention is to provide an electrode for p-type SiC which can provide improved surface morphology and less thermal damage for a semiconductor crystal layer due to formation of an electrode. In this invention, a p-type electrode is manufactured to contain at least one selected from the group consisting of nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co), palladium (Pd) and platinum (Pt).