Abstract: An electrical junction box to be attached to a vehicle includes a heat dissipation member having a base plate portion that has a plate shape having a first surface and a second surface, a plurality of fins that protrude from the second surface, and a pedestal that is provided protruding from the second surface and that has a smaller protruding height from the second surface than the fins as well as a bracket having a pedestal attachment portion that is attached to the pedestal and a vehicle body attachment portion that is continuous with that attachment portion, extends in a direction away from the heat dissipation member, and is attachable to a vehicle body of the vehicle.

Abstract: An electrical connection box includes a bus bar, a case to which the bus bar is fixed, a terminal that is connected to the bus bar, a fixing member that fixes a connection portion at which the terminal and the bus bar are connected to each other, and a base member that holds the fixing member. The fixing member and the base member are disposed at a position at which the fixing member and the base member overlap the connection portion of the bus bar, and when the connection portion at which the terminal and the bus bar are connected to each other is fixed, the base member moves in a direction in which the base member comes into contact with the bus bar.

Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a first circuit board that includes electroconductive paths; a second circuit board that includes electroconductive paths; a terminal module including (i) a plurality of terminals that connect the electroconductive paths of the first circuit board and the electroconductive paths of the second circuit board and (ii) an insulative connecting member that connects the plurality of terminals; and a retaining member that retains at least one of the first and second circuit boards. The retaining member has a fitting portion into which the connecting member is fitted.

Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a circuit assembly including a circuit board and a conductive plate, a engaging component (terminal block), a frame including an installation portion to which the engaging component is installed. A first engaging portion (first bus bar) is formed on one end side of the circuit assembly, and a second engaging portion (second bus bar) is formed on another end side of the circuit assembly. The frame includes a first engaged portion (receiving portion) that is engaged with the first engaging portion and receives the one end side of the circuit assembly. The engaging component includes a second engaged portion (auxiliary receiving portion that is engaged with the second engaging portion and receives the other end side of the circuit assembly.

Abstract: An electrical junction box includes: a circuit board in which a conductive path is formed on an insulating plate; a connector housing having a hood portion in the shape of a hood and an inner wall that closes the hood portion, wherein a terminal insertion hole; is provided in the inner wall; a connector terminal that is inserted from a rear face of the connector housing into the terminal insertion hole; through the inner wall and projects into the hood portion; a base member to which the connector housing is fastened, and that is different from the circuit board; and a screw that fastens the connector housing to the base member in a state where the connector terminal is inserted into the terminal insertion hole. The connector housing includes a catch portion that catches the circuit board when the connector housing is fastened with the screw to the base member.

Abstract: Provided is a circuit assembly that includes a circuit board that has an opening, a plurality of busbars that are laid on one surface side of the circuit board, a coil that has a main portion 16 and a plurality of lead terminals, the lead terminals being connected to the plurality of busbars that are exposed through the opening, and a heatsink that is laid, via an adhesive agent, on surfaces of the plurality of busbars that are opposite to the circuit board. Cut-out portions for evacuating the adhesive agent are formed at edges of the plurality of busbars that are opposite to each other in the opening.

Abstract: An electrical junction box includes an insulating substrate, a bus bar that is bonded to the insulating substrate, and a reinforcement plate that is bonded to a region of the insulating substrate to which the bus bar is not bonded. The reinforcement plate includes a through hole that allows passage of a shaft portion of a screw. A heat-dissipating member is stacked on a surface of the reinforcement plate opposite to the insulating substrate, and includes a screw hole into which the screw is screwed. A retaining member retains the respective positions of the insulating substrate, the bus bar, and the reinforcement plate, and the reinforcement plate includes an engagement portion that aligns the through hole and the screw hole by engaging with the retaining member.

Abstract: A coil assembly includes a coil unit in which a coil obtained by winding a winding wire is disposed around a magnetic core, a coil case that accommodates the coil unit, and a potting material with which an inside of the coil case is filled, and the coil case has an elastic fixing portion that is attachable to a resin member to which the coil case is to be fixed. The above-described configuration makes it possible to provide a coil assembly that is unlikely to crack and generate abnormal noises.

Abstract: An electrical junction box to be attached to a vehicle includes a heat dissipation member having a base plate portion that has a plate shape having a first surface and a second surface, a plurality of fins that protrude from the second surface, and a pedestal that is provided protruding from the second surface and that has a smaller protruding height from the second surface than the fins as well as a bracket having a pedestal attachment portion that is attached to the pedestal and a vehicle body attachment portion that is continuous with that attachment portion, extends in a direction away from the heat dissipation member, and is attachable to a vehicle body of the vehicle.

Abstract: Provided is a circuit assembly that includes a circuit board that has a connection opening, a plurality of busbars that are laminated on one surface side of the circuit board via an adhesive sheet, a coil that has a main portion and a plurality of lead terminals, the coil being arranged on the other surface side of the circuit board by the lead terminals being connected to the plurality of busbars that are exposed through the connection opening, and a heatsink that is laminated on a side of the plurality of busbars that is opposite to the circuit board via an adhesive agent. The adhesive sheet has sheet openings through which the plurality of busbars are exposed and the plurality of lead terminals are connected to the plurality of busbars, the adhesive sheet covering a gap between the plurality of busbars, the gap being located in the connection opening.

Abstract: Provided is a circuit assembly that includes: a circuit board that has a connection opening; a plurality of busbars that are laid on one surface side of the circuit board; a coil that includes a main portion and a plurality of lead terminals, the lead terminals being connected to the plurality of busbars exposed through the connection opening; and a heatsink that is laid, via an adhesive agent, on surfaces of the plurality of busbars that face away from the circuit board. The circuit board is provided with a substrate through-hole in the vicinity of the connection opening, and the plurality of busbars are provided with a busbar through-hole at the position that corresponds to the substrate through-hole.

Abstract: A work is subjected to a heat treatment in a heat-treating furnace. First, the work is carried into the heat-treating furnace. The work in the heat-treating furnace is immersed in a heat source solvent. In the heat-treating furnace, a superheated steam atmosphere is formed. The work is exposed in the heat-treating furnace under the superheated steam atmosphere. Then, the work is carried out of the heat-treating furnace.

Abstract: A free casting method according to the present invention includes, a lead-out step for leading out molten metal from a lead-out area (P) provided in a source of supply, e.g. a surface level of the molten metal, to retain the molten metal temporarily by surface films (F) generated on an outer surface, and a forming step for obtaining a formed body by solidifying retained molten metal (MS) led out along a set passage (L1) depending on a desired casting shape, wherein the retained molten metal is solidified after being formed into the desired casting shape by applying an external force thereto at positions between an unrestrained root portion of the retained molten metal in vicinity of the surface level of the molten metal and a solidification interface defined as a boundary between the retained molten metal and the formed body in the forming step.

Abstract: An aluminum alloy billet obtained by continuously casting molten aluminum alloy in the shape of rod is cut into a predetermined length by means of a cutting device. The aluminum alloy billet thus cut is loaded into a product carrier container with an identification mark that has been made. The casting condition and inspection results of the aluminum alloy billet are stored in the storage unit of a production control device in association with the identification mark so as to stabilize the quality and production of the aluminum alloy billet used for machining materials.

Abstract: A free casting method according to the present invention includes, a lead-out step for leading out molten metal from a lead-out area provided in a source of supply, e.g. a surface level of the molten metal, to retain the molten metal temporarily by surface films generated on an outer surface, and a forming step for obtaining a formed body by solidifying retained molten metal led out along a set passage depending on a desired casting shape, wherein the retained molten metal is solidified after being formed into the desired casting shape by applying an external force thereto at positions between an unrestrained root portion of the retained molten metal in vicinity of the surface level of the molten metal and a solidification interface defined as a boundary between the retained molten metal and the formed body in the forming step.

Abstract: A free casting method according to the present invention includes, a lead-out step for leading out molten metal from a lead-out area (P) provided in a source of supply, e.g. a surface level of the molten metal, to retain the molten metal temporarily by surface films (F) generated on an outer surface, and a forming step for obtaining a formed body by solidifying retained molten metal (MS) led out along a set passage (L1) depending on a desired casting shape, wherein the retained molten metal is solidified after being formed into the desired casting shape by applying an external force thereto at positions between an unrestrained root portion of the retained molten metal in vicinity of the surface level of the molten metal and a solidification interface defined as a boundary between the retained molten metal and the formed body in the forming step.

Abstract: A hot-top is disclosed that continuously casts an ingot by pouring molten metal down into a cylindrical space in a continuous casting mold from a molten metal flow-down port. The inner shape of a flow-down port forming part corresponds to the inner shape of a cylindrical space forming part. The hot-top forms an annular groove about the molten metal flow-down port, and has a barrier between the annular groove and the flow-down port.

Abstract: A work is subjected to a heat treatment in a heat-treating furnace. First, the work is carried into the heat-treating furnace. The work in the heat-treating furnace is immersed in a heat source solvent. In the heat-treating furnace, a superheated steam atmosphere is formed. The work is exposed in the heat-treating furnace under the superheated steam atmosphere. Then, the work is carried out of the heat-treating furnace.

Abstract: A circuit structure includes a circuit board having a conduction path and a through-hole continuing to the conduction path, a wire routing member that has a wire holding convex portion holding a wire configured to form a pre-determined conduction path and that is disposed to face the circuit board, a relaying wire whose one end is inserted into the through-hole in the circuit board to thereby connect the conductor path on the wire routing plate to that on the circuit board, and a positioning portion that is provided on the wire routing plate to thereby position a tip of the relaying wire.

Abstract: In the present invention, the form in which roughness is formed on the surface of an article being processed through plasma exposure is controlled by varying the frequency for a main voltage applied to two discharge electrodes, a conductive housing and a rod shaped electrode, provided in a plasma generating unit and the frequency for a bias voltage applied between the conductive housing (2) and the article being processed.