Abstract: A water proof press contact terminal includes a base portion, a pair of first press contact pieces, a pair of second press contact pieces, and a covering member. The first press contact pieces are provided at both sides of a front part of the base portion. The second press contact pieces are provided at both sides of a rear part of the base portion, press contact a sheath of a wire. The covering member is provided on the base portion. A core wire of the wire is inserted into the covering member so as to be covered in a waterproof manner, and is press contacted by the first press contact pieces together with the covering member.

Abstract: A female terminal includes a box portion which is formed into a quadrangular prism-like shape so as for a tab of a male terminal to fit therein by bending a copper alloy plate which is obtained by being continuously and repeatedly bent before an age heat treatment is applied thereto, which has a proof stress of 700 MPa or larger and a width of 10 mm or larger and in which no crack is produced therein when bent 180 degrees about a bending axis which is at right angle to a rolling direction of the copper alloy plate. The box portion comprises notches which are formed in inner sides of bent portions produced by bending the copper alloy plate. A depth of the notch is set to be in the range from ¼ to ½ of a thickness of the copper alloy plate.

Abstract: In a terminal fitting, round hole type serration parts which include round holes are formed for an insulating outer cover bottom plate part and for a braided wire bottom plate part and round hole type serration parts which include round holes are formed for any one of one pair of insulating outer cover crimp strips and for any one of one pair of braided wire crimp strips to strengthen biting of a coaxial wire.

Abstract: A conductor (Wa) of the electric wire (W) whose insulated sheath (Wb) is removed from an extremity of the conductor to a location where the conductor projects backwards from a rear end of the terminal accommodating chamber (11) of the connector housing 10 is crimped and connected by means of a pair of crimping pieces (3b), and an area that ranges from the extremity of the conductor (Wa) to the location that includes an end of the insulated sheath (Wb) is covered with a resin (8).

Abstract: A connector includes an inner plate including cavities for holding terminals connected to electric wires, a cylindrical housing which accommodates therein the inner plate, and a filling material which is filled in an interior of the housing so as to surround a periphery of the inner plate. A plurality of air bleeding holes are formed in a portion of the inner plate other than portions where the cavities are provided so as to penetrate from a front side to a back side thereof.

Abstract: A connector provided with a female-type metal terminal fitting, includes a case portion including a bottom plate portion, first and second side plate portions, and an upper plate portion, a lance engaging portion formed at a rear end portion of the upper plate portion so as to engage with a lance, a biasing portion integrated in the case portion, a wire connecting portion provided so as to be extended to a rear side of the case portion, and a spring supporting plate portion laminated on an inner face of the upper plate portion. A rear end portion of the spring supporting plate portion is recessed toward inside of the case portion further than the rear end portion of the upper plate portion. The biasing portion is extended from the spring supporting plate portion.

Abstract: A coaxial connector has a structure in which slits into which the both sides of a core wire crimp part are to be inserted are respectively formed on facing inner walls of a core wire containing groove in an inner housing and the core wire crimp part is covered with the inner housing and a terminal fitting by crimping of the terminal fitting.

Abstract: A lever connector includes a housing, and a lever rotatably provided on the housing to be rotated in a locking direction to be disposed at a connection locking position. The lever includes support plate portions rotatably supported by both sides of the housing, each support plate portion has a protrusion portion protruding toward a side of the housing, the both sides of the housing have groove portions with which the protrusion portions of the lever at the connection locking position are engaged, each groove portion has a tapered surface inclined in a protruding direction of a protrusion portion as extending in the locking direction of the lever, and as the protrusion portions are slid along the tapered surfaces to be engaged with the tapered surfaces, respectively, the lever is applied with a rotating force in the locking direction.

Abstract: A receiving housing is displaceable in the direction to be pushed out from the opening of a bottom panel by a connecting operation. One end of a lever can be engaged with a counterpart housing and the other end can be engaged with a rotating shaft protrusion of the bottom panel. The counterpart housing is pulled towards the receiving housing by means of the lever that pivots around a portion to be engaged with the rotating shaft protrusion of the bottom panel as a fulcrum by the displacement of the receiving housing in cooperation with the connecting operation.

Abstract: A water proof crimping terminal comprises a base plate part; and a pair of core wire crimping pieces integrally formed with the base plate part to form an annular core wire crimping part during crimping process of an electric wire; wherein an end side of one of the core wire crimping pieces is folded outward to form a folded part having an outward repelling force, an end side of the other of the core wire crimping pieces is arranged outside the folded part as a covering part, and an outer surface of the folded part is allowed to come into close contact with an inner surface of the covering part by the repelling force.

Abstract: A signal transmission device drives a light-emitting element and outputs an optical signal depending on a data signal from an electronic device. The device includes an element driving portion which supplies a driving current to the light-emitting element, wherein the driving current is obtained by superimposing a modulation current on a bias current, the modulation current being dependent on the data signal indicating emitting information of the light-emitting element. A temperature compensation portion of the device controls the bias current and the modulation current depending on the temperature so that a temperature-current characteristic of the light-emitting element is reproduced based on the voltage which is dependent on the temperature and the voltage which is independent from the temperature, thereby performing current control depending on the temperature.

Abstract: An illuminating structure of a meter apparatus illuminates an indicator 7 and a text panel 9 while the indicator 7 rotates to indicate various kinds of information, wherein the rotary shaft 5 has lateral light separating unit 10, formed with a dented portion toward a light source 3, at the front end surface of the front end portion thereof, and the lateral light separating unit 10 partially separates the illuminating light incident to the indicator 7 toward the text panel 9.

Abstract: An incomplete fitting prevention connector includes a first connector, a second connector that is fitted to the first connector, and a connector position assurance lock that is slidably mounted to an outer side of the second connector. The first connector includes a male beak, a short spring and a terminal The second connector includes a female lock passing over the male beak and a short-circuit removal plate part inserted between the short spring and the terminal A draw-in slanted surface is formed at a leading end of the male beak, a restoring force for returning the female lock to its original position serves as a driving force for fitting the connector when the female lock reaches the draw-in slanted surface, and the insertion force of the short-circuit removal plate part applied between the short spring and the terminal is reduced.

Abstract: A power source circuit shutoff device includes: a base housing including a first mating wall and a cam pin; a lever housing including a second mating wall; and an operation lever rotatably supported to the lever housing and having a cam groove for guiding the cam pin. The base housing and the lever housing are set to a lever mating start position in which the first mating wall and the second mating wall are partly overlapped with each other and the cam pin is entered into the cam groove of the operation lever, and a rotation of the operation lever moves the cam pin in the cam groove to thereby cause a mating force between the first mating wall and the second mating wall. The base housing and the lever housing respectively have restriction ribs.

Abstract: A display device for a vehicle is provided which can efficiently transmit lights from a light source to improve a visibility of a display. In a head up display device, a combiner having a light transmission property is fixed to an upper part of a display device main body, and display lights outputted form the display device main body are projected on the combiner. The display device main body includes a light source, a lens array on which lights of the light source are converged and an LCD panel which transmits the lights converged on the lens array to have the display lights. Each of lens parts of the lens array has an output side and an incident side of the lights formed respectively as an output convex lens surface and an incident convex lens surface which respectively bulge in protruding forms.

Abstract: A bulb socket includes a socket body in which a bulb is mounted, an earth terminal, a pair of terminal fittings for making elastic contact with a contact point of the bulb, and packing 6 with which a gap between the socket body and an attachment part of the socket body is sealed. One end of the socket body is provided with a mounting port of the bulb. The earth terminal and the terminal fittings are attached to the inside of the mounting port. The terminal fitting includes a body, a leg part linearly extending from one end of the body, and a spring part extending from the other end of the body in a meandering shape. The spring part includes four bent parts. Bending angles of the bent parts are equal.

Abstract: The present invention provides: a resin composition for a heat-resistant electric wire, containing from 25 to 60 parts by weight of a polyphenylene ether, from 15 to 42 parts by weight of a polypropylene-based resin, from 8 to 27 parts by weight of a styrene-based elastomer, from 5 to 15 parts by weight of a polyamide, and from 1 to 10 parts by weight of an acid-modified polyolefin, in which the polyamide has a melting point of 201° C. or more; and a heat-resistant electric wire using the composition.

Abstract: A locking structure of a screw-fastening block includes: a screw-fastening block made by providing a screw member for screwing and connecting a bus bar, a terminal, or the like on an upper portion of a screw-fastening block main body; and an electrically connecting block main body having a receiver into which the screw-fastening block is inserted upward side and in which the screw-fastening block is received. Locking portions are provided on both sidewalls of the receiver, and a bottom surface of the screw-fastening block main body is a lock-receiving portion to be engaged with the locking portion. The locking portions are locking arms projected obliquely upward from the both sidewalls, and a tip end of the locking arm is provided with a locking surface for supporting the bottom surface of the screw-fastening block main body, and a projecting piece for supporting a side surface of the screw-fastening block main body.

Abstract: Attaching work of a high-voltage cable is improved. In an electric cable connecting construction of battery packs, the high-voltage cable is connected to conductors held in resin busbar modules for connection with the general electrodes by fastening crimp terminals to the conductors. Two ribs are formed on each of the busbar modules where the crimp terminal is held therebetween to limit an entrained rotation of the crimp terminal. A difference between a gap of the two ribs on one of the adjacent battery packs and a width of the crimp terminal connected to the general electrode is set to a first gap dimension L3 and A difference between a gap and a width of the crimp terminal connected to the general electrode of the other of the adjacent battery packs is set to a second gap dimension L6 larger than the first gap dimension.

Abstract: Abnormal noise at a battery pack busbar module is prevented. A battery pack busbar module includes busbar accommodating portions each accommodate busbars which connect in series batteries, cover portions coupled by hinges to one of side edges of openings in the busbar accommodating portions to cover the openings, and lock portions to lock the cover portions by bringing first engagement portions provided on the other side edges of the busbar accommodating portions and second engagement portions provided on the cover portions into engagement with each other, and ribs projecting from the cover portions to come into abutment with the busbar accommodating portions are formed in positions spaced away from the lock portions, a height of the ribs being set such that the second engagement portions are not brought into engagement with the first engagement portions when the ribs abut the busbar accommodating portions.