Abstract: The configurations of a two way wiring device are provided in the present invention. The proposed .device includes a case having a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, a third side formed between the first side and the second side and an open bottom passing therethrough a first conducting wire, wherein the third side includes a first side segment, a second side segment and a middle segment located between the first and the second side segments, and a conducting wire guiding pathway formed on the case and the first conducting wire passing the pathway and wired out of the case through one of the first side segment and the second side segment.

Abstract: A housing for one or more electrical components that are connected to sources of a plurality of voltages comprises a box, a first cover to cover a first portion of the opening in the box and a second cover to cover a second portion of the opening. The first cover includes a separator that projects into the box when the first cover is installed to divide the interior of the box and so that components connectable to a higher voltage can be separated from components connectable to a lower voltage.

Abstract: The invention discloses a solar photovoltaic junction box assembly having a housing having a housing body and a housing cover, a cable extending into the housing body and joined to the housing body, and an electrical connector disposed in the housing body and including at least a metal piece electrically connected to a solar cell and a terminal electrically connected to the cable, wherein a chamber for filling gel therein is formed between the terminal and the joint of the cable with the housing body. A part of the cable extending into the housing is fixed to and sealed in the housing by filling gel in the chamber, and first and second over-molded structures can further prevent the cable from being loosened relative to the housing of the junction box, and further prevent water from entering into the housing of the junction box.

Abstract: A terminal box (45) for electrical connection to an electric motor (32), in particular of a circulation pump (10), includes at least one wall (215) and at least one circuit board (145), wherein the terminal box (45) on the wall (215) includes at least one electrical contact (220) for connection to the circuit board (145), said contact designed as a clamping element (220) for releasably clamping the circuit board (145) which is orientated with its flat sides (150, 152) perpendicularly to this wall (215). A terminal box system includes at least two different circuit boards (145, 145?) selectively insertable into the at least one clamping element (220) of the terminal box (45) and/or at least two different covers (105, 105?) selectively connectable to a housing part (100) of the terminal box (45). A pump assembly (5) includes such a terminal box (45) or such a terminal box system.

Abstract: This document discusses capacitive elements including a first, second and third electrode arranged in a stack. The third electrode is positioned between the first and second electrode. An interconnect includes a unitary substrate shared with the first and second electrodes. The interconnect is adapted to deform to accommodate the stacked nature of the first and second electrodes. The unitary substrate includes a sintered material disposed thereon.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing having electric insulation properties, and a circuit element installed in the housing and including a plurality of connection terminals, wherein the housing includes an inner surface including a mounting region on which the circuit element is mounted, a plurality of adhesive filled portions in the mounting region, which are separated by a division wall in order to correspond to the connection terminals of the circuit element, and through which the connection terminals are inserted, and a plurality of traces provided on the inner surface of the housing, one ends of the traces running through the adhesive filled portions, wherein the adhesive filled portions of the housing are filled with conductive adhesive which fix the circuit element to the mounting region, and wherein the connection terminals are electrically connected to the traces by the conductive adhesive.

Abstract: A high field/high voltage unit comprising at least one electrical component (4) and a solid insulating material (20) in the form of a first and a second piece part (10, 11) which form, in particular, hard foam half bodies and a method of manufacturing same is disclosed. The piece parts (10, 11) each have an inner structure comprising a plurality of preformed cavities (3) in which electrical components (4) are fixed. After assembly, the piece parts (10, 11) form a closed casing of the high field/high voltage unit so that no extra steel vessel is necessary. Conductive paths (5, 6) for the interconnection of the components are integrated into the insulating material (20) using for example an insert technology. Since several functions can thus be integrated into the solid insulating material (20), a simple solution for assembling and disassembling an oil/gas filled high field/high voltage unit like a high voltage generator for an X-ray tube is realized.

Abstract: A junction box for electrical cables comprising a main body comprising a base, an accepting wall with means for accepting cables through the wall, two walls substantially adjacent to the accepting wall and substantially opposite one another, and an electrical connector within the walls, wherein the means for accepting cables comprises at least two slots which are positioned one on either side of a central spacer and whose edges define with the adjacent spacer edges a cable gripping mechanism. Also provided is a method for using the junction box.

Abstract: An electronic component device having a first sealing frame formed on a main substrate and a second sealing frame formed on a cover substrate, the first and second sealing frames being composed of a Ni film. A bonding section constituted by a Ni—Bi alloy is formed between the first and second sealing frames. For example, a Bi layer is formed on the first sealing frame, and then the first sealing frame and the second sealing frame are heated at a temperature of 300° C. for at least 10 seconds while applying pressure in the direction in which the first sealing frame and the second sealing frame are in close contact with each other, and thus the bonding section, which bonds the first sealing frame to the second sealing frame, is formed.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing a multilayer printed circuit board, and a printed circuit board manufactured according to the method, includes laterally-aligning a first inner substrate in which first insulation layers and first conductor layers are alternately laminated and a second inner substrate in which second insulation layers and second conductor layers are alternately laminated. The second inner substrate has a lager number of layers than the first inner substrate. The laterally-aligned first inner substrate and second inner substrate are placed between a pair of third insulation layers in a thickness direction. The pair of the third insulation layer are heated under pressure in the thickness direction. A conductor pattern is formed on surfaces of the pair of the third insulation layers.

Abstract: An electronic component device having a first sealing frame formed on a main substrate and a second sealing frame formed on a cover substrate, both of which are composed of a Ni film. A bonding section bonds the first sealing frame to the second sealing frame. For example, a Bi layer is formed on the first sealing frame and an Au layer is formed on the second sealing frame, and then the first sealing frame and the second sealing frame are heated at a temperature of 300° C. for 10 seconds while applying pressure in the direction in which the first sealing frame and the second sealing frame are close contact with each other to form the bonding section. The bonding section is constituted by a mixed layer predominantly composed of a mixed alloy of a Ni—Bi—Au ternary alloy and Au2Bi.

Abstract: An electronic device includes an enclosure and a fixing member to secure the enclosure to a fastener. The receiving member defines a first receiving portion and a second receiving portion in communication with the first receiving portion. The fixing member includes a control portion received in the receiving member and moving relative to the enclosure along a first axis of the first receiving portion, and a locking portion received in the receiving member and moving relative to the enclosure along a second axis of the second receiving portion perpendicular to the first axis. Movements of the control portion relative to the enclosure along the first axis of the first receiving portion and the locking portion relative to the enclosure along the second axis of the second receiving portion causes the electronic device to toggle in a locked or unlocked position.

Abstract: A cable management unit having a base section and a top section, the base section and the top section defining a space therebetween, a plurality of distribution walls coupled between the base section and the top section and having a front surface facing the space and a back surface facing away from the space, an electronic device disposed within the space, and a plurality of ports disposed on the back surface of the contiguous section of the plurality of distribution walls and each having a port surface extending beyond the back surface of the contiguous section.

Abstract: A metal housing (10) includes a base (110) and an outer layer (120). The base is made of a thin metal plate. The outer layer includes a plurality of first sections (121) and second sections (122). The material of the first sections is different from that of the second sections. The first sections and the second sections are arranged on the base in an interleaving manner.

Abstract: An electrical box assembly is disclosed including an electrical box having at least one sidewall, the sidewall including an aperture formed therein to receive a threaded fastener. A mounting plate is provided that is attached to a support member and includes an elongate slot formed therein, wherein at least a portion of the slot is aligned with the aperture of the sidewall. A clamp bar abuts the mounting plate and has a threaded aperture formed therein, wherein the fastener extends through the aperture formed in the sidewall and the elongate slot formed in the mounting plate and is threadably received in the aperture formed in the clamp bar to movably attach the electrical box to the mounting plate.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a lamp base element for holding a transformer is provided. The lamp base element may include a transformer chamber which holds the transformer, wherein the transformer is held completely in the transformer chamber, and wherein the contact pins of the transformer are passed through a contact-making face of the transformer chamber, which contact-making face is opposite an opening face.

Abstract: Electronic equipment installed outdoors to house an internal unit is provided, meeting the waterproof standard and having an easily replaceable structure of the internal unit. The electronic equipment has an enclosure having a cover and a case with an opening and an air vent, and an internal unit in which an electronic component is mounted. The internal unit has a heat sink and radiation fins for releasing heat generated by the electronic component. The fins are inserted into the opening. The heat sink has a draining portion formed below the fins in a direction perpendicular to an extending direction of the radiation fins, a groove for waterproofing around the fins except an upper portion thereof, and two protrusions for fitting above the fins. The case has a rib for waterproofing around the opening except an upper portion thereof, and two holes for fitting above the opening.

Abstract: Various embodiments of an electrical box are provided for installation in insulated concrete forms (‘ICFs”) In at least one embodiment, the electrical box includes a container configured to receive an electrical device, and at least one anchoring member operably connected to the container In these embodiments, the anchoring member is movable between a storage position and an inserted position and the anchoring member is operable by a user without a tool Further, in these embodiments, the inserted position includes at least part of the anchoring member positioned outside the container such that the anchoring member is insertable into, for instance, a foam-based ICF Thus simple and efficient installation of electrical boxes in ICFs is provided.

Abstract: A junction box for a conductor board, in particular for a solar module, including at least one contact device with a conductor terminal element and a contact element, at least one connection cable with at least one electrical conductor, wherein the electrical conductor contacts the conductor terminal element of the at least one contact device, at least one sealing element surrounding an end area of the connection cable, so that the end area is substantially moisture-tight, a housing device, wherein the housing device is designed to be arranged on the conductor board, the housing device surrounds the at least one sealing element in a contact area, and in the contact area.

Abstract: The present invention relates, generally, to electrical power conversion devices and to the universal packaging of those devices for a wide range of applications yielding cost efficient inventory management of product lines consisting of a group of power conversion devices each with minor variations. More specifically, the present invention relates to a universal mounting frame for receiving a printed circuit board in a switch mode power supply. The universal frame is adapted for receiving an open frame or printed circuit board and securing the open frame within a plurality of known packaging configurations. To this end, only a single size printed circuit board is necessary for any type of switch mode power supply configurations, thereby, reducing costs associated with manufacture and testing.

Abstract: A sealing cover (10) is provided for closing an opening of an equipment case that accommodates electric equipment of a car. The electric equipment includes a circuit with an operation control portion for switching a main circuit from an operating state to a shutdown state in accordance with signals inputted to an input terminal thereof. The sealing cover (10) has a cover body (11) mounted on the equipment case to close the open part. An interlocking connector (35) is provided on the cover body (11) and is connected to the input terminal when the cover body (11) is mounted on the equipment case and disconnected from the input terminal when the cover body (11) is removed from the equipment case to switch the main body circuit from the operating state to the shutdown state.

Abstract: A transducer device includes an annular housing having a base wall adjoining a pair of annular side walls. The base and side walls define an annular groove. An access port and at least one strain relief opening are formed in the base wall. The at least one strain relief opening is spaced apart from the access port. A conductor is disposed in the annular groove.

Abstract: To provide an electrical junction box equipped with a bracket having a new structure that can stably and strongly secure the electrical junction box to a vehicle body to exert sufficient strength against an external force applied by bolt-fastening of a terminal hardware in an external wiring. A separate bracket attaches an electrical junction box main body to a vehicle body side support member. The separate bracket is provided with latch portions. Fixing positions between the latch portions and the electrical junction box main body are set on both sides of bolt connecting sections along the vehicle body side support member.

Abstract: Systems and methods for manufacturing and packaging electronic devices with light absorptive thin film stacks are provided. In one embodiment, a light is applied to a light absorptive thin film stack disposed between a substrate and a backplate to seal the substrate to the backplate. In another embodiment, the light absorptive thin film stack includes a plurality of thin film layers. In yet another embodiment, the light absorptive thin film stack includes a spacer layer over a reflective layer and an absorber layer over the spacer layer. In still another embodiment, the light absorptive thin film stack is less than 200 nanometers thick. In yet a further embodiment, a light absorptive thin film stack is used to seal a substrate having glass, plastic, metal, or silicon to a backplate having glass, plastic, metal, or silicon. Thus, the light absorptive thin film stack is used to seal similar or dissimilar materials through a bonding process.

Abstract: Techniques or processes for providing markings on products are disclosed. In one embodiment, the products have housings and the markings are to be provided on sub-surfaces of the housings. For example, a housing for a particular product can include an outer housing surface and the markings can be provided on a sub-surface the outer housing surface yet still be visible from the outside of the housing. Since the markings are beneath the surface of the housing, the markings are durable.

Abstract: An enclosure is provided for a vehicle. The enclosure comprises (a) a housing and (b) a cover for the housing. At least one of the housing and the cover includes a mounting portion for attaching the at least one of the housing and the cover to a vehicle and a compliant portion connected to the mounting portion. The compliant portion is plastically deformable.

Abstract: A circuit board case including: a cover that includes a cover front wall and a rise wall connected to the cover front wall, the cover being attachable to an attaching object at a position on the rise wall opposite the cover front wall; and a case that houses a circuit board and includes a case front wall and a first wall surface oriented toward a direction opposite the case front wall, the case being housed in the cover such that the case front wall opposes the cover front wall. A fitting that engages the first wall surface is formed in the rise wall of the cover so as to urge the case toward the cover front wall and thus hold the case within the cover.

Abstract: An electrical device (100) having a first side (116) supported by a surface (202) and including: (a) a body (112) having the first side and a second side (117); (b) a stabilization structure (130) adjacent to the body and having at least one opening (134) therein; and (c) an electrical component (102) located at least partially within the body and having one or more first electrical connectors (120) at the second side.

Abstract: A terminal box has a box body that has a shape of a box having an opening on one surface, has a body-side hinge structure on an end thereof, and accommodates therein an output-cable connecting unit, and a cover that has a cover-side hinge structure forming a hinge structure with the body-side hinge structure, that is pivotally supported by the hinge structure an end thereof so as to pivotally open or close the opening of the box body. The hinge structure has an attitude holding structure that holds an attitude of the cover at a position where the cover is at a predetermined angle with respect to the box body.

Abstract: A substrate holding apparatus includes a case having a case body and a case cover, a plurality of substrates held in the case in a thickness direction of the substrates, and a plurality of support portions formed at the case body, the plurality of support portions constituting a plurality of support portion groups, the support portions including end surfaces whose heights in the thickness direction are the same in each of the support portion groups, the heights of the end surfaces of the support portions in one of the plurality of support portion groups being different from the heights of the end surfaces of the support portions in the other of the plurality of support portion groups, one of the substrates including a peripheral edge portion having guide grooves into which the support portions in one of the plurality of support portion groups are inserted.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a terminal box includes a box case placed on and fixed to a back film of a solar cell string and a terminal panel formed on the box case. The box case includes a case main body placed on and fixed to the back film of the solar cell string and a terminal panel fixing portion for placing and fixing the terminal panel above the case main body. An opening for passing an output lead wire through the terminal panel is formed continuously from the bottom face of the case main body to the top face of the terminal panel. One edge of the terminal panel is provided so as to protrude from the terminal panel fixing portion such that the tip of the output lead wire can be bent and latched on.

Abstract: An electronic control unit includes: a printed circuit board, which supports an electric circuit, a plurality of electronic components electrically connected to the electric circuit, and at least one connector electrically connected to the electrical circuit. A housing accommodates therein the printed circuit board and comprises a base which supports the printed circuit board and a lid which closes over the base. At least one deformable, elastic, expanded blocking block is fixed to an internal surface of the lid near at least one electronic component, has sufficient thickness to vertically interfere with the first electronic component to be compressed between the lid and the first electronic component. It presents a larger area than the first electronic component to laterally encompass the first electronic component.

Abstract: The present invention provides a modular controller that connects to irrigation modules with varying station terminals and a standard footprint size. Additionally, the modular controller includes surge protection options, wireless communication with PDA's and other external devices, no required position for each controller module to be connected, immediate display of station modules on the LCD display, retention of a water program if module is removed, communications module for flow monitoring, a modular transformer, rain sensor receiver within the housing, an improved 9-volt batter holder, and other aspects described in the present application.

Abstract: An adjustably mountable electrical device with one or more yokes coupled to the electrical device, at least one electrically conductive strap, and an electrical device face, wherein a distance between the electrical device face and at least one of the yoke, the strap and an electrical box mounting screw aperture is adjustable after the electrical device is mounted to the electrical box. The system may comprise mounting flanges that may have threaded hubs or the system may further comprise an electric device having front and back shells moveable on a track in response to depression of a button allowing for movement of the back shell so that the electric device may be mounted having its face coplanar with a front wall surface.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a front case, a rear case whose peripheral portion is brought into engagement with a peripheral portion of the front case and an electrostatic capacity type sensor portion which is encompassed by the front case and the rear case. A primary conductive portion, which is brought into engagement with the sensor portion for electrical connection, is formed on part of an inner surface of the peripheral portion of one of the cases which extends to the engagement portion. By adopting this configuration, the electronic apparatus can be fabricated easily and the operation of a touch switch provided in the electronic apparatus can be stabilized.

Abstract: A junction box for electrically connecting insulated conductors of a first cable to corresponding insulated conductors of a second cable, including a terminal housing; a plurality of electrically conductive contacts extending through the terminal housing, each contact of said contacts including first and second insulation displacement contacts (IDCs) opening into respective first and second sides of the terminal housing; and first and second lid members operatively coupled to the terminal housing so that relative movement between the terminal housing and the lid members urges insulated conductors interposed therebetween into corresponding IDCs for electric connection to the contacts, wherein said relative movement electrically connects the insulated conductors of the first cable on the first side of said sides of the terminal housing to corresponding insulated conductors of the second cable on the second side of said sides of the terminal housing via the IDCs of common contacts.

Abstract: A digital wiring device including a user interface panel, a digital display, and a paddle including a transparent portion to reveal the digital display and an opaque portion to cover the user interface panel. The paddle rotates from a first closed position to a second open position. A digital “schedule-at-a-glance” may be provided so that a user can quickly assess a schedule of events. The digital wiring device may include a back light to illuminate the digital display. The paddle may be operatively associated with the back light. A battery may provide an electrical current to power the digital wiring device in a battery backup mode, and the back light may be disabled based on the mode. The user interface panel may be used to schedule events or otherwise configure the digital wiring device.

Abstract: An object is to sufficiently keep the airtightness in a vacuum container even when it is made smaller. A photomultiplier tube 1 comprises a flat sheet-like lower substrate 4, a casing-like frame 3b erected on the lower substrate 4, an upper substrate 2 including a frame 3a airtightly joined to an opening part of the frame 3b while holding a low-melting metal therebetween, and a frame-like projection 25b arranged in parallel with the frame 3b on the inner side of the frame 3b on the lower substrate 4.

Abstract: The present invention provides a terminal structure 14 including a terminal 12 having a conductor 40 containing at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, and copper, a first layer containing phosphorus and nickel disposed on the conductor 40, and a second layer having a nickel/phosphorus atomic ratio smaller than that of the first layer and containing Ni3P disposed on the first layer; and solder 70 disposed on the second layer of the terminal 12, while the second layer has a thickness of at least 0.35 ?m; and a module substrate 100 having the terminal structure.

Abstract: A socket for mounting a network device is provided. The socket includes a top portion and a bottom portion. The top portion and bottom portion are sized to engage with a network communication device that may be inserted into an interior of the socket from a first side of an installation surface. The top portion and bottom portion may be operable to draw heat away from the network device and release the heat on a second side of the installation surface.

Abstract: In an electronic part housing box 1 which includes a capacitor 2 having lead wires 2b protruded from the capacitor main body 2a, a base member 10 having a part housing chamber 11 for housing the capacitor main body 2a, a part housing cover 20 attached to the base member 10 to thereby cover the opening of the part housing chamber 11, and a bracket 40 attached to the base member 10 to thereby fix the lead wires 2b, the base member 10 is integrally provided with a first spring portion 14 for biasing the capacitor main body 2a toward the opening side of the part housing chamber 11 and the part housing cover 20 is integrally provided with a second spring portion 21 for biasing the capacitor main body 2a toward the bottom surface side of the part housing chamber 11.

Abstract: An electrical junction box includes a casing body containing a bus bar that serves as an internal circuit. A bus bar terminal portion is disposed on an outer edge of an upper surface of the casing body to be connected to a terminal. An electrical wire, on which the terminal is caulked, is arranged horizontally along an outer side wall of the casing body. A terminal cover encloses an electrical wire pressing section of the terminal. The terminal cover is fitted in a depression provided in the outer side wall of the casing body.

Abstract: In an upper surface of a bottom wall of a box body having a part accommodation room formed inside, a recess is provided. In the bottom of the recess, a bolt hole to fix an electrical junction box to a vehicle body is penetrated. In the upper surface of the bottom wall of the body hole, a flat sealing surface is formed to surround an opening of the recess. When an electronic unit is accommodated in the part accommodation room, the bottom surface of the electronic unit is brought into close contact with the sealing surface to close the recess, thus providing a seal between the part accommodation room and recess.

Abstract: A protecting apparatus includes a receiving box for receiving a solid state drive, and a cover pivotably connected to the receiving box. The receiving box includes a base. Two feet protrude down from a bottom of the base for fixing the receiving box to a motherboard. A through hole is defined in the base for allowing a connector of the motherboard to extend into the receiving box to electrically connect to the solid state drive. The protecting apparatus can protect the solid state drive from knock and loose.

Abstract: An inlet device is described herein for inserting a telecommunication cable into a telecommunications enclosure. An exemplary inlet device comprises a housing, and a compression member. The housing can include a compressible portion at the second end of the housing and a securing zone adjacent to the first end of the housing. The securing zone can include a plurality of deformable locking elements which protrude from opposite sides of the housing to lock the inlet device in a close fitting port of a telecommunication enclosure.

Abstract: The electronic device has: a housing having an opening; a lid attached to the housing to cover the opening; a first substrate fixed in the housing; and a second substrate that has a first electronic component mounted on a first surface thereof, a first component mounting part on the first surface on which a second electronic component is removably mounted, and a third electronic component mounted on a second surface thereof and is fixed in the housing with the first surface facing the opening and the first component mounting part exposed in the opening.

Abstract: An economically producible pressure-resistant housing with a display element and/or operating element for use in potentially explosive areas, comprising an inner space which serves to accommodate electronics, and a recess on the outside, inside of which a display and/or operating element is placed whose connecting lines extend into the inner space via a pressure-resistant leadthrough, wherein the display and/or operating element is surrounded on all sides by a pressure-resistant, crystal-clear encapsulation, which fills remaining cavities in the recess and outwardly closes the recess.

Abstract: In a module with embedded electronic components, connection electrodes are formed on the component mounting surface of a substrate. The electrode portions of each of the electronic components are placed on the individual connection electrodes and connected in fixed relation thereto by using a solder. The electronic components are encapsulated in an encapsulating resin.

Abstract: An outlet box assembly for separating and insulating higher voltage power conductors from lower voltage data conductors. The assembly includes a housing, a housing divider and a bracket. The housing including at least one vertically extending side wall defining an interior space therein. The housing divider disposed within the housing and extending across the interior space forming a vertical barrier between a first housing compartment and a second housing compartment. The bracket capable of having secured thereto at least one of the higher voltage power conductors and at least one of the low voltage data conductors. The bracket including at least one partition separating conductor compartments therein, the at least one partition extending vertically and substantially perpendicular to the divider. A floor of each conductor compartment extends across at least a portion of both the first housing compartment and the second housing compartment.

Abstract: A device has a housing (1) with a frame element (8) which is arranged within the housing (1). The frame element (8) accommodates at least one component and has at least one bending arm (12). The bending arm (12) is designed such that a contact region (36) of the bending arm (12) bears with prestress against a contact region (38) of a wall (34) of the housing (1) in a mounted state within the housing (1). The bending arm (12) is cohesively connected to the housing (1) by means of transmission laser welding by supplying a laser beam (46) of prespecified wavelength to the device in such a way that the laser beam is transmitted through the housing (1) to the contact region (36) of the bending arm (12). At least one region of the housing (1), through which region the laser beam is transmitted, is produced from a material which is transparent to the prespecified wavelength of the laser beam (46).