Abstract: A self-aligning busbar assembly includes a housing, a busbar having a first terminal connecting end, a second terminal connecting end, and a jog portion disposed therebetween, and a front holder coupled to the housing and the busbar. The front holder includes an inner wall defining a busbar receiving aperture to receive at least a portion of the busbar, and at least one flexible tab extending inwardly from the inner wall into the busbar receiving aperture. The at least one flexible tab is configured to bias and center the at least a portion of the busbar within the busbar receiving aperture. At least one clearance is defined in the busbar receiving aperture between the inner wall and the busbar and is configured to enable at least one of the first and second terminal connecting ends to move to account for tolerances and/or variances during installation of the busbar assembly.

Abstract: One of male and female connectors, which are to be fitted together, is provided with a high-speed connector-disengaging unit for increasing the connector-disengaging speed, utilizing a resilient force produced by a resilient deformation. More specifically, one of the male and female connectors, which are to be fitted together, includes a connector housing, a slider for sliding relative to the connector housing 6 in a connector disengaging direction during a connector disengaging operation, and a coil spring (resilient member) which is interposed between the connector housing and the slider, and is resiliently deformed to produce the resilient force when the slider is slid.

Abstract: A system for the assembling of a container such as a planter, which comprises a frame portion which can be assembled through the inter-connection of individual components into a desired shape such as a circle, triangle, or rectangle; a wall portion attachable to the outside of the frame, after the frame has been assembled, with the wall portion further including a plurality of wooden slats adhered to the back face of a flexible material, with the slats positioned adjacent one another in parallel relation, so that the second face of the material can be adhered to the outside of the frame, and after the material has encircled the frame, the slats on the outer face of the material serves as a decorative exterior wall of the container such as a planter which would encircle the entire container such as a planter.

Abstract: A multiple ply wood article having a first wood veneer ply defining a generally tubular shape, which may be generally cylindrical, with a pair of confronting ends providing a first seam. A second wood veneer ply defining a generally tubular shape generally similar to the shape of the first wood veneer ply with a pair of confronting ends providing a second seam. The second wood veneer ply being disposed exteriorly of the first wood veneer ply in general surface to surface adjacency. The grain orientations of the first and second wood veneer plies being oriented generally parallel with respect to each other. Adhesive means securing the wood veneer plies to establish a multiple ply tubular body. The first and second seams are preferably in generally relative nonaligned position. Additional wood veneer plies having similar structural features may be secured over the first two plies. Closure elements may be secured to one or both ends of the tubular body in order to establish a container.