Matsushita Electric Works, Ltd.

Hidetaka Mori

Mitsuru Iida

Takao Morimoto

Yasunari Takedomi

Mitsutaka Abe

In a connector with a component built-in, a base member is formed of three-dimensional formation circuit substrate, and has a fitting portion that is to be fitted to a connector of counterpart. Terminals electrically connected to a wiring pattern on a mother board, contacts electrically connected to contacts of the connector of counterpart, and a conductive pattern electrically connected to the electronic component are formed on a surface of the base member. Thus, the conductive pattern can easily be modified depending on application, and it is possible to provide complicated wirings. Furthermore, since the electronic component is mounted on the base member, it is possible to make the connector embed a lot of electronic components, and degrees of freedom of design are increased. Still furthermore, the electronic component can be connected by reflow soldering, so that mounting workability of the electronic component is increased.

Connector having a built-in electronic part

A sealed electric switch comprises a molded switch housing and a separately formed cover which fits on the switch housing wiht an annular seal member interposed between mating peripheral surfaces of the switch housing and the cover. An annular seal member is injection-molded from an elastic material on the mating peripheral surface of the switch housing between separable molding dies with the switch housing held therebetween. The annular seal member is integrally formed with an additional segment which extends in a separating direction of the molding dies and joins at its end to the annular seal member so as to reinforce it against a separation force applied thereto at the time of separating the molding dies.

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Tsu, Japan

Hidetaka Mori