Hitachi Cable, Inc.

Hitachi Metals, Ltd.

Nec Electronics Corporation

Sachio Suzuki

Yuta Kataoka

Hideaki Takehara

Kunihiro Fukuda

Shinya Hayashi

Jun Umetsu

Takahiro Futatsumori

Takanori Komuro

Tomoya Kuji

Katsuya Akimoto

Naoki Futakuchi

Tatsuya Ohtaka

Noriyuki Takahashi

Hiroyuki Ito

Hirotaka Eshima

Kenji Uchida

Yoshikazu Hayakawa

Tomoyuki Murayama

Koki Hirasawa

Taichi Oka

Naoto Maeda

Koichi Kato

Takashi Hattori

Kazuhisa Kishino

A vehicle wire harness includes first to third cables to be respectively connected to different connection target objects, a sheath covering all the first to third cables together, and a molded resin member covering a portion of the sheath and a portion of each of the first to third cables. The first to third cables are led out of the molded resin member in different directions from each other.

Vehicle wire harness with sheath covering cables

A composite cable includes: a plurality of first electric wires; a shield wire including a twisted wire in which a plurality of second electric wires are twisted together and a shield layer provided on an outer periphery of the twisted wire, each of the second electric wires having an outer diameter smaller than each of the first electric wires; a sheath provided on an outer periphery of an electric wire bundle in which the plurality of first electric wires and the shield wire are twisted together; a plurality of first linear fillers filled between the twisted wire and the shield layer; and a plurality of second linear fillers filled between the electric wire bundle and the sheath, wherein each of the first linear fillers and each of the second linear fillers are a same type of linear filler, and a fill ratio of the first linear fillers is greater than a fill ratio of the second linear fillers.

Linear filler padded composite cable

A connector for being attached to a power-supply unit including a switching element and for mating with a mating connector of a wire harness, the connector including a connecting terminal including an end portion connected to an output terminal in a casing of the power-supply unit, a housing fixed to the casing and enclosing at least a portion of the connecting terminal, a current sensor enclosed in the housing so as to detect a magnetic field generated by an electric current flowing through the connecting terminal, and a signal line for transmitting an output signal of the current sensor.

Connector for power-supply unit with a signal line

A connector for being attached to a power-supply unit including a switching element includes a connecting terminal including an end portion connected to an output terminal in a casing of the power-supply unit, a housing fixed to the casing and enclosing at least a portion of the connecting terminal, a current sensor to detect a magnetic field generated by an electric current flowing through the connecting terminal, and a signal line for transmitting an output signal of the current sensor. The signal line includes an extension region with a predetermined length from one end on a side of the current sensor. The extension region extends in a direction orthogonal to a direction of electric current flowing through the connecting terminal.

Connector

A connector includes a first terminal housing that houses a first connecting terminal(s) and is attached to a device as an attached object thereof, and a second terminal housing that houses at least a portion of a cable(s) including a second connecting terminal(s) at an end portion thereof. The first connecting terminal(s) and the second connecting terminal(s) come into contact with each other and form a contact point(s) when the first terminal housing is fitted to the second terminal housing. The two terminal housings are fitted in a direction crossing an extending direction of the cable(s) that extends from the second terminal housing. The second terminal housing further includes a fixing means on a cable side with respect to the contact point(s) so as to fix a portion housing the cable(s) to the device or another member integrally fixed to the device.

Connector and wire harness

A connector includes a first terminal housing that houses a first connecting terminal, and a second terminal housing that houses at least a portion of a cable including a second connecting terminal at an end portion thereof. The first and second connecting terminals contact with each other and form a contact point when the first and second terminal housings are fitted each other. The two terminal housings are fitted in a direction intersecting with an extending direction of the cable. The first and second terminal housings include a first fitting portion and a second fitting portion, respectively. The connector further includes a fitted-state maintaining member that is configured so as to be fitted to both the first and second fitting portions by being slid along a direction perpendicular to the fitting direction of the two terminal housings after the two terminal housings are fitted to each other.

A connector includes a first terminal housing for housing first connecting terminals, a second terminal housing for housing second connecting terminals, insulating members aligned and housed in the second terminal housing, a connecting member for rotating a cam in a tightening direction and thereby pressing each contact point, a first fitting detection terminal provided on one of the first and second terminal housings, a second fitting detection terminal provided on the other of the first and second terminal housings so as to be slidable along a fitting direction of the two terminal housings, and a slide means that makes the second fitting detection terminal slide in accordance with the rotation of the cam and electrically connects the first fitting detection terminal to the second fitting detection terminal when fitting the two terminals housings and then rotating the cam in the tightening direction.

A wire harness includes a plurality of wires, and a connector including a housing for holding end portions of the plurality of wires. The housing includes an airtight block that includes a resin, an insertion hole formed thereon for inserting the plurality of wires, a flow channel in communication with the insertion hole to flow a molten resin therethrough for resin-sealing a gap between the insertion hole and the plurality of wires, and a melting section to be the molten resin being integrally formed with the flow channel. The gap between the insertion hole and the plurality of wires is resin-sealed such that an ultrasonic vibrator relatively moving with respect to the airtight block is brought into contact with the melting section, and the molten resin melted from the melting section by heat generated by vibration of the ultrasonic vibrator is poured into the gap.

Wire harness and method of manufacturing the same

A method of manufacturing a wire harness including a plurality of wires and a connector with a housing. The method includes arranging the plurality of wires in an insertion hole of an airtight block of the housing to have a gap between the plurality of wires and an inner surface of the insertion hole, supplying a molten resin having a fluidity into the gap through a flow channel in communication with the gap, and solidifying the molten resin inside the space to resin-seal the gap between the insertion hole and the plurality of wires. The supplying of the molten resin is conducted such that a tool for melting a solid resin member is attached to the airtight block, the resin member is melted by applying an ultrasonic vibration while being pressed against the tool, and the molten resin obtained by the melting is poured into the flow channel.

Method of manufacturing wire harness

A connector includes a first terminal housing for housing a plurality of first connecting terminals aligned, a second terminal housing for housing a plurality of second connecting terminals aligned, a plurality of insulating members aligned and housed in the second terminal housing, a resin molded body provided in the second terminal housing, and an insulating member assembly formed by assembling the plurality of insulating members. The resin molded body includes at least one pair of restricting protrusions in order to restrict expanding movement of the insulating member assembly in the lamination direction when inserting the first connecting terminals into a gap between the second connecting terminals and the insulating members. The insulating member assembly includes a terminal protecting member to interfere with a rim of the first terminal housing to prevent the first terminal housing from being erroneously inserted into the gap.

A connector includes a first terminal housing for housing plural first connecting terminals aligned, a second terminal housing for housing plural second connecting terminals aligned, plural insulating members, a connecting member for collectively fixing and electrically connecting the plural first connecting terminals and the plural second connecting terminals at each contact point by pressing the plural first connecting terminals and the plural second connecting terminals. The connecting member includes a ring-shaped support fixed to the first terminal housing and a pressing portion an upper part of which is inserted into a hollow formed inside the ring-shaped support so as to be pivotally supported by the support. The pressing portion is configured to turn relative to the support by turning the upper part of the pressing portion and to move relative to the support with the turning of the pressing portion in a vertical direction.

A connector system includes a plurality of first connecting terminals, a plurality of second connecting terminals, a first housing, a second housing, a plurality of insulating members, a laminated structure formed by the plurality of first and second connecting terminals and the plurality of insulating members, a pressing mechanism including a rotary member rotatably supported on the first housing and configured to generate a pressing force to press the laminated structure in a lamination direction thereof, a rotation inhibiting mechanism configured to inhibit a rotation of the rotary member in a direction of generating the pressing force when the first housing is not fitted to the second housing, and a rotation-inhibition release mechanism configured to release the inhibition of the rotation of the rotary member by the rotation inhibiting mechanism so as to allow the rotation of the rotary member when the first housing is fitted to the second housing.

Connector system

A connector includes a first terminal housing for housing a plurality of first connecting terminals aligned, a second terminal housing for housing a plurality of second connecting terminals aligned, a plurality of insulating members that are aligned and housed in the first terminal housing, a connecting member for collectively fixing and electrically connecting the plurality of first connecting terminals and the plurality of second connecting terminals at each contact point by pressing one of the plurality of insulating members adjacent to the connecting member, and an insulating member assembly including the plurality of insulating members assembled such that the plurality of insulating members are each restricted from moving in a fitting direction thereof, and moving in a width direction perpendicular to a lamination direction of the laminated structure and to the fitting direction.

A connector includes a first terminal housing for housing a plurality of first connecting terminals aligned, a second terminal housing for housing a plurality of second connecting terminals aligned, a plurality of insulating members aligned and housed in the first or second terminal housing, and a connecting member for collectively fixing and electrically connecting the plurality of first connecting terminals and the plurality of second connecting terminals at each contact point by pressing the plurality of first connecting terminals and the plurality of second connecting terminals. The connecting member includes a ring-shaped support fixed to the first terminal housing, a rotating portion an upper portion of which is inserted into a hollow formed inside the ring-shaped support so as to be pivotally supported by the support, and a pressing portion to move in a vertical direction relative to the rotating portion by turning the rotating portion.

A connector includes a first terminal housing for housing a plurality of first connecting terminals aligned, a second terminal housing for housing a plurality of second connecting terminals aligned, a plurality of insulating members aligned and housed in the first or second terminal housing, and a plurality of device side connecting terminals each integrated with the plurality of first connecting terminals at a base end side of the plurality of first connecting terminals, and electrically connected to a device to which the first terminal housing is attached. The plurality of device side connecting terminals are each plate-shaped and each include a surface parallel to a lamination direction of the laminated structure and to a fitting direction of the first and second terminal housings. The first terminal housing includes a terminal block for holding the plurality of device side connecting terminals to be aligned in the lamination direction.

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