Yazaki Corporation

Minebea Company, Limited

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Calsonic Corporation

Calsonic Products, Inc.

Takashi Ishii

Takayoshi Endo

Toru Nagano

Tamio Watanabe

Yuzuru Suzuki

Sakae Fujitani

Toshiharu Kudo

Koichi Toyoda

Tsuyoshi Hamai

Shigemi Hashizawa

Naoki Matsuoka

Satoshi Tanikawa

Hiroyuki Murata

Shuko Yamamoto

Hiroshi Watanabe

Kazuto Ohtaka

Sadao Ito

Tetsuro Ide

Satoki Masuda

Hitoshi Sakai

Hisashi Hanazaki

Masayuki Yamamoto

Takashi Sone

Naoyuki Harada

Kenji Muramatsu

Toshihiro Maki

Kinya Horibe

Mitsuru Matsumoto

Soshi Mitsuyama

Toshihiko Masuda

Tomoyuki Kouda

Yoshinori Hiraguchi

A female terminal includes a terminal body, comprised of a first material having excellent corrosion resistance and an elastic piece, comprised of a second material having excellent spring properties, and the elastic piece mounting on the terminal body. An engagement portion is formed on the terminal body. A retaining portion is formed on the elastic piece. The retaining portion is engaged with the engagement portion so that the elastic piece is mounted on the terminal body.

Female terminal, connecting structure thereof, and wire harness

A pedal apparatus for an automobile comprises a plurality of pedals attached to a bracket fixed to a vehicle body via a plurality of parallel link mechanisms, a connection parallel link mechanism that connects a pair of the plurality of parallel link mechanism, and is provided with a pair of connection portions connecting the both parallel link mechanisms with the bracket, and an adjustment mechanism attached to the bracket, that arbitrarily prescribes the forms of each parallel link mechanism and the connection parallel link mechanism.

Pedal apparatus for automobile

Conductor portions ( ) of a total of two or more wires ( ) are compressively pressed uniformly over an entire periphery within one or a plurality of tubular portions ( ) of a terminal ( , and are connected thereto. The terminal ( ) has the pair of tubular portions ( ) formed respectively at opposite sides thereof, and the conductor portions ( ) of one or more wires ( ) are compressively pressed uniformly over the entire periphery within each of the tubular portions, and are connected thereto. Alternatively, the terminal has one tubular portion, and the conductor portions ( ) of the plurality of wires ( ) are compressively pressed uniformly over the entire periphery within the tubular portion in such a manner that the conductor portions are combined together. Conductor portions ( ) of a total of two or more wires ( ) are inserted into one or a plurality of tubular portions ( ) of a terminal ( ), and the tubular portion is compressively pressed uniformly over an entire periphery thereof. The compressive pressing of the tubular portion ( ) is effected by a rotary swaging machine.

Wire connecting structure and connecting method

In this method, a ground wire is overlaid on a shield wire in cross. Next, overlapping portions of the shield wire and the ground wire are interposed between an upper resin tip and a lower resin tip By executing a first ultrasonic oscillation while inserting a projection of an ultrasonic horn into a through hole of the tip outside rinds of the wires are removed in the vicinity of the overlapping portions. Next, by arranging a low-melting metal and a resin piece on a contact between the braided wire and the core line and executing a second ultrasonic oscillation, the contact can be brazed with the mutual welding of the tips

Method of connecting covered wires

There is provided a spread illuminating apparatus to improve a coupling efficiency between a light conductive member and a spot-like light source. A claw ( ) of an upper frame ( ) is fitted to a recess ( ) of an LED ( ), and generates a spring force in a direction of a light conductive member ( ) (a spring force in a longitudinal direction of the light conductive member ( )) in a fitted condition to press the LED ( ) toward the light conductive member ( ). Thus, the light conductive member ( ) and the LED are excellently and tightly attached to each other, and surely positioned, and the coupling efficiency of the light conductive member ( ) with the LED is excellent. Since the claw ( ) of the upper frame is fitted to the recess ( ) in the LED ( ), deviation of the LED ( ) in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction of the light conductive member ( ) is suppressed, and the light conductive member ( ) and the LED ( ) can be surely positioned accordingly, and the coupling efficiency of the light conductive member ( ) with the LED ( ) can be further improved.

Spread illuminating apparatus

There is provided a spread illuminating apparatus to improve the coupling efficiency between members constituting a light source. The light source comprises a bar-like light conductive member and spot-like light sources. The spot-like light sources are mounted and soldered on an FPC, the light conductive member is fitted between the spot-like light sources, and ends of the light conductive member face light emitting surfaces of the spot-like light sources. The FPC has a deformed portion shaped U and forming an open area. An elastic force is generated in the longitudinal direction when the open area is expanded, by inserting the light conductive member whose length is larger than a distance between the spot-like light sources, between the spot-like light sources. This elastic force makes the light emitting surfaces of the spot-like source press on the ends of the light conductive member, and the coupling efficiency therebetween is improved.

Spread illuminating apparatus with printed circuit board having elastic force

A method for producing a fuse element having a fusible portion and any other portion which are made of different kinds of metal. The method comprises the steps of boring through-hole in a substrate made of first metal, forming an element plate by fusion-bonding a second metal to the through-hole and integrally stamping a pair of substrate portion made of the first metal and a low-melting-point portion made of the second metal. The second metal is made of a metal whose melting point is lower than that of the first metal. Further, the pair of substrate portion is connected together by the low-melting-point portion so that the fuse element is formed.

Method for producing a fuse element

At least two coated electric wires W and W are superposed. Resin chips and are disposed above and below the superposed connection portion S. These resin chips and have been compressed from above and below and ultrasonic vibration has been applied thereto, thereby melting resin coats in the coated electric wires W and W to pressure weld conductive wires . The resin chips and and the resin coats have been melted and joined to each other, and the resin chips and have also been joined to each other by melting. A pair of resin sealings are provided between the upper resin chip and the coated electric wires W and W and between the lower resin chip and the coated electric wires W and W . Each resin sealing has rubber elasticity and is formed such as to annularly surround conductive wires , which are exposed from the resin coats and pressure welded.

Connection structure of coated electric wire

There is provided a spread illuminating apparatus to improve a light coupling efficiency between a light conductive member and a transparent substrate. In the spread illuminating apparatus, an FPC mounting section of a frame is set to be lower than a substrate mounting section by the thickness of an FPC, and an extension provided at an FPC main body is let through an opening formed at a stepped part of the frame so as to be disposed on a reverse side of the frame, whereby an upper surface of the light conductive member is adapted to be flush with an upper surface of the transparent substrate while prevention of the deviation in the thickness direction between the light conductive member and the transparent substrate is not obstructed even when the extension is provided, which results in improving the light coupling efficiency.

Spread illuminating apparatus including frame with two sections stepped

In a joining method of first and second conductive members together, at least one of the first and second members is a covered wire having an outer periphery of a conductor wire portion covered by a resin-made covering portion, first, connection portion of the first and second members are pinched between resinous chips. At least a part of the conductor wire portion of the covered wire is covered beforehand by a low-melting-point metal layer having a significant value of thickness. Next, the covering portions corresponding to the connection portions are eliminated by heating and pressurization. And both of the resinous chips are then welded to each other, whereby the connection portions are hermetically sealed. The first and second members are electrically conductively connected together by the welding of the low-melting-point metal layer.

Joining method of covered wire, and covered wire with low-melting-point metal layer therein

To provide a toroidal core type actuator having a stator unit which is increased in winding density, is improved in methods of the terminal handling after winding, the positioning of the stator after winding, and the fixing of the same, and is excellent in working properties. A toroidal core type actuator having a stator and a rotor is provided, the stator having winding applied to a hollow cylindrical core composed of soft magnetic material, the rotor including a permanent magnet having north poles and south poles alternately arranged in total of m along the circumferential direction thereof, the rotor being rotatably arranged in the core of the stator via a minute air gap, wherein m of phase separators composed of non-magnetic material are arranged on the peripheral surface of the hollow cylindrical core so as to be separated from each other by 360&deg;/m and the winding is applied to winding regions separated from each other by the phase separators.

Toroidal core type actuator with phase separator

In this method, a ground wire,is overlaid on a shield wire,in cross. Next, overlapping portions of the shield wire,and the ground wire,are interposed between an upper resin tip,and a lower resin tip,. By executing a first ultrasonic oscillation while inserting a projection,of an ultrasonic horn,into a through hole,of the tip,, outside rinds,of the wires,are removed in the vicinity of the overlapping portions. Next, by arranging a low-melting metal,and a resin piece,on a contact between the braided wire,and the core line,and executing a second ultrasonic oscillation, the contact can be brazed with the mutual welding of the tips

A temperature fuse which is melted with high operating temperature accuracy at a desired predetermined temperature in the range of 140&deg; C. to 160&deg; C. A fuse element is made of an alloy consisting essentially of 52-100 wt. % indium and the balance tin, and with this construction there can be achieved the temperature fuse which is melted with high operating temperature accuracy at a desired predetermined temperature in the range of 140&deg; C. to 160&deg; C.

Temperature fuse and apparatus for detecting abnormality of wire harness for vehicle

A fan speed controller of an automotive vehicle air conditioning device is usually placed in an air flow duct to be effectively cooled. Thus, compact construction of the speed controller is needed to obtain a larger air flow in the air flow duct. For this purpose, various compact resistor units for the speed controller have been proposed. However, some of them are poor in durability against shocks. In view of this, a compact resistor unit for a speed controller includes a resistor block that has a flat resistor, a flat insulating plate and a flat radiation plate which are respectively positioned against one another. The compact resistor unit further includes a holder block of molded plastic on which the resistor block is mounted. The compact resistor unit also includes a plurality of metal terminals partially embedded in the holder block, where the terminals are connected to particular portions of the flat resistor. The compact resistor still further includes metal connecting lugs that are partially embedded in the holder block, and rivets for securing the resistor block to the connecting lugs.

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Shizuoka, Japan

Takashi Ishii