SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD. Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160134190 | VOLTAGE CONVERTER - A voltage converter in which switching between step-down conversion and step-up conversion is performed constantly, without being affected by a voltage drop of a circuit element, and temperature change and variation of the circuit element. The voltage converter includes a step-down PWM signal generation circuit and a step-up PWM signal generation circuit and component for increasing the step-down target voltage. | 05-12-2016 |
20160134090 | SHIELD STRUCTURE FOR WIRE HARNESS - A connecting position of a braid portion relative to a shield pipe is stabilized. A shield pipe in which a conductive wire constituting a wire harness is inserted, a braid portion that is connected to an end portion of the shield pipe and in which the conductive wire that is extended out of the shield pipe is inserted, an end member that is formed of a conductive material and that is mounted to an outer circumferential surface of the shield pipe while covering an end surface of the shield pipe, the braid portion being connected to an outer circumferential surface of the end member, and a crimp ring that crimps the braid portion onto the end member are provided. A positioning groove for positioning the crimp ring in an axial direction is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the end member. | 05-12-2016 |
20160133907 | WIRING MODULE - Provided is a wiring module configured to be attached to a power storage device group in which a plurality of power storage devices are lined up, the wiring module including a voltage detection wire to be connected to at least one of the plurality of power storage devices. An insulation protector is configured with an engagement receiving portion. A detection wire cover covers the voltage detection wire and includes a cover engagement portion that engages with the engagement receiving portion. A cover support portion is formed in the insulation protector, the cover support portion abutting against the detection wire cover from a direction opposite to a disengagement direction in which the engagement portion and the engagement receiving portion disengage from each other, when a force is applied to the detection wire cover in the disengagement direction. | 05-12-2016 |
20160130440 | RESIN COMPOSITION FOR WIRE COVERING MATERIAL, INSULATED WIRE, AND WIRING HARNESS - A resin composition for a wire covering material that is excellent in high-temperature oil resistance, wear resistance, and elongation, and an insulated wire and a wiring harness in which the resin composition for a wire covering material is used as the covering material contains a (A) polysulfone-based resin, a (B) aromatic polyester resin, a (C) polyester elastomer, and a (D) compound having a reactive functional group that reacts with one of a carboxyl group and a hydroxyl group, wherein the (D) component reacts with the (B) component or the (C) component to form a bond. | 05-12-2016 |
20160129863 | CURL CORD ROUTING STRUCTURE - A curl cord | 05-12-2016 |
20160126709 | SEAL STRUCTURE FOR WIRE HARNESS - Sealing ability with respect to a shield pipe is ensured. A wire harness is inserted in the inside of a shield pipe and a braid portion, and furthermore, a corrugated tube is disposed on the outer side of the braid portion. A sealing grommet is disposed to extend across a connecting portion between the shield pipe and the braid portion. A seal member made of rubber is pushed into an end portion of the shield pipe. A wire insertion hole in which a conductive wire of the wire harness is inserted penetrates the seal member, and a wire insertion path is formed in an outer circumferential surface of the seal member toward the wire insertion hole. Thus, the conductive wire can be inserted into the wire insertion hole from a radial direction. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121819 | CARPET WITH WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF CARPET WITH WIRE HARNESS - A technology attaching a wire harness and a carpet to a vehicle body panel at a low cost is provided. A carpet with wire harness includes: a carpet main body; a wire harness arranged on the carpet main body; a retaining tab having a portion near a base end connected to the carpet main body and, together with the carpet main body, wrapping up and holding the wire harness by folding back a portion near a forefront end of the retaining tab; and an attachment portion attaching the retaining tab to the carpet main body by passing an insertion portion through the carpet main body and a portion of the retaining tab nearer to the forefront end than the portion covering the wire harness. The carpet main body is attached to a vehicle body panel by inserting the insertion portion through the vehicle body panel. | 05-05-2016 |
20160121700 | SLIDING WINDOW FOR VEHICLE AND POWER SUPPLY APPARATUS - A sliding window for a vehicle includes: a sliding panel with an electrical equipment, which is attached to a vehicle body in a slidable manner; a guide rail which is integrated with the vehicle body and extending in the slide direction of the sliding panel; and a sliding bracket which integrally includes a sliding portion coupled to the guide rail in a slidable manner and a fixed portion fixed to the sliding panel. Then, an electrical power supply cord is disposed along the guide rail to be extended and contracted in one direction, and the electrical power supply cord supplies electric power to the electrical equipment of the sliding panel. | 05-05-2016 |
20160104965 | CONNECTOR - In the process of connecting first and second housings ( | 04-14-2016 |
20160087350 | CONNECTOR TERMINAL AND MATERIAL FOR CONNECTOR TERMINAL - It is aimed to provide a wire with terminal in which small connection resistance and a large fixing force are easily combined and a core crimping portion is unlikely to be cracked in a crimping step of the core crimping portion. In a wire with terminal, a core crimping portion includes a bottom plate portion for supporting a core and a pair of core caulking portions sandwiching the core between the core caulking portions and the bottom plate portion. The bottom plate portion of the core crimping portion is shaped to include an inclined portion recessed gradually deeper toward the pair of core caulking portions from a first end side toward a second end side of a crimping terminal. | 03-24-2016 |
20160066483 | WIRE HARNESS SHIELD STRUCTURE - A wire harness shield structure that can exhibit a required shield effect while sufficiently meeting demands for weight reduction and cost mitigation is provided. The wire harness shield structure includes: an exterior member that encloses an electrical line group so as to hold the electrical line group in a bundled manner, the electrical line group being constituted by a plurality of electrical lines; a shield material that encloses a predetermined section of the electrical line group that is to be shielded; and a ground connection member that grounds the shield member. A heat shrink tube that holds the electrical line group in the bundled manner constitutes the exterior member, and the shield material is constituted by a metal thin-film that is formed to attach to an inner circumferential surface portion of the heat shrink tube. | 03-03-2016 |
20160064906 | WIRE HARNESS ELECTRICAL LINE EXTERIOR STRUCTURE - A wire harness electrical line exterior structure has favorable workability in a wire harness mounting task, prevents unnecessary constricting force from being applied to an electrical line group by an exterior member after mounting, and allows an improvement in the bendability and the durability of the electrical line group. The wire harness electrical line exterior structure includes an electrical line group including electrical lines, and an exterior member enclosing the electrical line group. The exterior member includes a shape memory material attached to the electrical line group in a first exterior orientation adjacent thereto. The shape memory material is molded so as to be capable of returning to a predetermined remembered shape. When the shape memory material is heated so as to return to the remembered shape, the exterior member increases in width from the first exterior orientation to a second exterior orientation separated from the electrical line group. | 03-03-2016 |
20160064120 | WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness having a shield structure that can exhibit a required shield effect and sufficiently meet demands for cost mitigation and weight reduction is provided. The wire harness is provided with an electrical line group that is held in a bundled manner, in which at least a portion of electrical lines that are positioned on the outer circumferential side of the electrical line group each have a metal thin-film for shielding as the outermost layer, the metal thin-film being formed so as to attach to an outer circumferential surface portion of a sheathing that surrounds a conductor of the electrical line, and a drain wire or another ground connection member that is grounded and comes into contact with the metal thin-films of the electrical lines. | 03-03-2016 |
20160064118 | WIRE HARNESS - Provided is a wire harness having a shielding structure that can achieve a required shielding effect while sufficiently meeting the requirements of weight reduction and cost reduction. The wire harness includes a wire group constituted by a plurality of wires and a retaining member that surrounds the wire group such that the wire group is retained in the form of a bundle, wherein the wire group is configured to include a first wire composed of a linear conductor that is located toward the center of the wire group, a tube-shaped wire sheathing that surrounds the first wire, and a second wire and a third wire that are composed of an opposing pair of split tube-shaped conductors that are insulated from each other with the first wire and the wire sheathing being interposed therebetween. | 03-03-2016 |
20160055944 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CROSS-LINKED PVC COATED WIRE - Methods for cross-linking a PVC coated wire without using electron beam irradiating equipment are disclosed. The methods include heating an insulating coating after formation of the same to manufacture a cross-linked PVC coated wire in which the outside of a conductor has been coated by the insulating coating, the insulating coating formed from a compound in which an oxidation preventing agent has been added to polyvinyl chloride. | 02-25-2016 |
20160046245 | BAND CLIP, BAND-CLIP-EQUIPPED WIRE HARNESS, AND ASSEMBLY - Provided is a band clip according to which projection from a sheet-shaped object is suppressed. The band clip includes a bundling band and a clip. The bundling band includes a head and a strap. The clip includes a button, a shaft, and a penetration inhibitor. One end of the shaft is bonded to one main surface of the button. The other end of the shaft is bonded to one main surface of the penetration inhibitor. The head is bonded to the other main surface of the penetration inhibitor. In a view from the direction in which the shaft extends, the button is larger than the shaft and the penetration inhibitor is larger than the button. | 02-18-2016 |
20160043641 | CONVERTER - A converter having an inductor, a first switch, a second switch, a third switch, and a fourth switch connected between the other ends of the inductor and the second switch. The converter is adapted to turn ON/OFF individually the first switch, the second switch, the third switch and the fourth switch so as to convert a voltage applied between the other ends of the first switch and the second switch. Also included is a diode, a maintaining device and a release device. The generating device generates small/large output electric current in correspondence with high/low of a voltage of a connection node between the semiconductor transistor and the resistor, and increases the output electric current by switching a voltage applied on the third end from a first voltage to a second voltage lower than the first voltage. | 02-11-2016 |
20160043498 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes a substantially rectangular seal ring ( | 02-11-2016 |
20160039368 | GROMMET - A grommet that can achieve both an improvement of visibility of a locking portion at the start of attachment of the grommet and a reduction of an insertion force that is required during the attaching operation, and that thus has excellent ease of attachment is provided. A grommet includes a truncated cone-shaped portion having a larger diameter than an attachment hole, an annular seal lip portion on an attachment surface side that opposes a panel member, a first locking portion that protrudes from the attachment surface on an inward side with respect to a radial direction of the annular seal lip portion, and that is to be locked on the panel member, and a second locking portion that protrudes from the attachment surface on the inward side with respect to the radial direction of the annular seal lip portion, and that is to be locked on the panel member. | 02-11-2016 |
20160039367 | CARPET WITH CABLE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING CARPET WITH CABLE - The present invention provides a carpet with cable capable of inhibiting noise. The carpet is provided on a floor on a vehicle interior. The cable is routed along the carpet on an opposite side from the vehicle interior. An attachment member is molded by hot-pressing a nonwoven fabric into a shape configured by a depression and a pair of wings. The pair of wings are fixated to the carpet at respective positions with a center axis of the cable therebetween, and the depression is integrally connected to the pair of wings and covers the cable on an opposite side from the carpet. | 02-11-2016 |
20160027553 | WIRE HARNESS AND CONNECTOR COMPONENT - Provided is a wire harness that enables a connector component and a cable bundle to be attached to an external member while facilitating the operation and preventing wobbling of the connector component. The connector component is connected to a cable branch line on the radially outward side of the cable bundle, and includes a pair of confining surfaces on each of two sides in the circumferential direction of the cable bundle. The pair of confining surfaces face each other across a gap. The bundling member is disposed between the pair of confining surfaces, and is wound around the connector component and the cable bundle together from the outer side. The fixture is fixed to the bundling member and to an external member. | 01-28-2016 |
20160017071 | HIGHLY SENSITIVE (METH)ACRYLATE AND RADICAL CURABLE MATERIAL - Provided is a (meth)acrylate and a radical curable material with which the sensitivity can be enhanced to improve the curability, the increase in viscosity can be suppressed due to good compatibility with various acrylate compounds, and there is no risk that the physical properties of the curable material are deteriorated. The (meth)acrylate has one or more structures represented by Formula 1 in the molecule, and when the (meth)acrylate is used for radical curing, the sensitivity is enhanced. In Formula 1, R | 01-21-2016 |
20160006233 | TERMINATED COVERED ELECTRIC WIRE - A terminated covered electric wire having an excellent anticorrosive performance even after thermal shock is provided. An electrical connection portion in which a terminal fitting having a surface to which processing oil adheres and an electric wire conductor of a covered electric wire are electrically connected to each other is covered with an anticorrosive agent containing a resin and an oil-adsorbing filler to configure a covered electric wire with a terminal. | 01-07-2016 |
20160006186 | COLLECTIVE GROUND CONNECTION STRUCTURE FOR CONNECTORS - Connectors with internal noise filter ( | 01-07-2016 |
20150380916 | WIRING MODULE AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING WIRING MODULE - It is aimed to improve soundproofing of a wiring module. The wiring module is provided with a sheet-shaped first soundproofing member; a wire harness which contains at least one wire and is disposed at least partially along one main surface of the first soundproofing member, and a second soundproofing member. The second soundproofing member is provided partially to one main surface of the first soundproofing member and holds the wire harness interposed between the first soundproofing member and the second soundproofing member. | 12-31-2015 |
20150372465 | WIRING MODULE - A wiring module includes a connecting member configured to connect neighboring electrode terminals of electrical storage elements that each have a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal and an insulating protector that accommodates the connecting member. The insulating protector includes a main body configured to hold the connecting member, an insulating cover that is supported by the main body so as to be capable of moving to a closed position in which the insulating cover covers at least part of the connecting member, and an electric wire guide that can be laid over at least a portion of the insulating cover located in the closed position and that has an electric wire passing portion through which an electric wire can be passed. | 12-24-2015 |
20150372464 | WATER STOPPING STRUCTURE FOR INSULATION-COATED WIRE AND WIRE HARNESS - A low-cost water blocking structure for an insulation-coated wire that can ensure high water blocking ability and favorable workability as well as a wire harness are provided. A water blocking structure for an insulation-coated wire includes a heat-shrinkable tubular protective member that is closed at one end by a stopper and that accommodates an intermediate portion of an insulation-coated wire, and a resin material that is accommodated in the protective member and that penetrates the intermediate portion of the insulation-coated wire. Slit portions are formed in a coating of the insulation-coated wire within the protective member, the slit portions extending in a direction that crosses the axis of the insulation-coated wire on opposite sides of the intermediate portion with respect to a radial direction, and a water blocking agent penetrates the intermediate portion via these slit portions. | 12-24-2015 |
20150372415 | WIRE HARNESS - It is an object of the present invention to ensure a high water-stopping property of a wire harness including a waterproofing connector section that is molded from a resin, by suppressing a variation in the outer size of a seal section of the connector section. The connector section is made from a first synthetic resin that is insert-molded with a part of a terminal fitting of the terminated electric cable used as an insert section. A water-stopping section is made from a second synthetic resin that is insert-molded with a section extending from a part of the terminal fitting to an insulation coating of the terminated electric cable used as an insert section. The seal section is made from the second synthetic resin that is insert-molded with a part of the connector section used as an insert section. The second synthetic resin is softer than the first synthetic resin. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371734 | WATER STOPPING STRUCTURE FOR INSULATION-COATED WIRE AND WIRE HARNESS - A low-cost water blocking structure for an insulation-coated wire that can ensure high water blocking ability and favorable workability at an intermediate portion of the insulation-coated wire as well as a wire harness are provided. A water blocking structure for an insulation-coated wire includes a heat-shrinkable tubular protective member that is closed at one end by a stopper and that accommodates an intermediate portion of an insulation-coated wire, and a resin material that is accommodated in the tubular member and that penetrates the intermediate portion of the insulation-coated wire, the resin material serving as a water blocking agent. Slit portions are formed in a coating of the insulation-coated wire, and the resin material penetrates the intermediate portion via these slit portions. A coating stripping member with a blade whose cutting edges are directed to the inside of the respective slit portions is contained within the protective member. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371732 | WATER BLOCKING STRUCTURE FOR INSULATION-COATED WIRE AND WIRE HARNESS - A low-cost water blocking structure for an insulation-coated wire that can ensure high water blocking ability and favorable workability at an intermediate portion of the insulation-coated wire as well as a wire harness are provided. A water blocking structure for an insulation-coated wire includes a heat-shrinkable tubular protective member that is closed at one end and that accommodates an intermediate portion of an insulation-coated wire that is bent in a folded-backward direction, and a resin material that is accommodated in the protective member and that penetrates the intermediate portion of the insulation-coated wire. A slit portion is formed by a cutting instrument in a coating of the insulation-coated wire within a region where the intermediate portion is bent in the folded-backward direction, and a water blocking agent penetrates the intermediate portion via this slit portion. | 12-24-2015 |
20150371726 | COPPER ALLOY WIRE, COPPER ALLOY STRANDED WIRE, COVERED ELECTRIC WIRE, AND TERMINAL-FITTED ELECTRIC WIRE - An object of the present invention is to provide an ultrafine copper alloy being high in strength and conductivity and being also superior in elongation, a copper alloy stranded wire, a covered electric wire including the copper alloy wire or copper alloy stranded wire, and a terminal-fitted electric wire. A copper alloy wire used as a conductor, the copper alloy wire containing greater than or equal to 0.4% by mass and less than or equal to 1.5% by mass of Fe, greater than or equal to 0.1% by mass and less than or equal to 1.0% by mass of Ti, and the remainder including Cu and an impurity. | 12-24-2015 |
20150365015 | Reactor, Converter and Power Conversion Device - A reactor in which an assembly is easily assembled into a case and which is excellent in productivity is provided. In this reactor, two positions out of a total of four positions near opposite widthwise end parts of frame-shaped bobbins when an assembly accommodated in a case is viewed from above serve as positioning positions and the remaining two positions serve as escaping positions. At the positioning positions, projecting pieces provided on the frame-shaped bobbin are engaged with engaging grooves provided on the case. On the other hand, at the escaping positions, projecting pieces provided on the frame-shaped bobbin are allowed to escape in escaping portions (escaping grooves) provided on the case. | 12-17-2015 |
20150364872 | Wiring Module - A wiring module to be attached to an electricity storage element group obtained by lining up a plurality of electricity storage elements includes a connector including a detection terminal to be connected to the electricity storage element and to detect a state of the electricity storage element, a resin protector for holding the connector in a connecting position in which the detection terminal and the electricity storage element are connected to each other, and a cover that is attached to the resin protector to cover the connector and that includes a connection detection portion that does not interfere with the connector in a state in which the connector is accommodated in the connecting position and interferes with the connector in a state in which the connector is not accommodated in the connecting position. | 12-17-2015 |
20150364856 | GROMMET PROTECTIVE MEMBER AND ELECTRICAL WIRE CONNECTION DEVICE - An electrical wire connection device is provided with: a shield shell, one end side having a connection part for inserting an electrical wire, the other end side having a cap part that can be mounted on a casing; a grommet including a soft material, having formed at one end side an extension cylinder part through which an electrical wire can be passed, and having formed at the other end side a skirt part fitted into the shield shell from the connection part side and fitted to the outer peripheral surface of a step part; and a grommet protective member formed of material harder than the grommet and arranged surrounding the skirt part from the outer peripheral surface side, a flange part being formed on the inner peripheral surface of the grommet protective member and pressing against the outer peripheral surface of the grommet. | 12-17-2015 |
20150364233 | WATERPROOFING METHOD OF WIRE SPLICED PORTION AND WIRE GROUP ALIGNMENT APPARATUS - An object is to enable a fluid synthetic resin to easily spread into the gaps between a plurality of insulated wires when a waterproof portion covering a spliced portion of a wire group is obtained by curing the fluid synthetic resin, thereby ensuring a sufficient waterproofing performance. A pair of first clamping portions sandwich a first covering portion of the spliced portion of the wire group between a parallel pair of first supporting surfaces. A swing mechanism reciprocally displaces one of the pair of first clamping portions sandwiching the first covering portion relative to the other and parallel to the first supporting surfaces. | 12-17-2015 |
20150358329 | ACCESS RESTRICTION DEVICE, ON-BOARD COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATION RESTRICTION - An access restriction device as well as an on-board communication system and a method for communication restriction, which prevent outside leakage of information caused by unauthorized access of malicious programs to an in-car network. The communication between the in-car network of the vehicle and an external device is performed by a security controller. The security controller can perform addition or update of a program involving processing for transmission and reception of the information. The security controller performs processing for restricting access to information of the in-car network performed by program execution according to an access authorization level of each program and an access permission level of each type of information. The security controller restricts the transmission depending on the access authorization level of each program and the access permission level of each type of information in case of transmitting the information to the in-car network by the program execution. | 12-10-2015 |
20150357620 | BATTERY WIRING MODULE - Provided is a battery wiring module to be attached to a single cell group in which a plurality of single cells each having a positive electrode section and a negative electrode section are lined up, and to connect the electrode sections. The battery wiring module includes a connecting member configured to connect the electrode sections, and a protector by which the connecting member is held. The protector has a positioning section that is fitted to positioned sections formed in a single cell prior to the connecting member reaching the electrode sections when the battery wiring module is attached to the single cells. The positioning section is provided projecting farther to the single cell side than the connecting member. | 12-10-2015 |
20150355213 | WHEEL SPEED SENSOR AND WIRE HARNESS - A wheel speed sensor capable of preventing moisture from infiltrating the inside and a wire harness that is connected to the wheel speed sensor, which has a configuration in which a waterproofing member mounted on electric wires that are connected to a Hall IC and a covering member that covers the waterproofing member are embedded in an outer jacket portion. The covering member is formed of a material easily fused to the outer jacket portion. A groove is formed in the outer circumferential face of the waterproofing member, a protrusion is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the covering member, and the waterproofing member is prevented from moving in the axial direction by engaging the groove and the protrusion. | 12-10-2015 |
20150352969 | VEHICLE-MOUNTED CHARGING DEVICE AND VEHICLE CHARGING SYSTEM - A vehicle-mounted charging device ( | 12-10-2015 |
20150352965 | REACTOR, CONVERTER AND POWER CONVERSION - A reactor includes a coil formed by connecting a pair of coil elements configured by a wound wire, and magnetic core. The reactor for an on-vehicle converter converts an input voltage. Electricity applying conditions include a maximum DC current of 100 A or higher and 1000 A or lower, an average voltage of 100 V or higher and 1000 V or smaller, and a usable frequency of 5 kHz or higher and 100 kHz or smaller. The magnetic core is obtained by combining a plurality of divided core pieces without a gap provided. All the divided core pieces are made of hardened compact obtained by hardening resin of composite material containing magnetic powder and the resin. A distance between an inner peripheral surface of the coil element and an outer peripheral surface of the magnetic core opposite to the inner peripheral surface is 0.1 mm or more and 2 mm or less. | 12-10-2015 |
20150346871 | ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITANCE OPERATION DEVICE FABRICATION METHOD, OPERATION PANEL, AND ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITANCE OPERATION DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a capacitive operation device includes the steps of: preparing a capacitance sensing member including a base film, a sensing electrode formed on the base film, a cover film, and an adhesive layer; preparing an operation panel having a recessed portion having a shape that overlaps an outer edge of the sensing electrode in a stacking direction of the operation panel and the capacitance sensing member; disposing the operation panel and the capacitance sensing member so as to face each other; and bonding the capacitance sensing member to the back surface of the operation panel by pressing the capacitance sensing member against the back surface of the operation panel. In the bonding step, the capacitance sensing member and the operation panel are bonded together while a gas therebetween is being directed to the recessed portion. | 12-03-2015 |
20150343968 | HARNESS CLAMP - A harness clamp that can suppress the rotation of the harness clamp around an electric wire or an electric wire bundle is provided. A harness clamp includes a fixing portion, a belt portion, and a belt locking portion. The fixing portion includes a supporting portion that can support an electric wire or an electric wire bundle. The supporting portion includes a wall portion formed to extend in a second direction intersecting a first direction that is a direction in which the electric wire or the electric wire bundle extends, and a front end-side edge portion of the wall portion is provided with a recessed portion that can accommodate at least a portion of an outer circumferential portion of the electric wire or the electric wire bundle. | 12-03-2015 |
20150340848 | CURING MATERIAL, WIRE HARNESS, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - A curing material, having a solubility parameter of 9.4 or more, contains at least a chain transfer agent that contains a compound containing a polyether structure and two or more urethane bonds or two or more urea bonds in a molecule, and a metal-containing compound. A wire harness is manufactured by supplying the curing material to a conductor exposed portion of a wire bundle including a plurality of bundled insulated wires each having a conductor covered with a covering material made of an insulating body, the conductor exposed portion being formed by removing a part of the covering material of the wire bundle to expose the conductor inside; and curing the curing material by irradiating light in a state in which a surface of the curing material is covered with a protective member formed from a resin containing a plasticizer and having light transmissivity, thereby forming a waterproof portion. | 11-26-2015 |
20150332530 | VEHICLE LOCK CONTROLLER - There is provided a vehicle lock controller capable of enhancing the security performance of a vehicle by automatically locking at least one door of the vehicle in an appropriate time. A human detection sensor is disposed on a vehicle, and a vehicle door lock controller is configured to detect the presence of a person around the vehicle based on an output signal of the human detection sensor. The vehicle door lock controller is provided with a short-range wireless communicator for wirelessly communicating with a wireless communication device within a short range and a long-range wireless communicator for wirelessly communicating with the wireless communication device within a long range. The vehicle door lock controller sets a timeout period before the at least one door of the vehicle is automatically locked after being unlocked, depending on whether or not communication exists between these wireless communicators and the wireless communication device. | 11-19-2015 |
20150321625 | WIRE HARNESS - An object is to provide a wire harness capable of protecting a wire, and also capable of facilitating the mounting of the wire and a soundproofing material to a place where soundproofing (e.g., sound absorption or sound insulation) is required. The wire harness includes a wire and a soundproofing sheet. The soundproofing sheet includes a sheet-like soundproofing material that is combined integrally with the wire along the wire. A plurality of holes are formed in the soundproofing sheet at positions along a route of the wire. | 11-12-2015 |
20150318679 | GROMMET AND ATTACHMENT MEMBER WITH GROMMET - At the end portion of a wire harness that is connected through a through hole of a casing, a shielding shell is fixed to the casing and covers a connector for a harness attached to the end portion of the wire harness. A grommet covers the outside of the shielding shell. The grommet includes a main portion and a band-fastened portion, and a skirt portion extends from the band-fastened portion. A bundling band fastens the outer circumferential surface of the connecting portion via the band-fastened portion, and the skirt portion is brought into intimate contact with the outer circumferential surface of a step portion that is continuous with the connecting portion. Sealing lips that receive fastening force by the bundling band and come into intimate contact with the outer circumferential surface of the connecting portion in a squeezed state are formed on the inner circumferential surface of the band-fastened portion. | 11-05-2015 |
20150318676 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX - An electrical junction box, wherein as one set of the fitting portions provided at the plurality of locations, lock portions for being engaged with each other are formed in the box body and the external member, respectively; and as one set of the fitting portions provided at the plurality of locations, an engaging guide rib is formed in one of the box body and the external member, the engaging guide rib protruding from a wall surface of the box body or the external member so as to extend in a direction in which the external member is fitted to the box body and including locking portions that extend in opposite directions orthogonal to a direction of extension of the engaging guide rib, and an engaging guide groove for being engaged with the engaging guide rib is formed in the other of the box body and the external member. | 11-05-2015 |
20150318654 | MANUFACTURING METHOD OF WIRE WITH TERMINAL AND WIRE WITH TERMINAL - An object of the present invention is to provide a technology capable of inhibiting localized thinness in a coating thickness of a sheath formed on a wire with terminal. A method of manufacturing a wire with terminal includes: a) a step of crimping a core wire crimping portion of a terminal onto an exposed core wire extending from an insulating sheathing member at an end portion of a wire; b) a step of crimping a sheath crimping portion of the terminal onto the insulating sheathing member; and c) a step of designating at least one of a first trough-shaped combination portion, which links a terminal connection portion of the terminal and the core wire crimping portion, and a second trough-shaped combination portion, which links the core wire crimping portion and the sheath crimping portion, as a target combination portion and deforming circumference direction end portions of the target combination portion inward. | 11-05-2015 |
20150318639 | LEVER-TYPE CONNECTOR - A lever-type connector of the present invention includes a female housing ( | 11-05-2015 |
20150310968 | WIRING HARNESS MANUFACTURING METHOD - A wire harness manufacturing method includes a first step of covering a periphery of the wire with a molded body ( | 10-29-2015 |
20150310961 | INSULATING COATED WIRE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An insulating coated wire includes a center conductor and an insulating coating. The insulating coating has a bending auxiliary section in which the thickness of the insulating coating is smaller than that of the other portion, and that has a shape in which at least a part thereof protrudes outward in the radial direction. The bending auxiliary section has a shape that facilitates bending of the insulating coated wire by elongation deformation thereof. This insulating coated wire can be manufactured by arranging, on the circumference of an insulating coated wire material, a metal mold that has the inner surface including the section having a shape protruding outward in the radial direction, and forming the bending auxiliary section in the shape along the inner surface of the metal mold by heating the insulating coating within the metal mold and generating a pressure difference between inside and outside of the insulating coating. | 10-29-2015 |
20150303666 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX - An electrical junction box includes a circuit structure and a casing in which the circuit structure is accommodated. The casing includes a case including a case-side peripheral wall portion that extends upright from a peripheral edge of a bottom plate portion, the case having an opening that opens to a lateral side, and accommodating the circuit structure inside, and a cover closing the opening of the case and including a cover-side peripheral wall portion that extends upright from a peripheral edge of a lid plate portion and covers a perimeter of the case-side peripheral wall portion. In a state in which the cover and the case are assembled, a protruding end of the cover-side peripheral wall portion extends to at least such a position that its protruding end is substantially flush with an outer surface of the bottom plate portion. | 10-22-2015 |
20150288158 | GROMMET - A grommet body includes: a cylinder portion into which a wire harness is inserted; a first conical flange portion which extends onto an outer circumference of the cylinder portion, and is formed in a conical shape expanding toward a vehicle body panel; an annular seal lip which is formed in a shape protruding onto an outer circumferential edge portion of the first conical flange portion, the edge portion being on a surface opposing the vehicle body panel; and a second conical flange portion which extends from an outer circumferential end of the first conical flange portion, and is formed in the conical shape expanding toward the vehicle body panel at a conical angle smaller than the conical angle of the first conical flange portion. | 10-08-2015 |
20150287497 | WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness prevents corrosion from occurring in a connection section at which a metal pipe and a metal braided section are connected to each other. The wire harness includes a metal pipe into which an electrical wire is inserted, a metal braided section that covers the electrical wire drawn out from the metal pipe and is formed by braiding metal bare wires that are made of a different type of metal from that of the metal pipe, and a joint pipe to one end of which the metal pipe is connected and to the other end of which the metal braided section is connected. The joint pipe is made of the same type of metal as the metal braided section or of an insulating material. | 10-08-2015 |
20150283962 | WIRE HARNESS - It is an object of the present invention, with regard to a wire harness for being attached together with a sheet-like cover member to a door panel of a vehicle, to realize a simplification and reduction in the number of steps of the installation work and moreover to decrease the weight and cost of the wire harness. A wire harness comprises an electric wire and a sheet-like service hole cover having elasticity for being attached to the inside of the door panel of a vehicle. The electric wire includes an inside wiring section, which extends along a first surface of the service hole cover, and an outside wiring section, which is fed through to a second-surface side, the electric wire being united with the service hole cover in the inside wiring section. | 10-08-2015 |
20150279516 | WATERPROOF STRUCTURE FOR STOPPING WATER BETWEEN BARE WIRES OF MULTIPLE CIRCUITS - A waterproof structure for stopping water between bare wires of multiple circuits stopping water between bare wires all together for plural covered wires is provided. It is provided with plural covered wires each of which has a stripped wire exposed part formed by removing a cover material in an intermediate portion thereof, and is folded over at the stripped wire exposed part; a non-electrically conductive wire support supporting plural covered wires so as to prevent short-circuits between the stripped wire exposed parts of plural covered wires; a container accommodating portions of plural covered wires supported by the wire support and the stripped wire exposed part; and a thermosetting waterproofing agent | 10-01-2015 |
20150279514 | WIRE HARNESS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRE HARNESS - An object is to make it possible to hot-press a nonwoven member that covers a branching portion of a wire harness main body even when there is an error in the position of the branching portion. A wire harness includes a wire harness main body and a branching portion protection portion. The wire harness main body includes a trunk line portion and a branch line portion branching off from the trunk line portion. The branching portion protection portion is formed by hot-pressing a nonwoven member in a state in which the nonwoven member covers the branching portion where the branch line portion branches off from the trunk line portion. The branching portion protection portion includes a branch line side protection portion that is tapered from a base end side toward a distal end side of the branch line portion. | 10-01-2015 |
20150270696 | WATERPROOFING STRUCTURE FOR INSULATION-COATED ELECTRICAL WIRE, AND WIRE HARNESS - The present invention relates to a waterproofing structure for an insulation-coated electrical wire that includes a tubular protection member and a resin material that is accommodated in the protection member. An insulation-coated electrical wire passes through the protection member, and the protection member includes a stopper that surrounds one intermediate end of a coating tube that is located on one end side of an exposed conductor section of the insulation-coated electrical wire, and a heat-shrinkable tube that is shrunk to a predetermined shrunk diameter, and closely fits to the stopper on the inner circumference on one end side of the heat-shrinkable tube. The resin material is made of a thermosetting resin that is cured between the protection member and the insulation-coated electrical wire while closely fitting to the stopper, and pair of intermediate ends of the coating tube on both ends of the exposed conductor section. | 09-24-2015 |
20150270691 | CORRUGATED TUBE AND WIRE HARNESS WITH CORRUGATED TUBE - A corrugated tube includes a corrugated tube main body, a plurality of first extended tabs, and a plurality of second extended tabs. The corrugated tube main body is formed in a tubular shape, has annular projections and annular depressions alternatingly formed along a length direction, and has a slit formed along the length direction. The plurality of first extended tabs is provided at intervals on the corrugated tube main body on one of two lateral edges having the slit therebetween. A first engagement notch is formed on two lateral portions of each of the first extended tabs. The plurality of second extended tabs is provided at intervals on the corrugated tube main body on the other of the two lateral edges having the slit therebetween. A second engagement notch is formed on two lateral portions of each of the second extended tabs and engages with the first engagement notch. | 09-24-2015 |
20150270029 | WATERPROOFING STRUCTURE FOR INSULATION-COATED ELECTRICAL WIRE, AND WIRE HARNESS - The present invention relates to a waterproofing structure for an insulation-coated electrical wire that includes a tubular protection member and a resin material that is accommodated in the protection member. An exposed conductor section includes a plurality of bare wires bent to double back in a reverse direction in the protection member, the protection member including a tubular section that surrounds the exposed conductor section and the pair of on intermediate ends of the coating tube that are adjacent to both ends of the exposed conductor section; and a closed section that is distanced from the exposed conductor section in the axial direction and closes one end of the tubular section. The resin material is made of a thermosetting resin that is cured, between the protection member and the insulation-coated electrical wire, while closely fitting to the closed section, the exposed conductor section, and the pair of intermediate ends. | 09-24-2015 |
20150266435 | WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness includes: an electrical wire group including a main electrical wire section, a first branch electrical wire section, and a second branch electrical wire section; a small-diameter tubular exterior member configured to cover the main electrical wire section in the circumferential direction, and on whose base end section side the first branch electrical wire section is located; a large-diameter tubular exterior member configured to cover the main electrical wire section in the circumferential direction, and on whose base end section side the second branch electrical wire section is located; first and second tape-fixing sections; and twist indicator that is provided at a position at which the small-diameter tubular exterior member and the large-diameter tubular exterior member overlap each other, and is configured to indicate the degree of twist of the main electrical wire section between the first branch electrical wire section and the second branch electrical wire section. | 09-24-2015 |
20150263495 | GROMMETS AND WIRE HARNESSES - A wire-harness grommet that is not easily dislodged from a plate while minimizing the increase in its weight and cost is provided. In a grommet, a small-diameter cylindrical portion is connected to a connecting portion and can be bound at its ends to a member penetrating an interior of the small-diameter cylindrical portion. A large-diameter cylindrical portion includes an oblique reduced-diameter portion extending fully circumferentially and obliquely inward from where it is connected to the connecting portion. The small-diameter cylindrical portion includes a deformation limiting portion that protrudes farther than other parts of the small-diameter cylindrical portion so as to oppose the oblique reduced-diameter portion. The deformation limiting portion limits the range of inward deformation of the oblique reduced-diameter portion. | 09-17-2015 |
20150245505 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX - An electrical junction box having a novel structure in which a cover is externally fitted and assembled to a main body provided with a circuit board. The electrical junction box enables water that has entered the cover from reaching the circuit board via a micro-gap between the main body and the cover. At least one of an outer surface of a main body and an inner surface of a cover that oppose each other in a state in which the cover is assembled to the main body provided with a circuit board is provided with a guiding drain groove for guiding the water in the horizontal direction using capillary action. | 08-27-2015 |
20150236387 | ELECTRICAL STORAGE MODULE - An electricity storage module includes a stack, holder members, and heat-transfer plate members. The stack is formed by stacking power storage elements having lead terminals protruding outward from end portions. The holder members are made of insulating resin and are attached to the end portions of the power storage elements, the holder members holding the power storage elements. The heat-transfer plate member are disposed between power storage elements adjacent in a stacking direction, the heat-transfer plate members made of heat conductive material. An engaging portion is provided on one of the holder members and the heat-transfer plate members, and an engaged portion arranged to be engaged by the engaging portion is provided on the other of the bolder members and the heat-transfer plate members. The holder members and the heat-transfer plate members are integrated by mutual engagement of the engaging portions and the engaged portions. | 08-20-2015 |
20150235737 | WIRE HARNESS - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a wire harness which allows only the nonwoven fabric exterior structure to be disassembled without damaging an interior wire bundle. A wire harness according to the present invention has a nonwoven fabric exterior structure obtained by heat-molding while a wire bundle is wound with the nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric exterior structure protects a part of the outer periphery of the wire bundle. The wire harness is provided with a paper tape that is provided with a part thereof exposed from the outer peripheral surface of the nonwoven fabric exterior structure. The paper tape is heat-molded together with the nonwoven fabric with the tip sticking out from the winding end edge so that the base portion of the tip exposed from the outer peripheral surface of the nonwoven fabric exterior structure shows the position of the winding end edge. | 08-20-2015 |
20150232591 | (METH)ACRYLATE COMPOSITION - Presented is a (meth)acrylate composition that can be cured even in an unirradiated portion that is not reached by light. The (meth)acrylate composition contains a compound having one or more vinyl groups in a molecular structure thereof. The compound has a ratio of a molecular weight thereof to a number of the vinyl groups of 300 or lower. The composition generates a heat of reaction during photopolymerization thereof, and the heat of reaction causes thermal polymerization of the composition. | 08-20-2015 |
20150228434 | FUSE HOLDER AND FUSE INTERRUPTION MECHANISM - It is aimed to provide a fuse holder with a novel structure capable of improving insertion operability in the fuse holder for holding a plurality of fuses. A plurality of fuse holding portions ( | 08-13-2015 |
20150222101 | WIRE HARNESS, WIRE HARNESS MANUFACTURING METHOD AND PROTECTIVE MEMBER - The present invention is provided to inhibit contact noise between a protective member and a member in a vicinity thereof. A wire harness is provided with a wire harness body that includes at least one wire, and a protective member. The protective member includes: a protective body that is formed from a non-fibrous material into a shape that covers at least a portion of the wire harness body; and a nonwoven member that is bonded to at least one main surface of the protective body. | 08-06-2015 |
20150162731 | ELECTRIC-WIRE PROTECTION PIPE AND WIRE HARNESS - An electric-wire protection pipe includes a tubular main portion that that constitutes an outer wall of the electric-wire protection pipe and that has a longitudinal axis, wherein a reference plane passes through the longitudinal axis in a first direction. A curved partition wall partitions a hollow portion of the tubular main portion into two wiring paths—one on the first direction side and the other on a second direction side opposite to the first direction side. The curved partition wall connects to the tubular main portion at border lines that are parallel to the longitudinal axis and are located on the first direction side of the longitudinal axis, the curved partition wall having a convex side that projects in a second direction opposite to the first direction. | 06-11-2015 |
20150147905 | VEHICLE-SIDE CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING IT - A vehicle-side connector ( | 05-28-2015 |
20150129303 | GROMMET AND WIRE HARNESS WITH GROMMET - A grommet includes a wire harness insertion portion, and an annular projecting portion that is made of an elastic material and projects outward from the wire harness insertion portion, the annular projecting portion being provided with an annular locking recess arranged at an outer circumferential portion of the annular projecting portion, a receiving-side annular portion arranged on one side of the annular locking recess, with respect to an axial direction of the wire harness insertion portion, and an insertion-side annular portion arranged on the other side of the annular locking recess, with respect to the axial direction of the wire harness insertion portion. The outer circumferential portion of the insertion-side annular portion on the annular locking recess side is provided with projections that are formed at portions in the circumferential direction of the insertion-side annular portion. The projections are each provided with a slant surface and a panel facing surface. | 05-14-2015 |
20150126076 | SOCKET TERMINAL - A socket terminal ( | 05-07-2015 |
20150122544 | WATER-STOP STRUCTURE FOR WIRE HARNESS - A water-stop structure including a water-stop tube is provided in which the water-stop tube can be brought into intimate contact with a water-stop region in a wire harness having a steep thickness gradient and thus water-stop performance is improved. The wire harness includes a first portion and a second portion that is thinner than the first portion. An inner water-stop tube covers the water-stop region ranging from the first portion to the second portion in a state where the inner water-stop tube is heated and shrunk. An outer water-stop tube covers the inner water-stop tube at a position between a portion on the first portion side and a portion on the second portion side in the water-stop region in a state where the outer water-stop tube is heated and shrunk. | 05-07-2015 |
20150116883 | ELECTRIC-WIRE PROTECTION DEVICE - An electric-wire protection device that protects an electric wire by cutting off power to the wire when its temperature is elevated above a predetermined value is presented. The device includes switching means to control the conduction of power to the wire, current measuring means to measure a current in the wire, environment temperature detecting means to detect a temperature of the environment surrounding the wire, electric-wire temperature calculating means to calculate the temperature of the wire using the value of the current in the wire and the environment temperature, limiting means to stop the conduction of power to the wire when the temperature is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, peripheral component current measuring means to measure the current flowing to a component at the periphery of the environment temperature detecting means, thermal influence acquisition means to obtains an amount of temperature increase caused by the component at the environment temperature detecting means, and environment temperature correcting means to correct the environment temperature based on the amount of temperature increase. | 04-30-2015 |
20150113803 | WIRE HARNESS INCLUDING SHORT CIRCUIT AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR - A wire harness capable of forming a short circuit by use of a plurality of electric wires and a joint connector while being slenderized and reduced in weight. The wire harness includes a plurality of circuit modules each forming a short circuit. Each of the circuit modules, includes a plurality of electric wires, and a plurality of external-connection connectors, connected to respective first ends of the electric wires, and a joint connector, connected to respective second ends of the electric wires to short-circuit the electric wires. The electric wires constituting the circuit modules are bundled together so that the joint connector of each of the circuit modules is discretely disposed so as to be located in a vicinity of at least one of the external-connection connectors included in the circuit module, around which electric wires a binding tape is wound. | 04-30-2015 |
20150102183 | WIRE HARNESS FIXTURE AND METHOD OF PRODUCING WIRE HARNESS WITH FIXTURE HAVING WIRE HARNESS FIXTURE ATTACHED THERETO - A wire harness fixture includes a base having a clip projecting therefrom; a winding band extending and winding around a wire harness from a first end portion of two end portions of the base; and a plurality of engagement portions on a surface of the winding band. The base has a first band insertion hole passing through the two end portions of the base in a direction orthogonal to a projecting direction of the clip, the first band insertion hole having a first engagement projection engaging with the engagement portions of the winding band. The clip and the base have a second band insertion hole passing therethrough in the projecting direction of the clip, the second band insertion hole having a second engagement projection engaging with the engagement portions of the winding band. | 04-16-2015 |
20150101842 | WATERPROOF COVER - A waterproof cover can prevent substantial deformation thereof and maintain high waterproof performance even when temperature inside the waterproof cover changes. The waterproof cover has a peripheral wall composed of a rubber or elastomer. Two end portions of the peripheral wall are connected to an attachment member. The peripheral wall has an attachment hole passing through the peripheral wall in a thickness direction. A ventilation film is provided inside the attachment hole as an inner pressure adjustment member to adjust inner pressure of the waterproof cover. | 04-16-2015 |
20150096779 | WIRE HARNESS PROTECTOR - A wire harness protector includes a resin plate. A plurality of excavated portions are recessed into a panel surface of the plate, the excavated portions having a circular shape in plan view and being aligned at intervals in an X axis direction and a Y axis direction orthogonal to the X axis direction. The excavated portions are arrayed in the X axis direction in a straight line shape along the X axis direction and are arrayed in the Y axis direction in a zigzag shape, shifting a phase so as to be positioned between excavated portions neighboring each other in the X axis direction. The excavated portions neighboring each other in the Y axis direction are further arrayed so as to have portions mutually overlapping in the Y axis direction. | 04-09-2015 |
20150090490 | WATERPROOF STRUCTURE OF WIRE HARNESS WITH CONNECTOR - A waterproof structure of a wire harness with a connector in which crimp terminals are housed and held in a plurality of cavities respectively in the connector, the crimp terminals being crimped to electric wire terminals of a plurality of electric wires included in the wire harness. The waterproof structure includes a sheet material having a width covering both the connector and the electric wires projecting from rear cavity openings, having waterproof property and elasticity, and having adhesive surfaces on one side. The sheet material is fixedly attached to a connector neck portion where the plurality of electric wires project outward from the rear cavity openings of the connector by tightly attaching the adhesive surfaces to each other from two sides having the connector therebetween, so that the connector neck portion is covered by the sheet material. | 04-02-2015 |
20150084580 | POWER-SUPPLY DEVICE - Disclosed is a power-supply device configured to supply an operating voltage from an external battery to a control circuit via a voltage terminal. The power-supply device is also configured to supply an operating voltage from an output terminal to a driving circuit of the power-supply device via a switch. The control circuit that has received the operating voltage compares the voltage of the output terminal with a predetermined voltage, and makes a determination. If the voltage of the output terminal is not higher than the predetermined voltage, a predetermined notification is sent outside the power-supply device. | 03-26-2015 |
20150079422 | PLATED MEMBER, PLATED TERMINAL FOR CONNECTOR, METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLATED MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLATED TERMINAL FOR CONNECTOR - It is aimed to provide a plated member and a plated terminal for connector, to which a large current can be applied and which have both a low friction coefficient and high heat resistance, at low cost and provide a method for producing such a plated member and a method for producing such a plated terminal for connector. A silver-tin alloy layer for coating a surface of a base material made of copper or copper alloy and a silver coating layer for coating the silver-tin alloy layer and to be exposed on an outermost surface are simultaneously formed by heating to obtain a plated member after tin and silver plating layers are alternately laminated on the surface of the base material with the outermost surface formed by the silver plating layer. | 03-19-2015 |
20150073653 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A vehicle power supply control apparatus is provided including a power supply control unit, a control signal connection circuit unit, a remote operation signal obtaining unit for receiving a remote operation signal, a power supply control unit that is operated during remote operation, relays serving as electrical path opening/closing units, and fuses. An air conditioner and a heater are connected to an electrical path that is opened and closed by the relay. A wiper, a washer and a turn signal relay are connected to an electrical path that is opened and closed by the relay. If the remote operation signal obtaining unit obtains a remote operation signal, the control signal connection circuit unit turns the relay off, and does not switch an electrical current on to the electrical path to which the wiper, the washer, and the turn signal relay are connected. | 03-12-2015 |
20150068802 | WIRE HARNESS, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING WIRE HARNESS, AND PROTECTIVE MEMBER - An object is to form a protective member such that its inner circumferential surface portion is hard and its outer circumferential surface portion is soft. A wire harness includes a wire harness main portion that includes at least one electrical wire, and a protective member. The protective member is formed by a laminate, which is obtained by overlaying an inner circumferential non-woven member and an outer circumferential non-woven member, being hot-pressed into a shape that covers at least a portion of the wire harness main portion, and the inner circumferential surface portion is harder than the outer circumferential surface portion. | 03-12-2015 |
20150065039 | COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNCATION SYSTEM - When a vehicle including a battery is charged from a power supply device, communication such as power line communication is performed in which a communication signal is superposed on wires contained in a charging cable. A communication device performs communication via a pair of communication lines connected to wires such as a pair of power supply lines used for power supply. A pair of induction elements whose one ends are connected to the pair of communication lines are provided, and the other ends of the pair of induction elements are connected to a ground potential via a capacitance element. | 03-05-2015 |
20150061584 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, CHARGING CONTROL DEVICE, VEHICLE AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - A communication system, a charging control device, a vehicle, and a power supply device are provided, which prevent noise from flowing into a communication device which transmits and receives a communication signal, in communication such as inband communication in which the vehicle and the power supply device are connected via a charging cable containing a power supply line, a grounding line, and a control line, and the communication signal is transmitted and received by using the grounding line and the control line as media. There are provided: a charging control device connected to a grounding line and a control line, and configured to transmit and receive a control signal; a communication device connected to two branch lines branched from the grounding line and the control line, respectively; and a common mode choke coil interposed in the grounding line and the control line, and located between the charging control device and two branch lines. | 03-05-2015 |
20150060109 | WIRE HARNESS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness includes a wire bundle, an elongated object, and a covering member. The covering member is made of a single sheet-shaped nonwoven member and covers the wire bundle and the elongated object. The covering member includes a first portion that is wound around the wire bundle and is hot-pressed, and a second portion that is continuous with the first portion and that covers the elongated object on the first portion. | 03-05-2015 |
20150053479 | WIRING HARNESS PROTECTION MEMBER AND WIRING HARNESS - It is aimed to provide a wiring harness protection member and a wiring harness having good protection performance even when being used under high temperature and high humidity. A wiring harness | 02-26-2015 |
20150037995 | CONNECTOR - A housing structure is prevented from becoming complicated. A connector (A) includes: a housing ( | 02-05-2015 |
20150027778 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING WIRE HARNESS, AND WIRE HARNESS - A method for producing a wire harness includes hot pressing a first portion including an edge portion of a nonwoven material, and curing the first portion of the nonwoven material, and thereafter partially overlapping the first portion and a second portion that is softer than the first portion and is the portion of the nonwoven material other than the first portion so that a wire bundle is covered by the first portion and the second portion. | 01-29-2015 |
20150027772 | ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELDING TOOL AND WIRE HARNESS - An electromagnetic shielding tool that includes a metallic cloth and two bracket body portions. The two bracket body portions each include two elongated portions and a coupling portion, and respectively hold a first outer edge portion and a second outer edge portion on the side opposite to the first outer edge portion among four outer edge portions of the metallic cloth so as to form a ring that surrounds the periphery of electrical wires. The two elongated portions are made of a conductive material, are joined to the metallic cloth in the state of being arranged in series along an outer edge portion of the metallic cloth, and form a ring shape due to being combined with each other on two sides of the electrical wires. The coupling portion couples end portions of the two elongated portions to each other and holds the two elongated portions in the ring shape. | 01-29-2015 |
20150023438 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, COMMUNICATION DEVICE, POWER SUPPLY DEVICE, AND VEHICLE - A communication system, a communication device, a power supply device, and a vehicle are provided, which can suppress occurrence of communication abnormality while suppressing noise applied to a power supply line to be lower than a predetermined upper limit value of a standard, in communication such as inband communication in which a vehicle and a power supply device are connected to each other via a charging cable containing the power supply line and a control line, and a communication signal is transmitted and received using the control line as a medium. A power supply device | 01-22-2015 |
20150022152 | VEHICLE CHARGING APPARATUS - A vehicle charging apparatus mounted on a vehicle for charging an on-vehicle battery from an external power supply, with a charging plug connected to the vehicle, includes a communication device that is configured to perform communication with a charging facility providing the external power supply with the charging plug connected and locked to the vehicle. The communication device prohibits disconnection of the communication when an unlocking operation to unlock the charging plug is executed during charging from the external power supply to the on-vehicle battery. | 01-22-2015 |
20150020911 | EXTERNAL COVER MATERIAL FOR WIRE HARNESS - Embodiments of the present application provide better configurations of a partition-attached metal pipe as an external cover material for a wire harness, including: a metal pipe through which a wire harness including a plurality of electrical wires can be inserted; and a separate metal partition member that is to be assembled by being inserted into the pipe; wherein a plurality of electrical wire insertion spaces that are partitioned by the partition member and a circumferential wall of the pipe are provided continuously in an axial direction of the pipe. | 01-22-2015 |
20140379954 | RELAY DEVICE, COMMUNICATION HARNESS, AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Provided are a relay device where a routing table can be replaced in order to accommodate diverse relay variations and the storage capacity of the routing table can be saved, a communication harness including the relay device and a communication system including the relay device. In the relay device, a routing program for a CPU to execute relay processing and a routing table for identifying the relay destination by the relay processing are stored in an information rewritable flash memory. The routing table includes a first table that manages whether the CAN message is to be relayed or not, a second table storing the received CAN message, a third table storing the CAN message to be transmitted (relayed), a fourth table that manages the signal storage position, and a fifth table that manages the number of effective records in the second to fourth tables. | 12-25-2014 |
20140378011 | TERMINAL FITTING - A terminal fitting ( | 12-25-2014 |
20140370733 | LEVER-TYPE CONNECTOR - A lever-type connector has a housing ( | 12-18-2014 |
20140364016 | CONNECTION UNIT - The present invention provides a connection unit capable of accommodating nuts and showing sealing ability in a state installed on a housing. | 12-11-2014 |
20140364009 | CONNECTOR WITH ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A connector includes a holder ( | 12-11-2014 |
20140357127 | CONNECTOR WITH ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A connector ( | 12-04-2014 |
20140353926 | WATER STOP SHEET FOR WIRING HARNESS AND WATER STOP STRUCTURE OF WIRING HARNESS - A water stop sheet to be wound around a wiring harness wired in a vehicle includes a closed-cell elastic sheet, an entire adhesive layer provided on one surface of the elastic sheet, and a partial adhesive layer provided only on a part of the other surface along one end edge. The water stop sheet is wound with the entire adhesive layer located on an inner surface side to be held in contact with the outer periphery of a wire group of the wiring harness and wound at least one turn. A winding end part is placed on the outer peripheral surface of a winding start part. The partial adhesive layer located on the outer peripheral surface of the winding start part and the entire adhesive layer located on the inner peripheral surface of the winding end part are adhered to each other. | 12-04-2014 |
20140353029 | HARNESS - A harness including a twisted wire pair that can reduce noise and has an excellent assembly performance is provided. A harness includes a connector and two twisted wire pairs in which terminals for connection to the connector are crimped to the end portions. The twisted wire pairs are untwisted from the end portions so as to be easily connected to the connector. By connecting electric wires and electric wires to upper and lower terminal housing chambers on the respective outer sides of the connector, the spacing between neighboring terminals among the two twisted wire pairs is larger than the spacing between the terminals of the individual two twisted wire pairs. | 12-04-2014 |
20140352766 | SOLAR CELL MODULE - According to one embodiment, a solar cell module includes: a casing including a wall; a box made of a resin and attached to the casing, the box including a terminal accommodating part; a cable configured to connect an external part, an end part of the cable introduced to the box; and a terminal fitting, accommodated in the terminal accommodating part, the terminal fitting connected to the cable and an output conductor, wherein: the wall is formed with a first opening for attaching the box from an outer surface side; the terminal accommodating part is formed with a second opening at a position opposed to the wall; and the second opening faces an inner part of the casing through the first opening when the box is attached to the casing. | 12-04-2014 |
20140349520 | FERRITE CORE BUILT-IN CONNECTOR - A connector includes ferrite cores ( | 11-27-2014 |
20140349504 | LEVER-TYPE CONNECTOR - A lever-type connector has an outer housing ( | 11-27-2014 |
20140348474 | SUBSTRATE MOUNTING TYPE PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION CONNECTOR - A substrate mounting type photoelectric conversion connector capable of reducing stress produced in a portion in which a lead terminal and a substrate are connected to each other is provided. The substrate mounting type photoelectric conversion connector includes an optical unit including a fitting portion to which a mating optical member can be fit, in which at least a portion that includes the fitting portion and serves as a path of optical signals is formed of a light-transmissive material; a photoelectric conversion unit including a photoelectric conversion element that is disposed such that an optical axis coincides with an optical axis of the mating optical member; and a lead terminal that is connected to the photoelectric conversion unit and that electrically connects the photoelectric conversion element to a substrate, the optical unit provided with a substrate connecting portion that is configured connect to the substrate. | 11-27-2014 |
20140345936 | WIRING HARNESS AND RELAY HARNESS - A relay harness ( | 11-27-2014 |
20140339376 | WIRE HARNESS ROUTING DEVICE FOR SLIDING SEAT - The present invention includes one harness rail having a straight line shape, the harness rail extending in a front-back direction adjacent to a lateral surface of a seat rail of a sliding seat mounted in a vehicle; and an extra length accommodation case linked to a front end of the harness rail. The harness rail includes a first slider sliding portion extending in the front-back direction, while the extra length accommodation case includes a second slider sliding portion linked to a front end of the first slider sliding portion and extending in a straight line front-back direction until reaching a front end arced portion. A slider connected to the sliding seat and displacing in the straight line front-back direction is slidably nested with the first and second slider sliding portions. The wire harness is inserted through the slider and into the harness rail and the extra length accommodation case. | 11-20-2014 |
20140334784 | OPTICAL CONNECTOR - An optical connector, in which light propagating between both connectors is parallel light, capable of reducing splicing loss due to angular or axial displacement is provided. An optical connector includes a first connector that includes a collimating lens that collimates light emitted from a light emitting member into parallel light and a first fitting, and a second connector that includes a convergent lens that converges the parallel light emitted from the first connector toward a light incident member and a second fitting configured to be fitted to the first fitting, in which an inner circumferential surface of one of the fitting has a tapered surface that widens toward its front end, and an outer circumferential surface of the other of the fittings that comes into contact with the inner circumferential surface of one fitting has a tapered surface that narrows toward its front end. | 11-13-2014 |
20140334300 | TRANSMISSION MESSAGE GENERATING DEVICE AND VEHICLE-MOUNTED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - Each ECU transmits a frame to a frame generator. Then, the frame generator decomposes data contained in the received frame and then stores the data into a buffer memory, for each message type. The frame generator generates a message containing data to be transmitted to each ECU, and then transmits the message. In accordance with the state of a signal indicating the electric power supply status, the frame generator controls the permission or non-permission of transmission processing such that frame transmission is not performed to the ECU to which electric power supply from an electric power supply control device. When any communication part has received an abnormal frame, the frame generator does not include data contained in frames received afterward by the communication part, into a frame generated for other communication parts. | 11-13-2014 |
20140332265 | HARNESS PROTECTOR AND WIRE HARNESS ROUTING STRUCTURAL PART - An edge protector includes a tubular main body capable of being inserted into a through-hole in an insertion direction and including an installation hole enabling the wire harness to be installed, and an engagement structural part flaring from an outer circumference of the main body and capable of engaging in a through direction with an opening edge of the through-hole. The installation hole includes a small space formed in a shape following the outer circumference of the wire harness and capable of positioning the wire harness within a specific range with respect to the through-hole in a radial direction relative to a center axis, and a large space provided to a portion including a rear end in the insertion direction, the large space including an interior space expanding further than the small space toward an outer periphery on at least one side of the small space in a circumferential direction. | 11-13-2014 |
20140329396 | PIN TERMINAL - A pin terminal (PT) is such that a cap ( | 11-06-2014 |
20140322982 | BATTERY WIRING MODULE - A battery wiring module including first connecting members that connect adjacent electrode terminals of a plurality of electric cells to serially connect the plurality of electric cells; second connecting members, one end of each of which is connected to the electrode terminal at one end of the serial connection and the other end of each of which is connected to an external conductive member; and a resin protector that holds the first connecting members and the second connecting members. The resin protector includes first holding portions that hold the first connecting members and second holding portions that hold the second connecting members. Concave engaged portions are provided in the second connecting members and convex engaging portions are provided in the second holding portions for engaging the concave engaged portions to limit the movement of the second connecting members. | 10-30-2014 |
20140322942 | LEVER-TYPE CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY - A lever-type connector has a lever ( | 10-30-2014 |
20140319117 | HARNESS FOR ELECTRIC HEATING CATALYST - A harness for electric heating catalyst ( | 10-30-2014 |
20140315441 | BATTERY WIRING MODULE - A battery wiring module may include a connecting member and a resin protector. The connecting member may be connected to an electrode terminal, and the connecting member may include a beveled corner. The resin protector may be made of insulating resin and include a holding portion and a coming-off preventing projection. The holding portion may hold the connecting member and may be provided with a surrounding wall that surrounds a peripheral edge of the connecting member. The coming-off preventing projection may include an elastic piece disposed cover the beveled corner of the connecting member and thereby limit movement of the connecting member. | 10-23-2014 |
20140315410 | JOINT CONNECTOR AND ASSEMBLING METHOD THEREOF - A joint connector and an assembling method are provided for simultaneously achieving waterproofing and double locking. A ground joint connector ( | 10-23-2014 |
20140315409 | LEVER-TYPE CONNECTOR - A lever-type connector has a housing ( | 10-23-2014 |
20140311799 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TERMINAL-EQUIPPED WIRE, TERMINAL-EQUIPPED WIRE AND TERMINAL CRIMPING DEVICE - The present invention aims to maximally reduce a projecting width of a projecting part formed on a terminal when the terminal is crimped to an exposed core part of an end part of a wire. To achieve this aim, a method for producing a terminal-equipped wire in which a crimping portion of a terminal is crimped to an exposed core part of an end part of a wire includes a) a step of arranging the exposed core part in the crimping portion, b) a step of sandwiching a part of the crimping portion between a lower die surface of a lower die and an upper die surface of an upper die and crimping the part of the crimping portion to the exposed core part, and c) a step of pressing an end part of the crimping portion protruding from the upper die surface from above. | 10-23-2014 |
20140306522 | WIRING HARNESS WIRING STRUCTURE - A wiring harness wiring structure is for wiring a wiring harness between a body and a door of a vehicle, and configured to suppress the trapping of water in the door. The wiring harness wiring structure includes a wiring unit partly supported on the body and including the wiring harness, and a protector including an insertion opening into which the wiring unit is to be inserted, an extra length absorbing portion for accommodating the wiring harness while including a margin space, into which the wiring harness is detoured, and a water drainage hole formed in a lower part of the extra length absorbing portion and arranged at a position vertically above and overlapping a through hole formed in a door inner panel and penetrating from a vehicle inner side to a vehicle outer side between a door trim of the door and the door inner panel. | 10-16-2014 |
20140305691 | ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT UNIT CAPABLE OF EXTERNAL CONNECTION - Provided is an electronic circuit unit which includes a circuit board, a case for the circuit board and a connector for external connection and can be miniaturized and simplified in structure. This electronic circuit unit includes a circuit board ( | 10-16-2014 |
20140305678 | WIRING MATERIAL - A wiring material ( | 10-16-2014 |
20140301780 | CONNECTOR - A connector ( | 10-09-2014 |
20140299371 | CORRUGATED TUBE, INTERMEDIATE CORRUGATED TUBE PRODUCT AND WIRE HARNESS WITH CORRUGATED TUBE - It is an object of the present invention to close a slit as easily as possible while suppressing positional displacement of both end edge portions flanking the slit. A corrugated tube includes a corrugated tube body portion formed in a tubular shape in which annular projecting portions and annular recessed portions are alternately formed in a longitudinal direction and a slit is formed in a longitudinal direction; a plurality of first extended pieces provided on one side of both side edge portions flanking the slit in the corrugated tube body portion; and a plurality of second extended pieces provided on the other side of both the side edge portions. The slit is closed in a state where the plurality of the first extended pieces and the plurality of the second extended pieces are disposed on an inner circumferential side of the corrugated tube body portion at different positions. | 10-09-2014 |
20140297110 | IN-VEHICLE RELAY APPARATUS AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An in-vehicle relay apparatus can restrict transmission of identification information with which a vehicle can be specified to the outside of the vehicle. A vehicle internal communication unit may communicate with at least one in-vehicle device installed in a vehicle, and a vehicle external communication unit may communicate with a vehicle external communication device disposed outside of the vehicle. A communication processing unit may add identification information to relay information that is transmitted to the vehicle external communication device. The identification information may regard a transmission source of relay information by which the vehicle external communication device determines the transmission source of the relay information. Additionally, the communication processing unit may transmit, using the vehicle external communication device, the relay information to the vehicle external communication device. A determination unit may determine which information is used as the identification information based on stored access authority levels. | 10-02-2014 |
20140297109 | IN-VEHICLE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND IN-VEHICLE RELAY APPARATUS - An in-vehicle communication system and an in-vehicle relay apparatus that can perform relaying between multiple in-vehicle networks if a new in-vehicle device is connected to a said in-vehicle network, and that can prevent, if an improper in-vehicle device is connected to the in-vehicle network, the entire system from being adversely affected by the improper in-vehicle device. The in-vehicle relay apparatus that relays information between the multiple in-vehicle networks has stored therein relay destination determination information necessary to determine a relay destination of information. If a new in-vehicle device is connected to any one of the in-vehicle networks, an acquiring unit communicates with a communication device to obtain updated relay destination determination information, a determination unit determines if the updated relay destination determination information is legitimate, and an updating unit updates the relay destination determination information of the in-vehicle relay apparatus. | 10-02-2014 |
20140295708 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes female terminals ( | 10-02-2014 |
20140295216 | BATTERY MODULE FOR VEHICLE - An object of exemplary embodiments is to prevent increasing the height of a battery module housing a battery pack and a junction box. In the junction box, resin cases of a high-profile relay and an electric component are fixed to the shielding case wall. A low-voltage electric wire or a high-voltage electric wire is laid out on the metal plate. A resin case cover is put on when the relay and electric component is fixed to the bottom wall or the metal plate. The low-voltage electric wire or the high-voltage electric wire is covered with the case cover, predetermined contact portions of the relay and the electric component are exposed, the low-voltage electric wire or the high-voltage electric wire and a bus bar are disposed on the case cover, and the bus bar, the low-voltage electric wire or the high-voltage electric wire are connected to the exposed contact portions. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294518 | PART FEEDER AND PART SUPPLY METHOD - The present invention relates to a part feeder supplying a plurality of parts, the part feeder including part supply members having a part loading path enabling the plurality of parts to be loaded in a state where postures of the plurality of parts are lined up. A part passage is provided to a first end of the part loading path, the part passage enabling the plurality of parts to pass while maintaining a fixed posture for each, and in which a gas passage is provided to a second end of the part loading path, the gas passage not enabling the plurality of parts to pass and enabling in- and outflow of a gas. The present invention, accordingly, enables reduction of equipment costs of a part feeder. The present invention is particularly advantageous for a device supplying rubber stoppers. | 10-02-2014 |
20140294349 | CONNECTOR, CONNECTOR MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND METHOD FOR CONNECTING WIRE HARNESS AND WIRING MATERIALS TO MEMBER TO BE CONNECTED - A connector includes a terminal member including a contact portion that can be brought into contact with a connecting target member, the terminal member being attached to an end of a wiring material, a housing including an insertion recess into which the connecting target member can be inserted, the housing retaining the terminal member such that the contact portion can be brought into contact with the connecting target member inserted into the insertion recess, and a dust protection member that protects the insertion recess against dust by blocking an insertion opening of the insertion recess. The dust protection member is formed such that the dust protection member can be penetrated by the connecting target member when the connecting target member is inserted into the insertion recess. | 10-02-2014 |
20140292276 | VEHICLE CHARGING DEVICE - A vehicle charging device configured such that a power supply switch | 10-02-2014 |
20140292069 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - An output circuit sends a control pilot signal generated in a voltage generator to an input circuit. A communication unit is connected between an earthed wire and a control pilot wire on the output side of the output circuit via a bandpass filter. A communication unit is connected between the earthed wire and the control pilot wire on the input side of the input circuit via a bandpass filter. A low-pass filter is interposed between the output circuit and the communication unit. A low-pass filter is interposed between the input circuit and the communication unit. | 10-02-2014 |
20140291016 | WIRE HARNESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WIRE HARNESS - An object is to achieve excellent wear resistance in a case where a flexible portion is partially formed in a protection member formed by hot-pressing a nonwoven fabric. A wire harness has a wire harness main body including at least one electric wire and a protection member. The protection member includes a path regulating portion formed by hot-pressing a nonwoven member in a state of covering at least a portion of the wire harness main body, and a bendable portion formed by covering the wire harness main body with the nonwoven member, adjacent to the path regulating portion along an extending direction of the wire harness main body, the bendable portion being more readily bent than the path regulating portion and being more depressed than the path regulating portion. | 10-02-2014 |
20140291013 | ELECTRICAL CONNECTION BOX - According to one embodiment, an electrical connection box includes: a base unit including a common circuit to be used in common to multiple vehicle models or grades; multiple kinds of option units respectively including an addition circuit selectively usable according to vehicle models or grades and, wherein: the common circuit of the base unit and the addition circuit of one of the option units cooperate together to form an electric circuit to be connected to a load provided on a vehicle body by combining the one of the option units with the base unit; and the base unit and the one of the option unit are mounted on a case of synthetic resin prepared for every vehicle model or grade and are then fixed to the vehicle body. | 10-02-2014 |
20140287635 | TERMINAL FITTING - A terminal fitting ( | 09-25-2014 |
20140287634 | TERMINAL FITTING - A terminal fitting ( | 09-25-2014 |
20140285148 | VEHICLE CHARGING DEVICE - A vehicle charging device configured such that both connectors | 09-25-2014 |
20140256178 | BATTERY WIRING MODULE - A battery wiring module attached to a battery group formed by juxtaposing a plurality of batteries each having electrode terminals, includes: a plurality of bus bars; and a plurality of holder units made of an insulating resin and having holding portions and holding the bus bars. The holder units include: a first holder unit disposed at an end; and a second holder unit which is a holder unit other than the first holder unit. The holding portion of the second holder unit is provided with a bus bar insertion portion through which the bus bars are inserted in the direction in which the batteries are juxtaposed, and the second holding portion of the first holder unit is provided with an encompassing wall and adapted to insert the bus bars in a direction in which the first holder unit is attached to the battery group. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254695 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - A charging station performs communications by use of a superimposing/separating unit configured by connecting a capacitor, a coupling transformer and a capacitor to branch lines branching out respectively from a control cable and a grounded cable. An electric vehicle performs communications by use of a superimposing/separating unit configured by providing a coupling transformer to the control cable. A capacitor is also connected between the control cable and the grounded cable. Communications are allowed by the configuration of a closed loop circuit comprising the control cable, the branch line, the capacitor, a primary coil of the coupling transformer, the capacitor, the branch line, the grounded cable, the capacitor, and a primary coil of the coupling transformer. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254694 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - This output circuit sends a control pilot signal which has been generated at a voltage generation source to an input circuit. Between the control pilot line and the ground line of the output side of the output circuit, a communication unit is connected via a transformer. Between the control pilot line and the ground line of the input side of the input circuit, a communication unit is connected via a transformer. Between the output circuit and the transformer, a lowpass filter is interposed. Between the input circuit and the transformer, a lowpass filter is interposed. | 09-11-2014 |
20140254068 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX - An electrical junction box includes a casing and a relay housed in the casing. The relay is located at an outer end in the casing. The relay includes an electrical component case and a terminal. The terminal is attached through the electrical component case and includes a fixed contact and a movable contact located in the electrical component case. | 09-11-2014 |
20140247893 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND COMMUNICATION DEVICE - Provided are a communication system and a communication device capable of suppressing attenuation of a communication signal superimposed upon a control pilot line. This output circuit ( | 09-04-2014 |
20140247623 | REACTOR, REACTOR-USE COIL COMPONENT, CONVERTER, AND POWER CONVERTER APPARATUS | 09-04-2014 |
20140246414 | WIRE SOFTENING APPARATUS AND WIRE SOFTENING METHOD - A softening apparatus includes a cooling liquid reservoir for holding a cooling liquid, a first conducting sheave provided outside of the cooling liquid reservoir for applying a voltage to a wire while guiding the wire, and a second conducting sheave provided in the cooling liquid reservoir for letting a current flow through the wire while guiding the wire as the wire is fed via the first conducting sheave. The softening apparatus is also provided with a liquid level detector for detecting a liquid level of the cooling liquid in the cooling liquid reservoir. A heating path length of the wire between the first conducting sheave and the second conducting sheave is controlled based on a result of detection by the liquid level detector. | 09-04-2014 |
20140246230 | WIRE HARNESS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - An object is to readily fixate a wire to a nonwoven member at low cost and to reduce waste when the nonwoven member is wound around the wire. A wire harness includes a wire bundle and a nonwoven fabric extending in a longitudinal direction of the wire bundle and being wound and wrapped around the wire bundle. In the wire harness, the nonwoven fabric is fixated to the wire bundle by welding at least one of a start-edge portion and an end-edge portion in a winding direction of the nonwoven fabric. | 09-04-2014 |
20140242832 | CONNECTOR - The invention achieves prevention of sink mark and drainage within a hood part. A housing ( | 08-28-2014 |
20140242822 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY PROVIDED THEREWITH | 08-28-2014 |
20140242821 | CONNECTOR WITH FORCE MULTIPLYING MECHANISM - A connector with a force multiplying mechanism includes first and second fixed connectors (F | 08-28-2014 |
20140242820 | CONNECTOR AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY PROVIDED THEREWITH - A connector (L | 08-28-2014 |
20140242819 | CONNECTOR WITH FORCE MULTIPLYING MECHANISM AND CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY PROVIDED THEREWITH | 08-28-2014 |
20140241011 | REACTOR, CONVERTER, AND POWER CONVERTER APPARATUS - A reactor of the present invention includes a coil | 08-28-2014 |
20140239947 | CURRENT DETECTION DEVICE - A current detection busbar has a penetrating portion that penetrates a hole portion of a magnetic core and two flat plate-like terminal portions that are respectively continuous with opposite sides of the penetrating portion. The terminal portions have a larger width and a smaller thickness than the penetrating portion. An insulating casing has busbar holes that are penetrated by the respective terminal portions of the current detection busbar. An edge portion of each busbar hole is constituted by flat surfaces that face the terminal portion with a gap left between each flat surface and the terminal portion, a plurality of projecting portions that sandwich the terminal portion while coming into contact with the front and back surfaces of the terminal portion, and curved surfaces that face respective corner portions of the terminal portion with a gap left between each curved surface and the corresponding corner portion. | 08-28-2014 |
20140238740 | SLIDING DOOR WIRE HARNESS ROUTINE STRUCTURE - A wire harness ( | 08-28-2014 |
20140235116 | ALUMINUM-BASED TERMINAL FITTING - Provided are an aluminum-based terminal fitting in which a Sn layer has high peel resistance, and a terminal connecting structure of an electric wire provided with the terminal fitting. The aluminum-based terminal fitting includes a wire barrel portion ( | 08-21-2014 |
20140231135 | CORRUGATED TUBE WITH PATH-MAINTAINING MEMBER AND WIRE HARNESS - A purpose of the present invention is to enable, with a more compact configuration, a path of an electric wire to be kept constant while covering the electric wire. A corrugated tube with a path-maintaining member is provided with a corrugated tube having annular convex portions and annular concave portions alternately formed along a longitudinal direction, and a path-maintaining member attached to the corrugated tube along the longitudinal direction thereof. The path-maintaining member is formed as a long member die-molded to maintain a shape at least a portion of which is bent in the longitudinal direction and includes an arc-shaped portion [[ | 08-21-2014 |
20140220832 | TERMINAL PLATFORM - A terminal platform is provided that can be stably supported by a bracket, and that avoids electrical contact between the bracket and a terminal fitting. Terminal fittings that form an L shape by wire connection portions and terminal main bodies are supported on a terminal platform. A platform main body of the terminal platform has (i) support-receiving portions that are supported by a support portion formed on a metal bracket, (ii) a terminal fixing portion that is positioned at a side opposite to the support-receiving portions and fixes the terminal main bodies, and (iii) a surface portion that is arranged to intersect the terminal fixing portion and the support-receiving portions, and that is along the wire connection portions. Additionally, a partition wall of the terminal platform extends to the surface portion and is arranged facing a tip end of the support portion, and separates the wire connection portions. | 08-07-2014 |
20140220823 | CONNECTOR WITH ELECTRONIC COMPONENT AND HOLDER - A connector includes an electronic component ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140218862 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX - An electrical junction box includes a casing configured to be mounted in a vehicle, a start relay (a start electrical component) A housed in the casing and to which a current is supplied at least at a start of the vehicle, an operational electrical component (an operational relay, a connector, and a fuse connector) housed in the casing and to which a current is supplied at least during an operation of the vehicle, and a surrounding heat shield wall (a heat shield wall) disposed between the start relay and at least one of the operational relay, the connector, and the fuse connector that are the operational electrical components. The start relay includes a relay case (an electrical component case) and a terminal portion. The terminal portion is housed in the relay case and has a fixed contact and a movable contact. | 08-07-2014 |
20140217244 | CLAMP - A clamp has a configuration in which a first portion and a second portion having a pair of semicircular inner surfaces are coupled with a thin-walled hinge, a locking portion and a locked portion are provided on free ends of the first and the second portions, the locking portion and the locked portion being lockable to each other, clamping the metal pipe inserted between the semicircular inner surfaces of the first and the second portions. An attaching hole into which an attaching member protruding from the vehicle body can be inserted and locked thereto is provided on the first portion, an opening is provided in a partition portion that separates the attaching hole and the semicircular inner surfaces, a swinging piece projects into the opening, an attaching member contact projection is provided on one side of the swinging piece, and a squeezing rib projects from the other side. | 08-07-2014 |
20140216594 | WIRE STRAIGHTENING APPARATUS - A wire straightening apparatus that straightens kinks of a wire that is fed along a wire feeding path includes one or a plurality of straightening mechanisms. Each straightening mechanism includes a plurality of first straightening rollers and one or a plurality of second straightening rollers. Each roller has a groove along its outer periphery, the groove gradually deepening toward a bottom portion. The bottom portion of the groove of each first straightening roller is spaced from the wire feeding path in a first direction, and the bottom portion of the groove of each second straightening roller is spaced from the wire feeding path in a second direction opposite to the first direction. With this structure, the wire can be made to follow a path that meanders as viewed from a direction perpendicular to axes of the straightening rollers. | 08-07-2014 |
20140214233 | IN-VEHICLE ECU - An in-vehicle ECU is provided that minimizes electric power consumption while an internal microcomputer does not need to operate. Furthermore, a power supply IC stops supplying an operation power from a power supply output unit in a pre-OFF mode, and restarts the supply of the operation power to the microcomputer when an OR gate output signal is “H”. A CPU of the microcomputer, if, at the time of the restart of the operation power after the pre-OFF mode was set, a predetermined time has elapsed since the pre-OFF mode was set, without any change in an activation factor, which is to serve as a factor for activating the microcomputer, based on whether or not there is a temporal change in external input information, outputs a power supply control signal of “H” in order to execute a power supply stop operation for stopping supplying electric power to ECUs subjected to power supply control. | 07-31-2014 |
20140206222 | LEVER-TYPE CONNECTOR - A lever-type connector is configured so that a lock piece ( | 07-24-2014 |
20140199894 | CONNECTING APPARATUS FOR POWER CABLE - The cables are configured to supply electric power from an inverter to a motor. The cables include a connector and plural terminals fixed to the connector. A housing of the connector includes a first rib, provided between the adjacent terminals, connecting mutually facing surfaces of the housing. The terminal block is attached to an enclosure of the inverter or motor. The terminal block includes plural retaining walls, each of which encloses and retains a nut. The terminal block includes a second rib connecting adjacent retaining walls. One of the first and second ribs includes a recess. The connector is connected to the terminal block when each of the terminals is fastened to the terminal block with a bolt and the nut. The other of the first and second ribs is disposed in the recess and the ribs intersect when the connector is connected to the terminal block. | 07-17-2014 |
20140199868 | CONNECTOR - A connector ( | 07-17-2014 |
20140198470 | PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD STACK - Provided is a printed circuit board stack having a structure that connects between printed wirings of printed circuit boards that are arranged so as to face each other across a gap. A first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board are arranged so as to face each other across a gap; a first fork terminal soldered to a printed wiring is vertically provided on the first printed circuit board, whereas a second fork terminal soldered to a printed wiring is vertically provided on the second printed circuit board. The printed wiring of the first printed circuit board and the printed wiring of the second printed circuit board are electrically connected to each other via a conductive member with a pair of connection portions that each are pressure-contacted between pressure contact blades of a respective one of the first fork terminal and the second fork terminal. | 07-17-2014 |
20140198467 | ELECTRICAL JUNCTION BOX - An electrical junction box is provided in which a printed circuit board is accommodated in a case so as to configure an internal circuit, the electrical junction box achieving downsizing/densification with high space efficiency and simplified routing of electric cables of connectors. As the internal circuit, a printed circuit board stack is used in which a first printed circuit board and a second printed circuit board are arranged so as to face each other. A power supply input connector that is to be mounted to a front wall-side connector mounting portion provided on a front wall of a case is connectable to the first printed circuit board, whereas an output connector that is to be mounted to a rear wall-side connector mounting portion provided on a rear wall of the case is connectable to the second printed circuit board. | 07-17-2014 |
20140196931 | GROMMET - A grommet includes a resin inner assembled to a grommet main body composed of a rubber or elastomer, a seal lip provided in the grommet main body to press against an outer surface of a body panel, and an engagement tab provided in the resin inner to engage with a periphery of a through-hole in the body panel. A base portion of the seal lip projects from a resin inner holder of the grommet main body: An inclined portion projects outward from the base portion. The inclined portion has a seal projection. A plurality of deformation prevention ribs are provided in a circumferential direction with intervals therebetween to connect the front end side of the inclined portion and the resin inner holder. | 07-17-2014 |
20140196929 | CORRUGATED TUBE PROVIDED WITH PASSAGE MAINTENANCE MEMBER, AND WIRE HARNESS - A passage restricting member is attached to a corrugated tube. This corrugated tube includes a corrugated tube, a passage maintenance member, and an attachment member. The passage maintenance member is die-molded so as to maintain a shape in which at least a portion is curved in the longitudinal direction, and the transverse cross-section is arc shaped. The passage maintenance member has an opening penetrating to the internal peripheral side and the external peripheral side. The attachment member has an internal peripheral engaging part engaging with an internal peripheral portion of a slit in the corrugated tube, an external peripheral engaging part engaging with an external peripheral portion of the opening in the passage maintenance member, and a connecting part for connecting the internal peripheral engaging part and the external peripheral engaging part while disposed in the slit and the opening. | 07-17-2014 |
20140191571 | POWER SUPPLY CONTROL APPARATUS - A power supply control apparatus has a voltage detection unit that detects output voltage of a battery or alternator; a condition acquisition unit that acquires an engine condition; a voltage transformation unit that raises or lowers output voltage; a switching unit that switches power supply to in-vehicle devices to either of the output voltage and a voltage transformed by the voltage transformation unit; and a control unit that outputs instruction to the switching unit based on the output voltage value and the engine condition. The switching unit switches the power supply destination between a first in-vehicle device group to which a voltage higher than V1 is to be supplied and a second different in-vehicle device group and the control unit outputs instruction to lower or raise the voltage to the voltage transformation unit, and outputs instruction to switch between the first and second in-vehicle device groups to the switching unit. | 07-10-2014 |
20140190744 | TERMINAL WATERPROOFING STRUCTURE OF WIRE HARNESS - A terminal waterproofing structure for a wire harness is provided, including a front end side of a tubular braided shielding member covering the wire harness overlaid on a tubular part of a shield shell, and fixed by crimping with a first crimp ring, and a tubular grommet made from an elastic member externally fitted to the tubular part of the shield shell that projects beyond a front end of the tubular braided shielding member while covering the section of the tubular braided shielding member that is fixed. The front end abuts on a flange part and the outer periphery of the grommet on the front end side is fixed by crimping with a second crimp ring. An annular sealing rib protrudes from the inner periphery of the grommet and a recess into which the annular sealing rib is press-fit is provided on the outer periphery. | 07-10-2014 |
20140190742 | WIRE HARNESS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING WIRE HARNESS - An objective is to achieve a configuration for mounting a wire harness in a vehicle to protect the wire harness and regulate a path in a simpler manner with fewer components. A wire harness has a wire harness main body including at least one wire, and a protection member protecting the wire harness main body. The protection member includes an inner peripheral protection portion formed by hot-pressing a nonwoven member in a state of covering at least a portion of the wire harness main body and an outer peripheral protection portion formed by hot-pressing a nonwoven member in a state of covering at least a portion of the inner peripheral protection portion in an extending direction. | 07-10-2014 |
20140187106 | MAGNETIC SENSOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TERMINAL - A magnetic sensor, in which ends of an output side of two terminals can be arranged at a desired position regardless of a position of a magnetoelectric converter and which can easily be manufactured at a reduced cost, and a method of manufacturing two terminals used for the magnetic sensor. From two terminals aligned in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction, a magnetic sensor outputs an electric signal converted by a magnetoelectric converter. Two terminals are provided with bent portions. A ridge line of each of the bent portions of one terminal is positioned on an extended line of a respective one of the ridge lines of the bent portions of the other terminal. In the terminals, a direction in which some ends are aligned is different from a direction in which other ends are aligned. | 07-03-2014 |
20140187081 | JOINT CONNECTOR - A joint connector ( | 07-03-2014 |
20140184158 | VEHICLE CHARGING DEVICE - A vehicle charging device configured such that both connectors | 07-03-2014 |
20140176291 | CHOKE COIL - A choke coil of the present invention employs a dust core as a material for each core, and includes an outer core having a quadrangular frame shape, a bobbin on which a coil is wound and which is mounted in the frame of the outer core, and an inner core which serves as a magnetic core of the bobbin and which has a core-rod-like shape having a central axis parallel to the winding axial direction of the coil. The inner core is interposed between two flat surfaces facing each other in the inner face of the outer core such that the central axis extends in a direction orthogonal to the two flat surfaces. | 06-26-2014 |
20140166825 | CLAMP - A clamp has a function of attaching a pipe harness in which electric wires are inserted into a metal pipe to a vehicle body, and a function of externally fitting and fixing a grommet to the pipe harness. A first portion and a second portion having a pair of semicircular inner surfaces are coupled with a thin-walled hinge, the clamp being provided with a locking portion and a locked portion that can be locked to each other on free end sides, a vehicle body fixing portion being provided on either the first portion or the second portion, and grommet fixing projections extending in the circumferential direction being provided on the semicircular inner surfaces of the first portion and the second portion, and a cylindrical portion of the grommet that is externally fitted to the pipe harness is covered with the first portion and the second portion. | 06-19-2014 |
20140166358 | WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness includes a wire harness main body having at least one electric wire and a protective member formed by formed by hot pressing a non-woven member in a state where the non-woven member covers at least a portion of the wire harness main body. The protective member includes a first compressed portion extending along a longitudinal direction of the wire harness main body and being hot pressed to a first degree of compression, and a second compressed portion extending along the longitudinal direction of the wire harness main body, projecting further than the first compressed portion, and being hot pressed to a second degree of compression lower than the first degree of compression. | 06-19-2014 |
20140160819 | REACTOR, CONVERTER, AND POWER CONVERTER APPARATUS | 06-12-2014 |
20140158396 | BUS BAR COVER, AND BUS BAR WITH COVER - An insulating bus bar cover is attachable to a bus bar between cell groups, both ends of the bus bar being respectively fixable to electrode terminals having opposite polarities in order to electrically connect the electrode terminals. The bus bar cover includes a main body portion for covering the bus bar while exposing both ends of the bus bar, hinge portions that are provided at ends of the main body portion, and lid portions that are attached via the hinge portions to the main body portion, and are pivotable by the hinge portions so as to cover or expose the ends. | 06-12-2014 |
20140154971 | COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, RELAY DEVICE, AND COMMUNICATION METHOD - A communication system, a relay device, and a communication method are provided in a configuration where multiple communication devices are divided into multiple groups, a relay device is provided for each group, and the relay device relays data exchanges between groups. The data that is exchanged between a second relay device and an external wireless communication device is stored such that it is distributed among multiple databases of first relay units. Data received from the external communication device is stored in an individual region in the database of the first relay device and a data storage destination table in the second relay device is encrypted. If the first relay device stores data received from an ECU in the database, the second relay device is notified, and the second relay device updates the data storage destination table according to the notification. | 06-05-2014 |
20140154551 | COVER FOR BATTERY WIRING MODULE, AND BATTERY WIRING MODULE - A cover is provided, and a battery wiring module is provided with the cover. The cover can cover a resin protector of the battery wiring module, and the battery wiring module includes: a bus bar that electrically connects positive and negative electrode terminals of a cell group formed by arranging in a row a plurality of cells having the electrode terminals; and the resin protector that holds the bus bar. The resin protector can be deformed or moved in accordance with a variation of a pitch between the electrode terminals. The cover for the battery wiring module includes a dislocation compensating portion that compensates a dislocation of the resin protector resulting from deformation or movement thereof. | 06-05-2014 |
20140148045 | DEVICE CONNECTOR - A device connector that is to be connected to a device includes male terminals ( | 05-29-2014 |
20140148034 | DEVICE CONNECTOR AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING IT - A device connector is to be connected to a device and includes male terminals ( | 05-29-2014 |
20140144698 | WIRE HARNESS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WIRE HARNESS - A wire harness includes a wire harness main body and a protective member. The wire harness main body includes a trunk line and a branch line branching from the trunk line. In a state where a non-woven member covers the trunk line and a base end of the branch line, the protective member is formed by hot pressing a portion of the non-woven member covering at least the trunk line. A portion of the protective member covering the base end of the branch line is formed to be more pliable than a portion covering the trunk line. | 05-29-2014 |
20140140763 | CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - In a connector ( | 05-22-2014 |
20140140103 | SWITCHING POWER SUPPLY - A switching power supply is provided including a transformer that transforms an AC voltage converted by a bridge circuit, and outputs the transformed voltage from a center tap between secondary coils, and two second switches that respectively cause both ends of the secondary coils to be brought in contact with and be separated from a fixed electrical potential. By the second switches being switched on/off, the switching power supply outputs the rectified DC voltage from the center tap. The switching power supply further includes two diodes connected to the both ends of the secondary coils, and cause the currents to flow from the both ends, a capacitor that stores the currents caused to flow, and a third switch that is connected between the capacitor and the center tap, in which, by the third switch being turned on, the capacitor is discharged to the smoothing circuit. | 05-22-2014 |
20140134897 | TERMINAL BLOCk - A terminal block ( | 05-15-2014 |
20140134894 | CELL WIRING MODULE - A cell wiring module includes: a plurality of coupling units that hold a plurality of connection members for electrically connecting electrode terminals of adjacent single cells; an opening end section positioned on one side of each coupling unit, and has a first engagement hole formed therein; a latching end section positioned on the other side of each coupling unit, and has a latching unit inserted into the first engagement hole of a coupling unit adjacent in the coupling direction, and latches onto the hole edge section of the first engagement hole; and a fluctuating movement restricting piece arranged at one of the opening end section and the latching end section, wherein the fluctuating movement restricting piece is inserted into a second engagement hole provided at the other of the opening end section and the latching end section of an adjacent coupling unit, and restricts fluctuating movements. | 05-15-2014 |
20140134891 | TERMINAL BLOCK - A terminal block ( | 05-15-2014 |
20140134884 | BATTERY WIRING MODULE - A battery wiring module, which is to be attached to a plurality of electric cells each including a positive terminal and a negative terminal, includes a bus bar that is made of metal and has a pair of terminal through holes to be connected respectively to the positive terminal of one electric cell and the negative terminal of another electric cell, a bus bar case that is made of fire-resistant synthetic resin and in which the bus bar is accommodated, and a case holder that is made of general synthetic resin and by which the bus bar case is held. | 05-15-2014 |
20140134867 | CONNECTOR - A connector includes: (i) a lock arm that extends rearwardly in a cantilevered shape from a housing main body, and (ii) a detecting member arranged to be movable forward from an initial position to a detecting position. The detecting member includes (i) an elastic arm portion extending in a cantilever shape diagonally upward and forward; (ii) an abutting portion at an extended end portion of the elastic arm portion and restricting movement of the detecting member from the initial position to the detecting position; (iii) a pair of walls, one at the left and one at the right, raised from the top surface of the housing main body; (iv) a bridge portion connecting top ends of the walls; and (v) an excessive bending restriction portion restricting excessive bending of the lock arm upward by covering the top surface of the lock arm with the bridge portion. | 05-15-2014 |
20140134862 | LEVER-TYPE CONNECTOR | 05-15-2014 |
20140134861 | LEVER TYPE CONNECTOR - A lever type connector includes: a first housing; a lever that is rotatably fixed to the first housing; a cam groove formed in the lever; and a second housing having a cam follower. The first housing and the second housing are fitted together by rotating the lever | 05-15-2014 |
20140131170 | ASSEMBLY WORK CONVEYOR DEVICE - An assembly work conveyor device has a work dolly and a movement driver. The work dolly includes a moving dolly including a plurality of moving portions movable on a movement surface and being movable along an elliptical movement path, and a work board mounted on the moving dolly in a state of extending further to an inner peripheral side of the elliptical movement path than the plurality of moving portions. The movement driver moves the work dolly along the elliptical movement path. An auxiliary support surface is provided on the inner peripheral side of the elliptical movement path along at least a portion thereof. An auxiliary support is provided in the work dolly, the auxiliary support being brought into contact with the auxiliary support surface further on the inner peripheral side of the elliptical movement path than the plurality of moving portions and supporting a gravity of the work board. | 05-15-2014 |
20140131094 | WIRE HARNESS PRODUCTION METHOD AND WIRE HARNESS - An object is to inhibit heating of a wire as much as possible during hot-pressing of a nonwoven material around the wire. A portion of a wire harness main body is covered by a nonwoven material. The nonwoven material is placed in a mold in a state where at least an end portion of the nonwoven material projects from the mold. The nonwoven material is hot-pressed in the mold to form a protection member. Thereby, a wire harness is produced in which the nonwoven material is hot-pressed at least in a portion of the wire harness main body. | 05-15-2014 |
20140131093 | WIRE HARNESS - An attachment orientation of a fixating member is stabilized, and the fixating member is able to be attached in an accurate position in a case where a non-woven member is hot pressed around a wire harness main body to form a protective member. The wire harness includes a wire harness main body and a protective member. The protective member is formed by hot pressing a non-woven member in a state where the non-woven member covers at least a portion of the wire harness main body. A flat support surface is formed on at least a portion of an outer circumference of the protective member and at least one positioning surface is formed so as to be adjacent to the flat support surface in a direction orthogonal to an axis direction of the wire harness main body and so as to project further than the flat support surface. | 05-15-2014 |
20140130345 | ASSEMBLY WORK CONVEYOR DEVICE - To inhibit running Running over components such as an electrical wire when displacing a work table is inhibited. An assembly work conveyor device includes a plurality of work tables and a displacement support mechanism that includes a displacement driver causing the work tables to displace along an oval displacement path. The plurality of work tables are displaced along the oval displacement path in a state supported in a cantilevered manner by the displacement support mechanism and in a posture projecting toward an outer periphery of the oval displacement path. | 05-15-2014 |
20140127939 | DEVICE CONNECTOR - A device connector to be mounted and fixed to a case of a device includes a case-side connector to be fixed to the case by fitting a tool such as an impact wrench to a bolt head provided on a fixing bolt and tightening the fixing bolt into the case, a mating connector to be connected to the case-side connector and fixed to the case by tightening a connecting bolt into the case with the mating connector mounted on the case-side connector, and an access prohibiting portion provided on the mating connector and configured to prohibit the tool from being fitted to the bolt head by being arranged in proximity to the bolt head of the fixing bolt when the mating connector is mounted on the case-side connector. | 05-08-2014 |
20140127928 | CONNECTOR - A retainer-side guiding surface ( | 05-08-2014 |
20140124261 | WIRE HARNESS - A purpose is, in the case where a nonwoven member is hot pressed around a wire harness to form a protective member, to inhibit rotation of a vehicle body fixing component attached to the protective member while making a cross-sectional shape of the protective member as circular as possible. The wire harness includes a wire harness body containing at least one electric wire and a protective member formed by hot pressing a nonwoven member in a state of covering at least a portion of the wire harness body. The protective member has a protective member that is formed to have a circular cross-sectional shape and a flat surface forming part that has a flat surface formed on at least a portion of an outer periphery. | 05-08-2014 |
20140121901 | ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY CONTROL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY CONTROL DEVICE, AND ELECTRICAL POWER SUPPLY CONTROL METHOD - A power source control system, a power source controller, and a power source control method capable of switching between supply and shut-off of power for electronic devices, individually for a plurality of electronic devices connected to a network, are provided. If a power source controller shuts off a power source for the Electronic Control Unit (ECU) by outputting a control signal to a power source switch device, the power source controller cyclically transmits data in place of the ECU. The other ECU for which a power source is not shut off can receive data equivalent to the data to be cyclically transmitted by the ECU for which the power source is shut off, from the power source controller. The power source controller stores a transmission cycle, a transmission ID, and latest reception information of each control target ECU, and performs substitute transmission of data. | 05-01-2014 |