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A light-emitting device (1) is composed by integrating light-emitting diodes (2R, 2G, 2B) and a drive IC (3) for driving these light-emitting diodes (2R, 2G, 2B). The light-emitting device (1) is characterized in that the drive IC (3) has a built-in circuit for controlling the current value of each light-emitting diode (2) or the current proportions of the light-emitting diodes at constant values. The adjustment of the intensities of the light beams emitted from the light-emitting diodes can be simplified, and no outside circuits for adjustment are needed. The structure is excellent in assemblability. When a desired emission color is produced by mixing the emission colors, the adjustment for the mixing is easy, and a structure suited for enhancing the color rendering properties when a while light is emitted is provided.

A waterproof structure with a simple structure and a good assemble workability is provided. A recess portion is formed on a side of an inner casing, and a through hole is formed at the bottom of the recess portion. The through hole runs to a housing recess portion, and a dome switch opposes to the through hole in the inner casing. A protrusion of a cup member is inserted into the through hole from the outside of the inner casing. A protrusive portion protruding from the bottom surface of a push button is inserted into the opening of the cup member. A rubber sheet which couples the push button is sandwiched between the inner casing and a top cover and a back cover.

An electronic control device has an enclosure accommodating therein a circuit board and having (a) a first enclosure member which is provided at a connecting part thereof with a seal groove and (b) a second enclosure member which is provided at a connecting part thereof with a convex line that is fitted into the seal groove of the first enclosure member; a protrusion formed on either one of an inner wall surface in the seal groove or an opposing surface, which faces the inner wall surface of the seal groove, of the convex line so as to protrude toward the other surface. The protrusion limits a movement, in a seal groove width direction, of the convex line fitted into the seal groove. The seal groove and the convex line are sealed with a sealant.

A power module includes a heat radiating member, a power circuit section, a resin layer, and a case. The heat radiating member includes a circuit disposition surface. The power circuit section includes an external connection terminal and is disposed on the circuit disposition surface. The resin layer covers a part of the external connection terminal. The case is attached to the heat radiating member. The external connection terminal stands up from the heat radiating member. The case includes a hood, which has an opening at one end portion thereof. The external connection terminal is inserted into the hood. The resin layer prevents liquid from entering through the hood.

A spread illuminating apparatus includes: a light conductor plate; at least one LED disposed at a side surface of the light conductor plate; an FPC including a substrate and first and second conductive patterns formed respectively at the front ad rear surfaces of the substrate; and a heat radiating plate to hold the FPC. The LED is mounted on electrode pads formed at the first conductive pattern of the FPC, and all the side faces of the LED are covered with an individual thermal conductor enclosure which is connected to the second conductive pattern via an opening formed at the substrate of the FPC. Thus, a heat radiation system is established from the side faces of the LED through to the heat radiating plate which is affixed to the rear surface of the FPC.

A display is provided that can prevent uplift of a flexible printed circuit board due to flexure deformation of the flexible printed circuit board. The display includes: a display panel; a frame that houses the display panel; a backlight source that is disposed on the backside of the display panel; and a first flexible printed circuit board for backlight that is electrically connected to the backlight source, and extends from the inside of the frame to the outside of the frame. The frame has an uplift preventing member that prevents uplift of the first flexible printed circuit board.

A support member (40) is provided on a cylindrical member (23) of an upstream cylinder (22). A connector portion (34C) of a first temperature detector (34) for detecting the temperature of exhaust gas flowing into an oxidation catalyst (25), a connector portion (35C) of a second temperature detector (35) for detecting the temperature of the exhaust gas flowing into a particulate matter removing filter (31), and a sensor portion (39A) of a pressure detector (39) for detecting the front and rear pressures of the particulate matter removing filter (31) are arranged to be mounted on this support member (40). Accordingly, the support member (40) is capable of supporting the connector portions (34C, 35C) of the temperature detectors (34, 35) and the sensor portion (39A) of the pressure detector (39) in one location in a concentrated manner, so that harnesses on a controller side can be easily connected thereto.

A light-emitting diode 10A has a light-emitting element 11a fixed to a leadframe 30 with a conductive adhesive material 20, the light-emitting element 11a having a semiconductor layer 9 including a light-emitting layer 16 laid on a first surface 12a of a translucent substrate 12, a second surface 12b thereof facing away from the first surface 12a being used as a light emission observation surface. A side surface of the semiconductor layer 9 is an inclined surface inclined relative to the first surface 12a, and an angle θ between a normal “a” to the inclined surface and a crystal surface on which the light-emitting layer 16 grows is equal to an angle at which light emitted by the light-emitting layer 16 is totally reflected toward the translucent substrate 12.

A trigger type fluid dispenser (100) according to the invention includes a body (110) having a discharge flow path (111) and a cylinder (112) disposed in parallel with the discharge flow path (111), and a piston (140) in the cylinder (113) is caused to slide by a trigger (130). The trigger (130) is configured so that a hook portion (131) thereof is held to be swingable by the body (110), a turned-down portion (131) of an extension portion, which is an elastic portion (132) integrally extending from a swinging portion (114) of the hook portion (131), is held with respect to the body (110), and a tip end (132e) of the extension portion is positioned to be capable of coming into contact with the hook portion (131). The body (110) is configured so that a cover (120a) is installed to form an internal space (R) between the cover (120) and the discharge flow path (111), and a core element (150) is inserted in the discharge flow path (111) and the internal space (R). The core element (150) is integrally provided with a tongue-shaped element (153), serving as a discharge valve, near a discharge port (111a) of the discharge flow path (111), and also integrally provided with a tongue-shaped element (154), serving as a suction valve, in the internal space (R).

A lens barrel includes a non-rotatable annular ring and a circumferential guide groove; a first rotatable ring supported inside the annular ring and including a rotation-guiding projection slidably engaged in the circumferential guide groove; a second rotatable ring which rotates with the first rotatable ring and is only axially movable relative to the first ring, including an engaging projection slidably engaged in the circumferential guide groove with the rotation-guiding projection, wherein the engaging projection is insertable/removable from the circumferential guide groove through the insertable/removable aperture at a first assembling/disassembling angular position; and a coupling ring which is positioned inside the first and second rotatable rings. A coupler provided between the coupling ring and the second rotatable ring is disengaged at a second assembling/disassembling angular position. The first and second assembling/disassembling angular positions are substantially the same.

The present disclosure provides a vehicle lower portion structure including: a case main body portion, disposed at a vehicle lower side of a vehicle cabin floor and including a bottom wall and peripheral walls that extend toward a vehicle upper side from a peripheral edge portion of the bottom wall, and accommodating a battery at an interior thereof; a front portion extending portion formed integrally with the case main body portion at a vehicle front side of the case main body portion, at the peripheral wall that is at a vehicle front side of the case main body portion; and an impact absorbing portion, extending in a vehicle longitudinal direction and deforming due to input of collision load from a vehicle front side, a rear end portion of the impact absorbing portion being connected to a vehicle front side region of the front portion extending portion.

A railcar primary suspension is configured to couple an axle box to a truck frame by a coupling mechanism. The coupling mechanism includes: a radius arm including a tubular part which has openings at both sides thereof; a shaft inserted into the tubular part and provided with projecting portions formed at both side surfaces of the shaft; a pair of receiving seats including fitting grooves in which the respective projecting portions are fitted; cover members configured to support the respective projecting portions; and fastening members configured to fix the cover members to the respective receiving seats. A portion of each fitting groove and a portion of the corresponding projecting portion, the portions contacting each other, respectively have arc surfaces, and a portion of each projecting portion and a portion of the corresponding cover member, the portions contacting each other, respectively have flat surfaces.

A reciprocal linear driving unit and a rolling driving unit are adjacently provided on a common single shaft in axial direction thereof, so that the reciprocal linear driving in the axial direction and the rolling driving around the axis are performed by the single shaft, simultaneously. Permanent magnets constituting the reciprocal linear driving unit and the rolling driving unit are respectively provided on moving object side instead of stator, in other words, they are provided around the axis of the shaft, thereby respective permanent magnets can be miniaturized and light-weighted. Following to this, miniaturization, light-weighting and cost reduction of an actuator and a power toothbrush using the same can be realized.

Disclosed is a secondary battery, which includes: an electrode assembly; a can receiving the electrode assembly; and an insulation case provided at an upper part of the electrode assembly inside the can, where a stepped part thinner than the can is formed on an inner surface of an upper part of the can. The insulation case can be inserted to the stepped part and the cap plate can be seated on a second stepped part formed at the upper part of the stepped part. The insulation case and cap plate are stably assembled to the can, thereby improving reliability of the process to weld the cap plate to the upper part of the can.

The invention provides a fishing reel having a light-weight, compact and easy-to-assemble magnetic seal mechanism which allows greater freedom in material selection of the rotating member. A fishing reel according to one embodiment comprises a rotating body rotatably supported via a ball bearing and a magnetic seal mechanism for sealing the ball bearing. The magnetic seal mechanism comprises a magnet disposed in parallel with either a magnetic inner or outer ring of the ball bearing, and magnetic fluid disposed between the magnet and said inner or outer ring, magnetic fluid being retained by a magnetic circuit formed therebetween to seal space defined between the magnet and said inner or outer ring. The present invention further includes a receiver for receiving scattered portions of the magnetic fluid, wherein the receiver is disposed along a direction to which the magnetic fluid may fly off due to a centrifugal force within a range where a magnetic force of the magnet can act.

There is provided a switching transformer which enables material costs to be reduced while the performance to be improved, permitting cost and size reductions, and which is suitable for mass production by ensuring good assemblability. Instead of using a conventional coil bobbin having a winding drum part, a center-leg-having core 3 having the shape of a substantially inverted T is integrated with a terminal block 1 having a substantially flat upper surface and terminals implanted in a lower surface. An electric wire 6a is wound around the outer circumference of a center-leg core 3b protruding from the upper surface 1a of the terminal block 1, thereby a coil 6 is mounted. A C-type core 4 is built into this assembly to form a switching transformer.

In the head rest apparatus, a core member is separately formed from a metal plate and a metal stay, wherein a fixing member is integrally formed on a first divided body of the core member and the fixing member mechanically engages the flat plate portion of the metal plate with the first divided body and fixes the flat plate portion to the first divided body. The flat plate position is tightly fixed to the first divided body. Since the stress can be absorbed only by the first divided body, generation of abnormal noise can be prevented without using any damper member and in addition, rattling in operation can be prevented as well.

A wheel bearing apparatus with an incorporated wheel speed detecting apparatus has an outer member with double row outer raceway surfaces formed on its inner circumferential surface. An inner member includes a wheel hub with an integrally formed wheel mounting flange at one end. A cylindrical portion axially extends from the wheel mounting flange. An inner ring is fit onto the cylindrical portion of the wheel hub. Double row inner raceway surfaces, opposite to the double row outer raceway surfaces, are formed on the outer circumferential surfaces of the wheel hub and inner ring, respectively. Double row rolling elements are arranged between the outer and inner raceway surfaces. An encoder is mounted on the outer circumferential surface of the inner ring. An annular sensor holder is arranged on the end of the outer member opposite to the encoder. A wheel rotation speed detecting sensor is integrally molded with the sensor holder and arranged opposite to the encoder, via a predetermined radial gap. The encoder has an annular ring configuration with its characteristics alternately and equidistantly varying along its circumferential direction. A seal is arranged at the inboard side of the encoder via the sensor holder. The seal includes a first annular sealing plate and a second annular sealing plate. The first and second annular plates are mounted on the sensor holder and the inner ring, respectively, and opposite toward each other.

A wire harness includes a plurality of outer cover materials covering a plurality of outer coverage zones spaced in a lengthwise direction of a main line portion of a wire bundle, the plurality of outer cover materials being formed into a plate shape from their respective nonwoven material and being a plurality of plate-shaped bodies having a plate width in the lengthwise direction of the main line portion and a plate length greater than the plate width in a radial direction of the main line portion.