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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.

In a reciprocal linear driving actuator used as a drive source of a power toothbrush, two permanent magnets are formed substantially disc shape or substantially tubular shape, and fitted to and fixed on a shaft directly or via a spacer with a predetermined distance in axial direction of the shaft, so that a moving object is constituted by the shaft and the permanent magnets. On the other hand, a tubular shaped stator, which is constituted by a coil wound around a bobbin and stationary yokes and so on, is provided to face side faces of the permanent magnets of the moving object via a predetermined clearance so that a center axis thereof becomes coaxial with the center axis of the shaft. By supplying alternating current to the coil, the moving object is driven reciprocally and linearly in the axial direction of the shaft.

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 seat position detection unit which has a movable member, a stationary member, an attaching member, a position sensor, and a detecting object.In this seat position detection unit, the movable member is attached to a bottom of a seat and is put together with the stationary member so that the movable member is allowed to slide along the stationary member. The position sensor and the detecting object to be detected by the position sensor are provided to the stationary member and the movable member, separately. Here, the stationary member is attached to a floor through the attaching member.One of the position sensor and the detecting object that is attached to the stationary member and the mounting member are provided as a single piece.

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.

Provide is a wire harness which does not increase in size with increase in number of electronic devices controlled by an electronic control unit and can standardize a relay connector, and an electronic device control system including such wire harness. A wire harness structure (2) communicatably-connects electronic devices (3) mounted on a vehicle to an electronic control unit (4) controlling the electronic devices, and includes a relay connector (6, 6A, 6B) relaying a control signal from the electronic control unit to the electronic devices, a power wire (81) and a ground wire (82) drawn out from the relay connector, power supply units connected to the power wire and the ground wire, and sets of signal wires (83a, 83b, 83c) transmitting the control signal to each power supply unit arranged to supply power to the electronic device and drive the electronic device according to the control signal from the signal wire.

A brushless motor according to the present invention is provided with: a tubular stator case; a stator core; and a rotor. The stator core includes a tubular yoke portion and a plurality of split cores. A plurality of dovetail grooves are formed in an inner peripheral surface of the yoke portion; each split core has a coil bobbin which has a mounting hole so as to penetrate in a radial direction, and a split teeth which is mounted into the mounting hole of the coil bobbin. The coil bobbin has a winding portion, and flange portions, and a clearance portion into which a winding starting end of the coil is strayed from the winding portion is formed on the inside of the one of the flange portions by reducing the thickness of the flange portion such that.

Rigidity of a frame of a working vehicle is improved by a simple structure and production costs are reduced by reducing the number of parts of a working vehicle. Pipes 66 are provided on both left and right sides at the center in the front-rear direction of a side frame 62, and each pipe 66 has a rectangular cross-section and penetrates an intermediate partition in the front-rear direction from a mast section 64 up to a transmission section. Tie-down holes are formed in a front face plate 61 to which the front end of a frame 9 is connected, and a plate 64b connected to a side frame 62 is provided at the bottom surface of each mast section 64 protruding outward from the side frame 62. Tanks installed on the working vehicle are suspended from the plate bodies 64b, and a lift arm installation boss provided at each mast section 64 is supported at both ends. A U-shaped reinforcement member 81 connects the upper surface of mast partition plate of a mast section 64 and left and right bosses.

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.

An electric power steering system in which assembling workability can be enhanced by reducing to a minimum required ground processing of each portion requiring grounding. The electric power steering system comprises a steering column (3) incorporating a steering shaft (2) to which steering torque is transmitted, and an electric motor (5) for transmitting a steering auxiliary power to the steering shaft (2) through the reduction mechanism in a reduction gear box (4), wherein a control unit (19) including substrates (23, 25) mounting a control circuit performing drive control on the electric motor is attached to the reduction gear box (4), the joint of the electric motor (5) is electrically connected with the control unit (19) directly, and connection of the reduction gear box (4) and the control unit (19) to the ground is made through a ground connection wire (29) arranged between the control unit (19) and a power supply section (30).

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.

A leaf spring bracket is fixed to an outer surface of a vertical wall of a side member in a vehicle transverse direction by use of rivets penetrating the vertical wall. A gusset which couples an end of a cross member in the vehicle transverse direction with the side member has a vertical plate and upper and lower horizontal plates. The vertical plate is fixed to the vertical wall of the side member. The upper and lower horizontal plates extend inward in the vehicle transverse direction from upper and lower ends of the vertical plate, respectively, and are fixed to upper and lower walls of the cross member, respectively. The vertical plate has ribs protruding inward in the vehicle transverse direction. The ribs form and define recessed parts in an outer surface of the vertical plate in the vehicle transverse direction. Parts of the rivets, which project from an inner surface of the vertical wall in the vehicle transverse direction, are housed in the recessed parts. Thus, the vertical plate is fixed in a state of coming into surface contact with the inner surface of the vertical wall in the vehicle transverse direction.

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 door handle device for vehicles is capable of preventing falling of the screw locking member and the screw and improving the assembling workability. In the door handle device (1) for vehicles including a handle base (3) to be fixed to a door panel (5) by screwing, the handle base (3) has a through hole (18) for inserting a screw (6) thereinto, and a screw locking member (14) into which a fore end of the screw (6) inserted into the through hole (18) is to be screwed, the screw locking member (14) being formed integrally with the handle base (3) so that the screw locking member (14) can be moved to a position corresponding to the through hole (18).