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An apparatus for lighting LEDs includes an LED group load having the LEDs, a converter to generate a voltage applied to the LED group load, a current controller to control a current of the LED group load, a voltage controller to control an output voltage provided by the converter, a time division circuit to intermittently pass a current through the LED group load, and a selector. The selector, during a period in which the time division circuit passes a current through the LED group load, selects the current controller to control a current of the LED group load and thereby control an output voltage provided by the converter, and during a period in which the time division circuit passes no current through the LED group load, selects the voltage controller to control an output voltage provided by the converter.

The invention relates to a rotary electric machine comprising a rear bearing (2), an arrangement (1) for rectifying the current produced by the machine, which comprises a number of positive diodes (8) supported by a heat dissipater in the overall form of a plate (9) and a number of negative diodes (10) supported by support means in the form of a plate advantageously forming part of the rear bearing, the plate (9) supporting the positive diodes (8) comprising a great many cooling ribs which have the shape of fins (18, 19) extending practically radially across the plate, while an opening (20) for the passage of cooling air is made between each pair of adjacent fins (18, 19), some fins (18) extending practically as far as the outer periphery of the support plate (9).

The present invention provides a hidden type split hinge. First and second curved tracks are provided on a curved seat body for respectively limiting a first and second curved blocks of first and second rotating members in a way of being relatively swung. First and second torsion units are symmetrical and adjacently provided to a first side of the curved seat body, and one end of the first and second torsion units is respectively provided with first and second pivoting holes, and the first and second pivoting holes are respectively in communication with first and second elongated opening holes, first and second tooth portions are respectively provided around peripheries of the first and second pivoting holes, and the first tooth portion is engaged with the second tooth portion, and the first and second pivoting hole are axially connected to the first and second shaft ends of a first lateral surface.

A cable or the like protection and guide device is disclosed in which inadvertent disconnection in a coupling portion of a side plate due to the repetition of flexional movements is avoided. Stress concentration is reduced in a flexion portion during restriction of flexional movements whereby excellent endurance on repeated flexion fatigue can be exhibited and in which the number of parts and the assembly operation can be reduced. Plates disposed in a right and left pair are integrally formed by a front side plate portion 111, a rear side plate portion 112, and a flexible coupling portion 113 interposed between the front side plate portion 111 and the rear side plate portion 112. The coupling portion 113 includes a thin plate-shaped central flexion allowable region 113a and base end continuous regions 113b, 113b with gradually increased plate thickness from the central flexion allowable region 113a side toward the front side plate portion 111 and rear side portion 112, respectively.

This joint structure is a steel-pipe-pile joint structure for joining a first steel-pipe pile and a second steel-pipe pile to one another in series, and equipped with an outer-engaging-end part which is the opening end of the first steel-pipe pile, and a columnar inner-engaging-end part for forming a part to be inserted into the outer-engaging-end part and located at one end of the second steel-pipe pile, wherein: the outer-engaging-end part has a plurality of outer-engaging projections for projecting from the inner-circumferential surface thereof toward the inside in the radial direction, an outer-engaging groove part formed between the outer-engaging projections, and an outer-engaging coupling groove formed at a location toward the inside in the axial direction in relation to the outer-engaging projections and the outer-engaging groove; and the inner-engaging-end part has a plurality of inner-engaging projections projecting from the outer-circumferential surface thereof toward the outside in the radial direction.

An inter-battery connection device for connecting terminals of two batteries (1a, 1b) arranged with their axes parallel to each other. The inter-battery connection device includes an inter-battery connection plate (11) that connects the battery case bottom (2) and the sealing plate (3) of the two batteries. The inter-battery connection plate (11) includes welding portions (4) at the ends of its base plate (6) for welding to the case bottom (2) and the sealing plate (3), respectively. An intermediate metal plate (7) is joined to the middle part of the base plate (6) between the welding portions (4, 4) to form an intermediate portion (5) having a greater thickness than each welding portion (4). The inter-battery connection device has reduced electric resistance while achieving improved weldability.

To provide a heat dissipation substrate for mounting an electric component, said substrate making it possible, even in the case of a circuit using a power semiconductor, etc. in which a large current flows, to achieve an improvement in heat dissipation and a reduction in wiring resistance due to high power operation. This heat dissipation substrate 100(d) for mounting an electric component is formed such that: the substrate is composed of lead frames that are formed into a wiring pattern shape from a conductor plate, and an insulating material 130 that is provided between the lead frames 110; the lead frames have at least two types of thicknesses that are different from each other, wherein a thick lead frame 110H is used for a large current signal and a thin lead frame 110L is used for a small current signal; a component disposition surface plate surface of the lead frames 110 and a component disposition surface-side plate surface of the insulating material 130 form one continuous surface; and the plate surface of the lead frames on the rear surface of the component disposition surface and the plate surface of the insulating material on the rear surface side of the component disposition surface side are formed on the same plane so as to match the plate surface on the rear surface of the component disposition surface of the thickest lead frame from among the lead frames.

In order to provide a sound-absorbing material and a sound-absorbing panel which can be produce at a low-cost and have excellent beauty or appearance and excellent sound-absorbing characteristics, the sound-absorbing material is applied which is made from a metallic plate member (2), and multiple pierced apertures of 200 [mu] m or smaller diameter are arranged along a board thickness on the plate-shaped member (2).

The present invention provides a hidden type split hinge. First and second curved tracks are provided on a curved seat body for respectively limiting a first and second curved blocks of first and second rotating members in a way of being relatively swung. First and second torsion units are symmetrical and adjacently provided to a first side of the curved seat body, and one end of the first and second torsion units is respectively provided with first and second pivoting holes, and the first and second pivoting holes are respectively in communication with first and second elongated opening holes, first and second tooth portions are respectively provided around peripheries of the first and second pivoting holes, and the first tooth portion is engaged with the second tooth portion, and the first and second pivoting hole are axially connected to the first and second shaft ends of a first lateral surface.

A steering column device includes a mount bracket including a suspended portion hanging from a fixation portion. The suspended portion includes: a first wall extending along and adjacent to the jacket guide, a second wall located on an outside of the first wall in a vehicle width direction; and a front side wall and a rear side wall connecting front ends and rear ends of the first wall and the second wall to each other. Operation of an operating lever protruding from the suspended portion tightens a clamp bolt to connect and fix the jacket to the mount bracket.

A terminal fitting includes a case (20) provided with an opening (31) into which a mating contact (91) is inserted, and an electrical contact member (60) disposed in the case (20) to face the opening (31) and configured to retreat while rotating to compress a resilient member (40) by being biased toward the opening (31) and pressed against the mating contact (91) by the resilient member (40).

A foldable mirror device for a vehicle, in which a case is mounted on a support shaft erected from a base. The case includes a ring-shaped support portion for supporting the shaft, a motor connected to a transmission for swinging the mirror, and a clutch portion for disengageably engaging with the base. The support portion can be strengthened by ribs between the support portion and other portions of the case. A worm gear of the transmission can be mounted on a motor output shaft to be freely movable therealong, and supported and constrained by supporting a bottom end of the worm gear on the case and accommodating an upper end of the worm gear in a cylindrical projection from a motor base which supports the motor. End portions of convexities and concavities at the engagement portion can be formed in a concave or convex screw shape.

An electronic substrate with heat dissipation structure includes a substrate plate and at least one heat pipe. The substrate plate includes a wiring layer, a grounding layer and an insulation layer from top to bottom. The wiring layer has at least one heat-producing element mounted thereon, and is formed with a receiving hole for the heat pipe to tightly fit therein. Heat produced by the heat-producing element and distributed over a high-temperature zone of the substrate plate surrounding the heat-producing element is absorbed by the heat pipe and then transferred to a low-temperature zone of the substrate plate distant from the heat-producing element, from where the heat is dissipated into ambient air to achieve cooling effect at upgraded heat dissipation efficiency.

A soldering iron tip having a copper or copper alloy core and a metal particle sintered member connected to the core to transfer heat therefrom to form a working soldering tip. The sintered member can be manufactured by powder metallurgy from a base material (iron, nickel and / or cobalt particles) and an additive (silicon, copper, silver, tin, boron and / or carbon particles) where needed. The sintered member can be formed as a cap which is fitted onto the working tip with a silver paste sandwiched therebetween, a brazing filler metal ring is positioned between an abutment shoulder and the cap, flux applied to the joint and the cap brazed into place. A metal, cermet or ceramic coating sprayed on the outer surface of the core, except for the (masked) working tip end, is not wettable by solder. An Ag—Al—Cu alloy coating layer in the rearwardly-disposed cavity improves heat conduction from the heater therein.

A terminal fitting (50) includes a metal case (52) having an opening (52A) through which a mating contact point (31) is inserted, a coil spring (16) accommodated in the metal case (52), and an electrical contact (53) biased toward the opening (52A) by the coil spring (16) and configured to move while compressing the coil spring (16) by being pressed by the mating contact point (31). The metal case (52) includes a first guide (parts at both front and rear sides of an opening (57) in a front wall (55) of the metal case (52)) configured to guide the electrical contact (53) to a position shifted from a position before a movement in a direction orthogonal to an inserting direction of the mating contact point (31) by sliding in contact with the electrical contact (53) when the electrical contact (53) moves by being pressed by the mating contact point (31).

A metal laminate gasket includes a plurality of metal plates including a first metal plate having a first hole to be sealed and a bead around the first hole, and a second metal plate laminated under the first metal plate and having a second hole corresponding to the first hole. Concavities and convexities are formed at the second metal plate concentrically around the second hole for increasing an apparent plate thickness of the second metal plate. The concavities and convexities are provided continuously at a position corresponding to the foot portion or the top portion of the bead of the first metal plate. The concavities and convexities have a height and width smaller than those of the bead, and have a deformation characteristic due to a surface pressure when compressed, smaller than that of the bead.