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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5901434 | Terminal inserting guide assembly A terminal inserting guide assembly includes a pair of guide hooks for guiding a terminal into a connector housing. A first upper guiding surface is formed at an upper end of a cut-out portion inside a first one of the pair of guide hooks. A terminal side... | 05/11/1999 |
| 5647764 | Holder-containing connector A holder-containing type connector according to the present invention is composed in such a manner that it comprises a connector housing having a resilient locking lance for locking a terminal inserted therein, and a holder having a deflection prohibiting... | 07/15/1997 |
| 4871990 | Cartridge fuse To provide a novel cartridge fuse which can prevent the melted fuse member ends from being shorted together after the fuse member has been blown out and to firmly hold terminal members connected by a fuse member within a housing, the cartridge fuse compri... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4870861 | Liquid level indicator To assemble liquid level indicator having an indicator frame, a contact holder, a resistor, a contact and a float in an automatic assembly system, the contact holder is formed into a crank shape having a first arm for holding the contact and a second arm ... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4871325 | Connector To allow a worker to check whether two first and second matable connector housings are securely engaged with each other and further to firmly lock the two connector housings, the first connector housing is provided with a pivotal locking member pivoted wh... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4869670 | Wire harness arrangement for automotive vehicle Wire harnesses for connecting a number of electric devices mounted on an automotive vehicle are arranged on flat resin frame covers fixed to vehicle frames or directly on resin vehicle frames or most preferably on a resin vehicle body, in order to facilit... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4868508 | Trouble detecting circuit for resistive sensor type indicator In a resistive-sensor type indicator having a resistive sensor whose resistance changes according to a quantity to be measured and an indicator for indicating a sensor output voltage developed across the resistive sensor, when the resistive sensor is open... | 09/19/1989 |
| 4858080 | Headlight moving apparatus for automotive vehicle The headlight moving apparatus comprises a yaw rate sensor, a headlight position sensor, a vehicle speed sensor, a CPU, and a headlight actuator. The CPU calculates an appropriate headlight turning position on the basis of these three sensor signals. Sinc... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4855119 | Method of manufacturing silicon carbide whisker A method for manufacturing a silicon carbide whisker comprising heating a reaction zone to a temperature in the range of 1,000° C. to 1,200°; supplying a reducing or inactive gas and a sulfur-containing organic siloxane compound; thermally decomposing i... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4850890 | Multipolar connector A multipolar connector comprises male and female terminals disposed in recessed and projected housings and electrically connected to each other by fitting the recessed and projected housings to each other; guide rails disposed in one of the recessed and p... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4850884 | Controller-including wiring apparatus for automotive vehicle To decrease the number of connectors and increase the connection reliability in a controller-including wiring apparatus for an automotive vehicle, the apparatus comprises (a) a junction block having at least one bus bar circuit board on which harness bran... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4837282 | Polyolefin rubber composition A polyolefin rubber composition consisting essentially of 100 parts by weight of a polyolefin rubber polymer, 10 to 100 parts by weight of a mono-olefin monomer, 1 to 20 parts by weight of a polyolefin polyfunctional monomer, and 0.1 to 15 parts by weight... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4836023 | Vibrational angular rate sensor To increase the quality factor Q of the vibrational angular rate sensor and therefore the sensitivity of the sensor, stabilize the sensor performance, facilitate wiring work, and minimize the sensor, a square pillar shaped vibrator, four vibrator node sup... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4837551 | Display apparatus for automotive vehicle In a display apparatus for an automotive vehicle including a projector disposed at the ceiling of the automotive vehicle to project display images and a half mirror for reflecting projected display images to the driver, an angular position of the half mir... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4832629 | Crimp-style terminal A crimp-style terminal fixed to an electrical connection such as a bar of an electrical source together with the other terminal piled thereon with a screw includes first rotation preventing member for preventing a rotation of the crimp-style terminal abou... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4831366 | Head up display apparatus for automotive vehicle In a head up display apparatus for an automotive vehicle including a projector unit disposed at the ceiling of the automotive vehicle to project display images and a half-mirror reflector unit for reflecting the projected display images to the driver, the... | 05/16/1989 |
| 4825695 | Liquid level indicator In a liquid level indicator, a liquid level sensor (e.g. thermistor) is attached to a lower end of a sensor shaft fixed to an indicator frame. In the conventional way, the sensor shaft is directly fixed by screws to the frame, so that the sensor shaft is ... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4824164 | Wire harness incorporated in automotive vehicle doors To facilitate wire connection work of electric elements disposed in an automotive vehicle door so that the door assembly wiring can be automated, a wire harness is provided which comprises a plurality of parallel-arranged trunk conductors; a plurality of ... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4820978 | Magnetic rotation sensor wherein a magnetic member is attached to a rotation shaft by a heat resistant elastic member A rotation sensor for vehicle includes a drive shaft connected to a rotation shaft of a vehicle by a transmission member, a ring-shaped magnet member provided onto the drive shaft and a detector for detecting change of magnetic flux caused by rotations of... | 04/11/1989 |
| 4818236 | Wire harness for automotive vehicle To effectively form a branch harness from a trunk harness, the wire harness comprises an insulating sheet, a plurality of horizontal harness conductors arranged in parallel to each other on the insulating sheet, and a plurality of second harness conductor... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4814028 | Method of forming filled protective sheath on coupled wire conductors To reliably sheath two coupled conductors of two wires, a tube made of a light transmittable material is fitted to the two coupled conductors and adjoining wire insulating covers; a photohardening resin is put into a gap formed between the tube and the wi... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4812749 | Bimetallic indicator A bimetallic indicator includes a bimetal being deformed by heat generated by an electric current supplied to a heat coil wound around the bimetal, a pointer moved in relation to the deformation of the bimetal and indicating a measured value in accordance... | 03/14/1989 |
| 4810106 | Bearing structure A bearing structure in particular for use in a meter having an axis of a pointer comprises a bearing support member having an internal thread and bearing member for supporting the axis rotationally, and the bearing member adapted to be fixed to the bearin... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4810215 | Position compensating connector A connector has a connector terminal that has a connecting section for a partner terminal on one end of a conducting plate, a board insertion section on the other end, and a curved section for absorbing the deviations in the vertical. The connector also h... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4808962 | Fuse A fuse comprises a housing formed of synthetic resin, and the housing including a peripheral wall having an upper opening, a fuse-element, which is melted by an excessive electrical current flowing therethrough, fixedly disposed in the housing and at leas... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4804836 | Optical apparatus having moving means for protecting an optical element for use in automatic vehicle The optical apparatus for an automotive vehicle comprises a pivotal casing for accommodating optical elements; a half mirror for partially reflecting light introduced into the apparatus from the outside; a photosensor for detecting light reflected from th... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4800648 | Method of connecting wire harness for automobile vehicle To facilitate wiring work of electric devices housed within an automotive vehicle door via a wire harness, connector windows are formed in the trim cover; the wire harness is fixed to the inside of the trim cover by inserting the harness connectors into t... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4801275 | Connector lock device The connector lock device for locking two connector housings comprises a roughly triangular protrusion member provided on a first connector housing and an E-shaped latch level member mounted on a second connector housing. The latch lever member includes a... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4799899 | Connective structure for conductive wires and a method of manufacturing the same A connective structure of a plurality of conductive wires which is constructed by removing the insulation covering on one end of each of a plurality of conductive wires, arranging their ends and forming a terminal section by pressure bonding the ends into... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4800358 | Fuse A fuse to be connected to cable terminals with bolts comprises an electrical insulating housing, a fuse-element disposed in the housing and a pair of fuse contacts each connected at one end to both ends of the fuse element, respectively, and the other end... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4797512 | Branch wire protector To increase strength of a branch wire protector including a T-shaped semicylindrical member with a trunk portion and a branch portion; a trunk semicylindrical member with a semicylindrical base portion; a branch semicylindrical member; and locking member ... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4797513 | Grommet with wires sealed thereto and method of forming same To improve noise prevention and waterproof effects and simultaneously wiring workability of a funnel-shaped grommet used for wiring a wire bundle or a cable through a panel, a sealing material is put into the grommet from above to fill a space between a s... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4792789 | Alarm driving signal generator To activate a buzzer of voltage driven type in response to an alarm signal, the alarm driving signal generator comprises a capacitor connected between a supply voltage and the buzzer; a first transistor for intermittently discharging the capacitor in resp... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4790186 | Device for mounting a terminal to an electric indicator A device for mounting a terminal to an electric indicator includes a meter body of the electrical indicator including electric wiring connected to the electrical terminal and a through hole, a gauge support plate of the electric indicator made of electric... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4791337 | Lighting method for vacuum fluorescent display with reduced flickering A lighting method for vacuum fluorescent display which is lighted dynamically with frequency f1 includes applying a time-varying voltage with approximate frequency of (n+1/2)f1 to the cathode of the vacuum fluorescent display, where ... | 12/13/1988 |
| 4787039 | Display device for motor vehicle and information display method in the device A display device and a method for displaying information in motor vehicles utilizes a single display for both bar graph information and emergency messages using alphanumeric characters and symbols. A dot matrix display device is arranged in close proximit... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4781619 | Connector and method of connecting wires thereto In a connector in which a plurality of wire connector terminals are inserted into a connector housing, a first marking is formed at the same position of the wire. Therefore, when a connector terminal is not prefectly inserted into the connector housing, t... | 11/01/1988 |
| 4780090 | Ultra multi-pole connector An ultra multi-pole connector includes a plurality of small size multi-pole connectors each having a connector housing which has a plurality of terminals connected to a plurality of wires therein and engagement shoulders projecting from the upper portion ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4780700 | Noise prevention high voltage resistive wire and method of manufacturing the same To prevent generation of corona discharge at terminals of high voltage resistive wires used as ignition cords, a metallic cap is fixed to at least one exposed core wire end by a bonding agent, and further a metallic terminal is fitted to the metallic cap ... | 10/25/1988 |
| 4775339 | Crimp-style terminal A crimp-style terminal fixed to an electrical connection such as a bar of an electrical source together with the other terminal piled thereon with a screw includes first rotation preventing member for preventing a rotation of the crimp-style terminal abou... | 10/04/1988 |
