Abstract: A waterproof enclosure for enclosing an electronic component includes an outer shell having a penetrating hole formed therethrough, a waterproof filter having air permeability and covering the penetrating hole, and a projecting part projecting from an outer surface of the outer shell and covering the penetrating hole, wherein the projecting part includes a plurality of vent holes connecting the penetrating hole to outside space, and wherein each of the vent holes is delimited by a sloping surface extending at an angle from the outer surface toward the penetrating hole.

Abstract: An input assistance device has a rotation support body having a central axis, an attachment mechanism that removably attaches the rotation support body to the panel surface of a sensor panel so that the central axis is along a direction perpendicular to the panel surface, and a rotational part supported by the rotation support body so as to be rotatable around the central axis. At least the side surface of the rotational part is formed from a conductive material. Conductive areas electrically connected to the side surface are allocated in part of a surface of the rotational part, the surface facing the panel surface.

Abstract: A vehicle-side device that is provided on the vehicle side and transmits a signal at a first frequency, and a portable device that is able to be carried by a user and transmits a signal at a second frequency are included. The portable device transmits a signal of data based on a reception intensity of a measurement signal transmitted from the vehicle-side device, and the vehicle-side device performs predetermined control on the basis of the data based on the reception intensity of the measurement signal transmitted from the portable device. The vehicle-side device transmits a start-up signal to the portable device, the portable device transmits a request signal or a signaling signal to the vehicle-side device at predetermined time intervals when receiving the start-up signal, and the vehicle-side device transmits the measurement signal to the portable device each time the vehicle-side device receives the request signal or the signaling signal.

Abstract: A vibration generating device has a vibration generating member that causes vibration in a vibration direction, a vibration transmitting member, and a base body. The vibration generating member has a first yoke and a second yoke spaced in the vibration direction so as to face each other, a coil that generates magnetism, and a support body that supports the first yoke. A first gap is formed between the first vibration-side opposite surface of the first yoke and the second vibration-side opposite surface of the second yoke; these surfaces face each other in the vibration direction. A second gap is formed between the first orthogonal-side opposite surface of the first yoke and the second orthogonal-side opposite surface of the second yoke; these surfaces face each other in an orthogonal direction orthogonal to the vibration direction. The first gap is narrower than the second gap.

Abstract: There is provided a leaf spring which can prevent a reduction in the spring strength and can also prevent a reduction in the electrical conductivity when the thickness of the leaf spring is decreased. The leaf spring includes an outer frame portion an inner frame portion 5b, 11b disposed inside the outer frame portion 5a, 11a, and spring portions provided between the inner frame portion and the outer frame portion The leaf spring is made of a Cu-based alloy, and has an electrical conductivity of not less than 8% IACS and a 0.2% proof stress of not less than 900 MPa.

Abstract: An in-vehicle input device includes a touch panel including a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and a spacer, and is capable of detecting a capacitance between the lower electrode and the upper electrode. The device has an operation surface located above the upper electrode. The operation surface includes a plurality of operation areas. The spacer has a plurality of openings that coincide with the operation areas in plan view. The device further includes a suppression layer that is disposed between the operation surface and the upper electrode or disposed on an upper surface of the operation surface. The suppression layer eliminates or reduces formation of a capacitance between the upper electrode and an operator. The device detects an input operation based on a change in distance between the lower electrode and the upper electrode in response to pressing any of the operation areas by the operator.

Abstract: A voltage of a first capacitor is compared with a threshold voltage and a signal corresponding to the comparison result is generated at each of a first timing during a period after the transfer of a positive charge has ended and before the transfer of a negative charge starts and a second timing during a period after the transfer of the negative charge has ended and before the transfer of the positive charge starts. In each of the case where a positive charge is transferred and the case where a negative charge is transferred, operations (digitization of an integrated value and a feedback operation) of a delta sigma modulator are performed.

Abstract: A multi-directional operating device includes an operating member, a support body, movable members, a pair of movable magnetic members, a facing magnetic member, stopper portions, a drive member, and a cam member. One of the drive member and the cam member has a guide surface having a first projection, and another of the drive member and the cam member has a sliding surface having a second projection. When the operating member is inclined in a first direction, one of the movable magnetic members is inclined, and inclination of another movable magnetic member is stopped by one of the stopper portions. When the operating member is inclined in a second direction, the first projection and the second projection are moved beyond projecting portions of each other and slide on each other. This multi-directional operating device is preferably applied to a vehicle shift apparatus.

Abstract: A first distant apparatus performs communication of streaming data and other data for which a change in data transfer rate is required to be suppressed, and a second distant apparatus performs communication of phone book data and other data for which a change in data transfer rate is permitted. When communication with the first distant apparatus and communication with the second distant apparatus are concurrently performed, a first communication unit is selected for communication with the first distant apparatus and a second communication unit, which is faster than the first communication unit, is selected for communication with the second distant apparatus. Thus, it is possible to make a collision in communication less likely to occur, and to maintain the communication quality of the first type of data.

Abstract: A power generation input device includes a rotational magnet body that has a magnet, an N-pole member placed near the N pole of the magnet, and an S-pole member placed near the S-pole of the magnet, the rotational magnet body being supported so as to be rotatable around a rotational center line; a magnetic member; coils; and a manipulation body. The N-pole member has an N-pole end, which extends in a direction more away from the rotational center line than the end of the magnet. The S-pole member has an S-pole end, which extends in a direction more away from the rotational center line than the end of the magnet. The N-pole end and S-pole end are oppositely disposed in a plane parallel to the rotational center line with a gap intervening between them, the gap extending in a direction inclined with respect to the rotational center line.

Abstract: An electronic circuit module includes a circuit board and a metal cover. The metal cover includes a top plate and attachment legs. Electrode lands are provided on the circuit board, each of the electrode lands being joined to a corresponding one of the attachment legs. Each of the attachment legs includes a fixing portion joined to a corresponding one of the electrode lands, an insertion portion that extends so as to project from the fixing portion, a clearance portion provided near a base of the insertion portion, and a contact portion that is in contact with a surface of the circuit board. An insertion hole in which the insertion portion is inserted is provided in each of the electrode lands and in the circuit board, and the circuit board includes a non-electrode portion at a location at which the contact portion is in contact with the circuit board.

Abstract: An input device includes a sensor unit, a processing unit, a storage unit, and an interface unit. The processing unit includes: a change amount calculating section for calculating the temporal change amount of the electrostatic capacitance that is detected by the sensor unit and that changes according to the proximity degree of an object with respect to a detection surface; a determination section for determining a touch operation corresponding to an operation on the detection surface using a fingertip, a palm operation corresponding to an operation on the detection surface using a palm, and a grip operation corresponding to an operation on a conductor portion, based on the calculated change amount; and a reset section for performing reset processing in a case where the duration of a state, in which a palm operation is not determined and a grip operation is determined, is a first predetermined time or more.

Abstract: A sensor chip includes sensor pads, and the first set of differential detection signal pads are symmetrically arranged on both sides of a ground pad and are centered at the ground pad, the second set of differential detection signal pads are arranged on both sides thereof, and a power supply pad is arranged in one end of the two ends of the sensor pads. A processing circuit chip includes sensor connection pads including power supply connection pads, a ground connection pad, and two sets of differential detection signal connection pads, and the power supply connection pads connectable to the power supply pad of the sensor chip are arranged in two ends of the sensor connection pads.

Abstract: A high-frequency module includes a wiring substrate, a high-frequency circuit including circuit components disposed on the upper surface of the wiring substrate, a post made of metal and disposed on the upper surface of the wiring substrate, a sealing resin covering the circuit components, and an antenna substrate disposed on the upper surface of the sealing resin and having an antenna formed by a metal pattern. A groove is provided on the sealing resin, at least a part of the post is exposed from the groove, a central surface and two opposing side wall surfaces located higher than the central surface are formed at the upper side of the post, and a conductive adhesive is bonded to the central surface, the two side wall surfaces, and the antenna.

Abstract: In a case in which an input offset voltage of a main amplification circuit deviates from a predetermined range, a retaining operation of retaining an output voltage of a low pass filter in a sample and hold circuit stops, and an output voltage of the low pass filter is directly output to a correction signal supply circuit. As a result, for example, negative feedback control is not temporarily performed due to influence or the like of an excessive input voltage on the main amplification circuit, and in a case in which the input offset voltage of the main amplification circuit deviates from the predetermined range, a response delay due to the retaining operation of the sample and hold circuit does not occur, and the response speed of an offset correction circuit increases.

Abstract: A current sensor includes magneto-electric conversion elements divided into a first and second group. The first and second groups are positioned so as to interpose a cut formed in a printed circuit board between them. The first and second groups are symmetrically positioned with respect to a first virtual line. The magneto-electric conversion elements in the first and second groups are symmetrically positioned with respect to a second virtual line orthogonal to the first virtual line at a positioning position at which a to-be-measured current path is positioned. The sensitivity axes of each of pairs of magneto-electric conversion elements that are symmetrical with respect to the positioning position are oriented in parallel in the same direction or opposite directions. An inter-element spacing between adjacent magneto-electric conversion elements in the first and second groups is narrower than an inter-group spacing, which is the narrowest spacing between the first and second groups.

Abstract: A switch device includes a casing that includes a recessed bearing portion, a rotatable drive member that includes a shaft portion disposed in the bearing portion, a switch driven by the drive member, and a covering member that includes a pressing structure provided so as to press an upper portion of the shaft portion and that is secured to the casing. The covering member includes an operating portion that faces the drive member such that the operating portion is able to press the drive member and that is formed of an elastically deformable elastic material and a base portion that is secured to the casing, that is formed of a synthetic resin material, and that is integrated with the operating portion. The pressing structure is integrated with the base portion and formed of an elastically deformable elastic material.

Abstract: An object detection device includes a light source, an irradiation optical system that converts emitted light from the light source to measurement light having a predetermined pattern and emits the measurement light to a reference surface, and a light reception element that images the reference surface, and includes an imaging member that reads an image captured by the light reception element for each of a plurality of lines extending in a horizontal direction and arranged at predetermined intervals, and a detection unit that detects an object to be measured entering between a pattern forming unit and the reference surface based on image data from the imaging element, in which the pattern includes a plurality of division patterns arranged in the horizontal direction to correspond to the lines in the reference surface.

Abstract: An interior body includes a spring portion, a movable portion, and a fixing portion, which are integrated together and formed by bending a first metal plate having a high modulus of elasticity. An exterior body is formed by bending a second metal plate having low electric resistance. A movable portion of the interior body includes a contact portion and elastic arms. Each of the elastic arms includes, at its tip portion, an elastically pressing portion elastically pressed against a tubular internal surface of the exterior body.

Abstract: A conductor includes: a transparent conductive film which is formed on a transparent substrate and includes a silver nanowire; and a metal film of which at least a portion is formed to overlap the transparent conductive film, in which a portion in which the transparent conductive film and the metal film overlap each other includes a buffer film which has adhesion to each of the transparent conductive film and the metal film and does not impede conduction between the transparent conductive film and the metal film. Preferably, the buffer film is, for example, an ITO film, and at this time, an upper surface of the transparent conductive film is a reverse-sputtered surface.