Abstract: A charging cradle for an electronic game device incorporating a rechargeable battery includes a housing having first and second surfaces with a peripheral edge wall therebetween, the housing forming a substantially closed interior chamber. At least one port is provided in the peripheral edge wall adapted to receive a charging wire connector, the port electrically connected to charging contacts supported within the closed interior chamber and movable from a normal retracted position to a use extended position where tips of the contacts project from the housing. An actuator button on the first surface is operatively connected to the pair of charging ports, such that upon engaging the electronic game device with the first surface, the button is depressed, causing the pair of charging contacts to move to the extended position to engage corresponding charging ports on a peripheral edge of the electronic game device.

Abstract: An electronic component including a terminal holding unit which holds a plurality of terminals, a metallic shell which houses the terminal holding unit inside thereof, the metallic shell including an insulation opening where a connection object which connects with the terminals is inserted and contact terminals which are adjacent to the metallic shell, each of the contact terminals including a contact plane which faces an insertion direction of the connection object into the metallic shell. A plate-like leg for fixating the metallic shell to a substrate is formed at each of side surfaces of the metallic shell.

Abstract: A charging cradle for an electronic game device incorporating a rechargeable battery includes a housing having a first surface and a second surface with a peripheral edge wall therebetween, the housing forming a substantially closed interior chamber. The first surface is adapted to engage the electronic game device. A least one port is provided in the peripheral edge wall adapted to receive a charging wire connector, the port electrically connected to a pair of charging contacts supported within the substantially closed interior chamber and movable from a normal retracted position where tips of the charging contacts are inside the housing to an in-use extended position where said tips project from the housing.

Abstract: The invention provides a novel method for improving the surface properties or, in particular, the susceptibility to adhesive bonding of a shaped article of a synthetic polymer having aromatic rings and nitrogen atoms in the backbone chain of the polymer molecule, such as polyimides, polyamidoimides and polyaramides, so that the mechanical strengths of a resinous composite material reinforced with such a shaped article, e.g. fibers and cloths, may be greatly improved. The method comprises subjecting the surface of the shaped article to exposure to low temperature plasma of an inorganic, in particular, oxidizing gas generated by the glow discharge between electrodes under a reduced pressure, the discharge voltage between the electrodes being at least 4000 volts.

Abstract: The invention provides a means for solving the problem of poor affinity between the surface of carbon fibers and a synthetic resin in a resin-based composite material reinforced with the carbon fibers. The method comprises subjecting the surface of the carbon fibers in advance to exposure to low temperature plasma in a low pressure atomosphere of an inorganic gas generated by applying an electric voltage between electrodes. It was unexpectedly discovered that the discharge voltage between the electrodes is very critical and satisfactory results can be obtained when the peak-to-peak value of the discharge voltage between electrodes is 4000 volts or higher. The composition of the atmospheric inorganic gas is also important and the gas is preferably oxygen gas or a gaseous mixture containing at least 10% by volume of oxygen.