Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor according to this invention includes a capacitor element with a drawn-out anode lead, a conversion substrate mounted with the capacitor element, and a casing resin covering the capacitor element mounted on the conversion substrate. The conversion substrate has, on one surface thereof, a connection pattern composed of an anode portion connected to the anode lead and a cathode portion connected to the body of the capacitor element. The conversion substrate further has, on another surface thereof on the side opposite to the foregoing one surface, a terminal pattern composed of an anode terminal and a cathode terminal connected to the anode portion and the cathode portion through the conversion substrate, respectively. The terminal pattern differs from the connection pattern.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor is provided in which volume efficiency of its capacitor element is improved. A converting substrate having an anode terminal forming portion and cathode terminal portion obtained by forming notches on faces exposed on outside faces of the anode and cathode portions and performing plating in the notches in portions in which the anode and cathode portions of a lower-face electrode type solid electrolytic capacitor is connected to the capacitor element and, after a sheathing resin is formed therein, the sheathed portion and converting substrate are cut along cutting planes to form fillet forming faces on the outside faces of the anode portion and cathode portion of the lower-face electrode type solid electrolytic capacitor.

Abstract: A fixing method for a resin lens in which a resin lens element is fixed to a resin lens frame, includes forming the resin lens element and the resin lens frame using amorphous polyolefin as a resin material therefor; forming an abutting surface in each of the resin lens element and the resin lens frame so as to mutually abut against each other; abutting the resin lens element and the resin lens frame mutually against each other at the abutting surfaces thereof; and laser welding the abutting surfaces to each other by irradiating a laser beam thereon.

Abstract: A solid electrolytic capacitor includes a porous sintered body made of a valve-acting metal and embedded with part of an anode lead having a protruding portion, a solid electrolyte layer formed in contact with a dielectric layer formed in the porous sintered body, a mounting anode terminal member, a mounting cathode terminal member, and an insulating casing resin. The capacitor further includes a small piece of a metal frame made of a valve-acting metal. This small piece of the metal frame is formed integrally with the protruding portion of the anode lead by cutting, after the anodic oxidation, the metal frame to which the protruding portion of the anode lead is fixed by resistance welding. The small piece of the metal frame and the mounting anode terminal member are connected together by wire bonding so that the anode lead and the mounting anode terminal member are electrically connected together.

Abstract: A fixing method for a resin lens in which a resin lens element is fixed to a resin lens frame, includes forming the resin lens element and the resin lens frame using amorphous polyolefin as a resin material therefor; forming an abutting surface in each of the resin lens element and the resin lens frame so as to mutually abut against each other; abutting the resin lens element and the resin lens frame mutually against each other at the abutting surfaces thereof; and laser welding the abutting surfaces to each other by irradiating a laser beam thereon.

Abstract: An image pickup device mounting structure includes an image pickup device, a reinforcing plate, and a flexible circuit board having at least one electrical component mounted thereon, wherein the reinforcing plate; the image pickup device and a part of the flexible circuit board are superimposed on each other, the reinforcing plate includes at least one cutout portion; and the electrical component is positioned on the part of the flexible circuit board and within the cutout portion.

Abstract: An objective of this invention is to provide to provide a direct methanol type fuel cell power generator which can operate without destruction due to water freezing or reduction in an output even when the system is exposed to a low temperature, and an operating method thereof. This invention provides a method for operating a direct methanol type fuel cell power generator, comprising the steps of feeding an aqueous methanol solution into a fuel flow path in the direct methanol type fuel cell; replacing the aqueous methanol solution in the fuel flow path with a proton-acid antifreezing liquid; and replacing the proton-acid antifreezing liquid in the fuel flow path with the aqueous methanol solution. This invention further provides a direct methanol type fuel cell power generator, comprising at least a direct methanol type fuel cell; a fuel tank filled with an aqueous methanol solution; and an antifreezing liquid tank filled with a proton-acid antifreezing liquid.

Abstract: A step-zoom lens includes two movable lens groups; a lens group support unit; and a cam ring having a cam groove. The cam groove includes a finite number of focal-length steps, so as to perform a focusing operation between infinite and closest photographing positions at each focal-length step. The cam groove includes a wide-angle mode section, a telephoto mode section, and a mode switching section. The closest photographing positions in two adjacent focal-length steps and the infinite photographing positions in two adjacent focal-length steps are adjacent to each other, respectively. One focal-length step of the infinite photographing position at a longest focal length in the wide-angle mode section is provided at one end of the mode switching section, and another focal-length step of the infinite photographing position at a shortest focal length in the telephoto mode section is provided at the other end.

Abstract: An objective of this invention is to reduce an electric resistance in a separator and to improve its corrosion-resistance, mechanical strength and sealing performance, that leads to improve a fuel cell output and prevent deterioration in a direct methanol type fuel cell with a planar stack structure. The above objective is achieved by using a separator comprising a clad material consisting of a low-resistance material and an anti-corrosive material coating at least the front and the rear surfaces of the low-resistance material, wherein an area except an electric connection on the clad material is coated with an insulating coating layer.

Abstract: A cam mechanism for a lens barrel includes an annular member which is linearly guided along an optical axis, and having a cam follower on an outer peripheral surface; a cam ring having a cam groove on an inner peripheral surface including a photographing section and an accommodation section, the cam follower being engaged in the cam groove; and a biasing device for biasing the annular member forward to normally press the cam follower against a front cam surface in the cam groove. A rear end portion of the cam groove is open at a rear end surface of the cam ring to serve as the accommodation section, and the cam follower is disengageable from the front cam surface in the cam groove against a biasing force of the biasing device when the cam follower is engaged in the accommodation section.

Abstract: This invention relates to a membrane electrode assembly comprising a fuel electrode, an air electrode and an electrolyte membrane where micropores in a porous membrane is filled with a proton conducting polymer, wherein on at least one side of the electrolyte membrane is formed a planarizing layer, via which a fuel electrode or air electrode is formed, as well as a direct type fuel cell therewith.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical connector assembly capable of achieving a high-precision fit starting with fairly rough positioning, the assembly consisting of a first connector which is equipped with multiple substrates secured in an array and a second connector which is equipped with female terminals and mates with the first connector. The electrical connector has a rough guide mechanism (first guides and second guides as well as first complementary guides and second complementary guides) which guides a mating between the first connector and the second connector relatively roughly at an initial stage of mating, and a precision guide mechanism (chamfers on substrates and corresponding tapers on a housing of the second connector) which guides the mating between the first connector and the second connector relatively precisely at an advanced stage of mating.

Abstract: An Nb solid electrolytic capacitor is disclosed which comprises: an anode body made from an Nb-based material, the anode body having a nitrogen content of about 7,500 ppm to about 47,000 ppm; a dielectric layer formed over the surface of the anode body; a solid electrolyte layer formed on the dielectric layer; and a cathode body formed on the surface of the solid electrolyte layer. The Nb solid electrolytic capacitor shows small bias dependence. A method for preparing the same is also disclosed which comprises steps of: forming an anode body from an Nb-based material, the anode body having a nitrogen content of about 7,500 ppm to about 47,000 ppm; forming a dielectric layer over the surface of the anode body; forming a solid electrolyte layer on the dielectric layer; and forming a cathode body on the electrolyte layer.

Abstract: This invention provides an MEA which can prevent crossover. Specifically, this invention provides an MEA comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane and a fuel-electrode catalyst layer and an air-electrode catalyst layer, wherein a polymer compound capable of acting as a co-catalyst is present inside the polymer electrolyte membrane at least near the surface of at least one side. The MEA can be suitably manufactured by a process comprising the steps of applying a monomer for forming a polymer compound capable of acting as a co-catalyst to the surface of at least one side in a polymer electrolyte membrane; polymerizing the monomer; and assembling the polymer electrolyte membrane comprising the polymer compound capable of acting as a co-catalyst, the fuel-electrode catalyst layer and an air-electrode catalyst layer.

Abstract: This invention relates to a unit cell for a fuel cell comprising a membrane electrode assembly comprising an electrolyte membrane and a pair of electrodes sandwiching the electrolyte membrane on its sides; conductive wires forcedly contact with the sides of the membrane electrode assembly; and a frame support for fixing the conductive wire. According to this invention, a membrane electrode assembly can be fixed by uniform clamping for smooth feeding of reactants and discharge of products, to provide a unit cell for a fuel cell having a structure exhibiting good battery properties with a low cost and a fuel cell therewith.

Abstract: The present invention is an electrical connector, having multiple terminals equipped with compliant sections to be inserted into through-holes in a main board; multiple sub-boards equipped with lands connected to the terminals and a contact section to be connected to a mating connector. The lands consist of a conductor formed on an insulator and a housing used to secure the multiple sub-boards in an array, wherein owing to a conductor which extends close to the terminal-side edge of the insulator, the lands prevent the sub-boards from being buckled by being bitten by the terminals when the compliant sections are inserted into the through-holes in the main board.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrical connector assembly capable of achieving a high-precision fit starting with fairly rough positioning, the assembly consisting of a first connector which is equipped with multiple substrates secured in an array and a second connector which is equipped with female terminals and mates with the first connector. The electrical connector has a rough guide mechanism (first guides and second guides as well as first complementary guides and second complementary guides) which guides a mating between the first connector and the second connector relatively roughly at an initial stage of mating, and a precision guide mechanism (chamfers on substrates and corresponding tapers on a housing of the second connector) which guides the mating between the first connector and the second connector relatively precisely at an advanced stage of mating.

Abstract: A cam mechanism for a lens barrel includes an annular member which is linearly guided along an optical axis, and having a cam follower on an outer peripheral surface; a cam ring having a cam groove on an inner peripheral surface including a photographing section and an accommodation section, the cam follower being engaged in the cam groove; and a biasing device for biasing the annular member forward to normally press the cam follower against a front cam surface in the cam groove. A rear end portion of the cam groove is open at a rear end surface of the cam ring to serve as the accommodation section, and the cam follower is disengageable from the front cam surface in the cam groove against a biasing force of the biasing device when the cam follower is engaged in the accommodation section.

Abstract: A step-zoom lens includes two movable lens groups; a lens group support unit; and a cam ring having a cam groove. The cam groove includes a finite number of focal-length steps, so as to perform a focusing operation between infinite and closest photographing positions at each focal-length step. The cam groove includes a wide-angle mode section, a telephoto mode section, and a mode switching section. The closest photographing positions in two adjacent focal-length steps and the infinite photographing positions in two adjacent focal-length steps are adjacent to each other, respectively. One focal-length step of the infinite photographing position at a longest focal length in the wide-angle mode section is provided at one end of the mode switching section, and another focal-length step of the infinite photographing position at a shortest focal length in the telephoto mode section is provided at the other end.