Abstract: The card connector of the present invention is formed to have a hollow housing shape by combining two housing members with each other and an ejecting mechanism for ejecting a card, wherein the ejecting mechanism includes an ejecting member for ejecting the card and a spring member for elastically biasing the ejecting member, and a cam having a loop-like cam groove around the cam is provided on a lateral side of the ejecting member; one end of the a cam lever being held by one of the housing members and the other end of the cam lever being slidable along the cam groove formed around the cam. Thereby, the card connector can be to reduce a width thereof by providing a heart cam and to shorten a length of the ejecting member so that the card connector becomes small in size as a whole.

Abstract: A composite type card connector of the present invention includes a connector body, a cover member, first contact members for a small card, second contact members for a large card, and a switching operation mechanism having a movable plate and a operating plate, such that a card-mounting section in the connector body is switched to another one by the switching operation mechanism so that two kinds of cards different in thickness and/or width can be commonly inserted into the same composite type card connector.

Abstract: A project pre-review estimate method capable of estimating influence of alteration in each process of a project on the whole process (project) considering structural alteration and fluctuating values regarding each process and their factors is provided. The project pre-review estimate method is carried out employing a process evaluation procedure which calculates quantitative and structural alteration amounts of the process plan using not only information on constraints (which has been used by conventional techniques) but also scenario information (in which probability of occurrence of a risk (i.e. a factor of alteration to a process) and the content/degree of influence regarding alteration of arbitrary processes caused by the occurrence of the risk are defined in a scenario format) and information for correcting parameters of the scenario by use of qualitative information on the project.

Abstract: The present invention provides a card connector which prevents the retainer fitting from coming off even when the molded base plate is deformed during reflow soldering and which can be reduced in size, height and weight. The card connector includes a shell body and a molded base plate. The molded base plate includes at least a card eject mechanism incorporating a compression coil spring for inserting/ejecting a card and a retainer fitting for holding the card eject mechanism pushed by the compression coil spring. The shell body is formed with at least one engagement hole for engagement with at least one hook portion of the retainer fitting. The retainer fitting includes a horizontal member and a vertical member rising vertically from the horizontal member. The horizontal member and/or vertical member have at least one pair of press-fit projections and one hook portion.

Abstract: After the fixing of an angle indexing body to a holder by fixtures is canceled by loosening the fixtures, a resonator is turned by operating the angle indexing body with an axis in a vibration transmission direction as the center of rotation, a bonding work face is replaced by another bonding work face, and the angle indexing body is fixed to the holder by the fixtures so that the new bonding work face becomes parallel to the top face of a mounting table. Therefore, the replacement of the bonding work face can be simplified. Since overlapped workpieces are sandwiched between the bonding work face of the resonator and the mounting table, the mounting table makes a follow-up movement by a bearing composed of a spherical projection portion and a spherical depression portion to ensure that the bonding work face becomes parallel to the top face of the mounting table, thereby making it possible to optimize the position of the sandwiched workpieces.

Abstract: A composite type card connector of the present invention includes a connector body, a cover member, first contact members for a small card, second contact members for a large card, and a switching operation mechanism having a movable plate and a operating plate, such that a card-mounting section in the connector body is switched to another one by the switching operation mechanism so that two kinds of cards different in thickness and/or width can be commonly inserted into the same composite type card connector.

Abstract: A method of connecting a terminal to a conductor comprises the steps of mating the terminal with the conductor through a thin stud of the terminal projecting from a base of the termina, giving ultrasonic vibration to the base of the terminal and the conductor to join the terminal and the conductor laminate at mating portion. The method further comprises the step of crushing a portion of the stud projecting above the conductor by giving a pressure without the ultrasonic vibration to the portion of the stud, thus to caulk the terminal to the conductor.

Abstract: After the fixing of an angle indexing body to a holder by fixtures is canceled by loosening the fixtures, a resonator is turned by operating the angle indexing body with an axis in a vibration transmission direction as the center of rotation, a bonding work face is replaced by another bonding work face, and the angle indexing body is fixed to the holder by the fixtures so that the new bonding work face becomes parallel to the top face of a mounting table. Therefore, the replacement of the bonding work face can be simplified. Since overlapped workpieces are sandwiched between the bonding work face of the resonator and the mounting table, the mounting table makes a follow-up movement by a bearing composed of a spherical projection portion and a spherical depression portion to ensure that the bonding work face becomes parallel to the top face of the mounting table, thereby making it possible to optimize the position of the sandwiched workpieces.

Abstract: The card connector of the present invention is formed to have a hollow housing shape by combining two housing members with each other and an ejecting mechanism for ejecting a card, wherein the ejecting mechanism includes an ejecting member for ejecting the card and a spring member for elastically biasing the ejecting member, and a cam having a loop-like cam groove around the cam is provided on a lateral side of the ejecting member; one end of the a cam lever being held by one of the housing members and the other end of the cam lever being slidable along the cam groove formed around the cam. Thereby, the card connector can be to reduce a width thereof by providing a heart cam and to shorten a length of the ejecting member so that the card connector becomes small in size as a whole.

Abstract: The base plate 31 of the connector housing is provided with the raised portion 50 that fits into one of the recessed portions 26 in the card 20 for the contact pads 27 when the card 20 is inserted. The raised portion 50 is made to function as a stopper to block the card from being inserted further when the card is wrongly inserted back to front, thereby preventing a possible deformation of the contact terminals on the connector side in the event that the card is wrongly inserted.

Abstract: By using a positional cloning technique, a single gene causing the ACW2 mutation, which results in abnormalities in plant cell wall synthesis and development/differentiation, has been successfully identified over a broad chromosomal region and isolated. Since the ACW2 gene thus isolated affects plant cell wall synthesis and development/differentiation, the present inventors discovered that the plant cell wall can be modified or the development/differentiation can be regulated by targeting the ACW2 gene, or genes analogous thereto.

Abstract: The bonding position between a bonding wire and an electrode is maintained accurately, an ultrasonic horn is mounted to a bonding machine by the attachment portions of support portions situated at minimum vibration amplitude points equally distant from a capillary in opposite directions in such a manner that it is supported on both sides, and the ultrasonic horn, capillary and bonding work portion are vibrated by ultrasonic waves to bond the end portion of the bonding wire.

Abstract: A card connector for an IC card has a connector body, a card slot formed in the connector body, a cover for covering the card slot, and locking portions disposed in the connector body. The cover is pivotally supported at a first edge portion thereof by a pivotal pin which is supported by the connector body. The cover has a hook at a second edge portion opposite to the first edge portion. The cover can be moved with respect to the connector body along the pivotal pin. When the cover is moved along the pivotal pin in a closed state, the locking portion comes to engage with the hook of the cover, thereby restricting a pivotal movement of the cover for exposing the card slot or the card.

Abstract: An article data reading apparatus having a first display 4 receiving operational entry from a customer or store clerk as an operator of the apparatus permits setting of operation mode to customer operation mode or store-clerk operation mode. In the customer operation mode, customer operation information relating to operations by the customer when a customer becomes the operator is displayed on the first display 4; in the store-clerk operation mode, store-clerk operation information relating to operations by the store clerk when a store clerk becomes the operator is displayed on the first display 4. Thus, read operability for both customer and store clerk can be improved.

Abstract: The present invention provides a card connector which prevents the retainer fitting from coming off even when the molded base plate is deformed during reflow soldering and which can be reduced in size, height and weight. The card connector includes a shell body and a molded base plate. The molded base plate includes at least a card eject mechanism incorporating a compression coil spring for inserting/ejecting a card and a retainer fitting for holding the card eject mechanism pushed by the compression coil spring. The shell body is formed with at least one engagement hole for engagement with at least one hook portion of the retainer fitting. The retainer fitting includes a horizontal member and a vertical member rising vertically from the horizontal member. The horizontal member and/or vertical member have at least one pair of press-fit projections and one hook portion.

Abstract: A card connector reliably holds an inserted card by a compact mechanism to prevent the card from coming off due to unexpected external forces. The card 10 is formed with the recessed portion 18 for engagement with the locking piece, and the elastic locking piece 50 is attached to the eject member 41 that slides together with the card 10. The elastic locking piece 50 is urged away from the card 10 so that when the elastic locking piece 50 is elastically reset to its original shape, the locking portion 50b disengages from the recessed portion 18 of the card 10. The locking piece guide means 60 guides and elastically deforms the elastic locking piece 50 to engage the locking portion 50b with the recessed portion 18 when the card is inserted and, when the card is ejected, resets the elastic locking piece 50 to disengage the locking portion 50b.

Abstract: A card connector comprises: an ejection mechanism having an ejection member for ejecting a card; a locking piece displaceable vertically of the connector housing and adapted to fix the ejection member, when the card is loaded, to restrict the movement of the ejection member in the card ejection direction; and an releasing means for unlocking the locking piece in response to the card ejection operation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a card connector which prevents the retainer fitting from coming off even when the molded base plate is deformed during reflow soldering and which can be reduced in size, height and weight. The card connector includes a shell body and a molded base plate. The molded base plate includes at least a card eject mechanism incorporating a compression coil spring for inserting/ejecting a card and a retainer fitting for holding the card eject mechanism pushed by the compression coil spring. The shell body is formed with at least one engagement hole for engagement with at least one hook portion of the retainer fitting. The retainer fitting includes a horizontal member and a vertical member rising vertically from the horizontal member. The horizontal member and/or vertical member have at least one pair of press-fit projections and one hook portion.

Abstract: The objective of the invention is to provide an image reproduction device that can take digital data that has been subjected to analog conversion and reproduce digital data therefrom that is substantially the same as the original digital data, without using over-sampling or special hardware. An analog signal that was generated as a digital signal by an image generation device (200), but then subjected to analog conversion, and a synchronization signal from the image generation device (200) are input to an image reproduction device (100). A clock generation section (30) generates a sampling clock which has the same frequency as the dot clock used during the digital data generation, and with a suitably-adjusted phase, based on an input horizontal synchronization signal (12) together with frequency data (82) and phase data (84) as selected by a selection section (80). Digital data is reproduced from the input analog signal by an analog-digital converter (40), based on the thus generated sampling clock.

Abstract: Imaging and image reconstruction are sequentially performed for slices of a subject, and realtime images of the slices are displayed substantially at the same time. The slices may be perpendicular or parallel to one another, or they may form a stereoscopic pair. The images may be displayed two-dimensionally, or they may be combined and displayed three-dimensionally. One of the slices includes an insertion (a needle) for puncture or biopsy that is inserted into the subject by an operator, and it is parallel with a direction in which the insertion should advance. If the needle is displaced from the slice and a shade of the needle disappears from the sequentially-displayed images of the slice while the operator moves the needle toward an affected part in the subject in IVR, the shade of the needle appears on the sequentially-displayed images of another slice that is perpendicularly intersecting to or is adjacent and parallel to the above-mentioned slice.