Abstract: The stopper portion that blocks the movement of the ejection member in the card ejection direction is disposed at the position which met in the width direction of card connector, and is in the position of the same side as the position with the elastic body 60 which urges the ejection member in the card ejection direction. This arrangement can hold the attitude of the ejection member straight relative to the connector, thus preventing troubles such as an inadvertent unlocking of the eject lock and an unstable contact between the contact pads of the card and the contact terminals of the connector.

Abstract: A ultrasonic vibration cutting tool which can optimize materials as in a separate type and can improve the transmission efficiency of ultrasonic vibration as in an integrated type. The ultrasonic vibration cutting tool comprises a ring-shaped projection and a blade essentially composed of diamond and held by the ring-shaped projection both of which are formed on the peripheral surface of a vibration conversion portion provided on a resonator, and the outer diameter of the blade is set larger than the outer diameter of the ring-shaped projection.

Abstract: An ultrasonic vibration bonding machine which enables appropriate bonding by selecting a pressure curve according to the sizes of portions to be bonded together and the physical properties of their materials and the like. Pressure inside the pressure chamber of an air cylinder which is a pressure control unit for bonding work and the normal rotation and reverse rotation of a motor which constitutes part of a vertical drive unit for bonding work are controlled to bond together a first member and a second member with ultrasonic vibration under pressure which rises from a first pressure set value to a second pressure value from a vibration start time.

Abstract: A receiver and a receiving system capable of obtaining content related information corresponding to a retrieval key are provided. When a retrieval instruction is performed by a user, a retrieval key setting section sets the artist name of a musical piece provided by a program being received as a retrieval key. A related information retrieval section obtains program content data added to distribution information of another program, and retrieves content related information (for example, information such as the scheduled date of the sale of a new musical piece) corresponding to the retrieval key set by the retrieval key setting section. When the content related information corresponding to the retrieval key is extracted, a display processing section creates image data for displaying the extracted content related information and displays the image data on a display section.

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 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: 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 looking 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: A switch structure for a card connector comprises: a first cantilevered contact spring 20 urged so that a front engagement portion of the first contact spring engages a part of the recessed portion of the inserted card corresponding to one of two slide positions of a write protect button 3; and a second cantilevered contact spring 30 extending along and in the same direction as the first contact spring and urged so that a front engagement portion of the second contact spring engages a part of the recessed portion of the inserted card corresponding to the other slide position of the write protect button 3; wherein the slide position of the write protect button is detected based on whether the first and second contact springs are in or out of contact with each other, thereby determining the position of the write protect button accurately and reliably.

Abstract: The card connector has an eject operation detection switch SW arranged to turn on immediately after the ejection button has begun to be pressed, and an eject operation mechanism arranged to, in response to the pressing operation of the ejection button, start a card eject operation after the eject operation detection switch SW has turned on. This card connector reliably avoids a card error even when the ejection button is erroneously operated, thereby preventing a data loss.

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 is intended to achieve a reduction in the thickness of the connector housing. To this end, the connector housing is constructed in such a way that the first card accommodating portion for accommodating the first card and the second card accommodating portion for accommodating the second card are arranged one upon the other and that the arrangement direction of the contact terminals for the first card and the arrangement direction of the contact terminals for the second card are set almost perpendicular to each other.

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.

Abstract: There are provided a game system, game machine, game data distribution machine, image data distribution system and computer available information which can synchronize clock signals between a plurality of devices. A game data distribution machine (100) includes a machine clock generation section (180), a clock selection section (160) and a clock generation section (120). By using these sections, a reference clock is generated as a basis of synchronization. The game data distribution machine also includes a clock and data superposition section (170) which superposes the reference clock on a game data, the superposed game data being then distributed to game machines (200). Each of the game machines (200) includes a clock and data separation section (272) which extracts the reference clock from the superposed data and a clock generation section (220) which generates an operation clock for each of game execution means including a game data production section (290) and so on, based on the reference clock.

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: 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.

Abstract: An ultrasonic vibration cutting method comprising mounting and fixing a part to be cut on a mounting table, moving down an ultrasonic vibration rotation unit, stopping the downward movement of the ultrasonic vibration rotation unit when the cutting blade of the ultrasonic vibration rotation unit reaches a position for cutting the part, moving the ultrasonic vibration rotation unit linearly for cutting, and turning and vibrating the cutting blade with ultrasonic waves to cut the part.

Abstract: An ultrasonic vibration bonding tool comprising a square bar-like horn body, bonding working portions projecting from the upper and lower surfaces of the horn body at the central maximum vibration amplitude point, and crooked support portions projecting from front and rear surfaces of the horn body at the two minimum vibration amplitude points which are separate the same distance from the bonding working portions on both sides. Proper bonding can be carried out with this ultrasonic vibration bonding tool.

Abstract: A magnetic resonance imaging system includes a lower body which has a flat upper surface, and contains a first magnetic pole, an upper body which has a lower surface disposed in opposed relation to the upper surface of the lower body, and contains a second magnetic pole, a bed disposed adjacent to the lower body, and a pair of support posts which are provided respectively on right and left sides of the lower body, and interconnect the lower body and the upper body. A space, formed between the lower surface of the upper body and the upper surface of the lower body, is open at least toward the bed between the pair of right and left support posts.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a cold rolled stainless steel strip of high gloss with a high production efficiency by employing a high rolling speed. Mirror-finished work rolls having a Young's modulus exceeding 54,000 kgf/mm2 and a centerline average surface roughness, Ra, not exceeding 0.10 micron are employed for the last of a plurality of successive passes for cold rolling, while the steel to be drawn between the rolls for the last pass has a centerline average surface roughness, Ra, of 0.05 to 0.30 micron.