Abstract: As an input device that can detect both a position and an applied weight and has a thin thickness and improved waterproof and dustproof performance, an input device is provided that has a position detection part provided on a base material, the position detection part having a plurality detection electrodes, and also has a load detection wire provided among the plurality of detection electrodes in the position detection part, the electric resistance value of the load detection wire changing depending on pressure. In the input device, the plurality of detection electrodes may have first electrodes and second electrodes that both extend in mutually intersecting directions, each first electrode may have a bridge wiring part provided at an intersection position between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the load detection wire may be provided so as to intersect the bridge wire.

Abstract: A connector including: a plurality of connecting terminals whose types are different from each other; and a housing including at least one terminal accommodating part accommodating any one of the plurality of connecting terminals therein, wherein the terminal accommodating part includes a first lock part, each of the plurality of connecting terminals includes a second lock part formed such that the second lock part and the first lock part are detachably locked to each other, and when any one of the plurality of connecting terminals is accommodated in the terminal accommodating part, the second lock part of the accommodated connecting terminal is locked by the first lock part so that the accommodated connecting terminal is detachably fastened in the terminal accommodating part.

Abstract: As an input device that can detect both a position and an applied weight and has a thin thickness and improved waterproof and dustproof performance, an input device is provided that has a position detection part provided on a base material, the position detection part having a plurality detection electrodes, and also has a load detection wire provided among the plurality of detection electrodes in the position detection part, the electric resistance value of the load detection wire changing depending on pressure. In the input device, the plurality of detection electrodes may have first electrodes and second electrodes that both extend in mutually intersecting directions, each first electrode may have a bridge wiring part provided at an intersection position between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the load detection wire may be provided so as to intersect the bridge wire.

Abstract: A connector including: a plurality of connecting terminals whose types are different from each other; and a housing including at least one terminal accommodating part accommodating any one of the plurality of connecting terminals therein, wherein the terminal accommodating part includes a first lock part, each of the plurality of connecting terminals includes a second lock part formed such that the second lock part and the first lock part are detachably locked to each other, and when any one of the plurality of connecting terminals is accommodated in the terminal accommodating part, the second lock part of the accommodated connecting terminal is locked by the first lock part so that the accommodated connecting terminal is detachably fastened in the terminal accommodating part.

Abstract: An optical module holder in which an optical transmission line attaching section for attaching an end section of a light transmission line, a photoelectric element attaching section for attaching a photoelectric element including at least one of a light-emitting element or a light-receiving element, and a wall section connecting the optical transmission line attaching section and the photoelectric element attaching section are formed integrally, and a lens for optically joining the photoelectric element and the optical transmission line is formed integrally with the wall section, so that the convex surface of the lens is on the photoelectric element side, facing the photoelectric element attached to the photoelectric attaching section, wherein one or a plurality of concave sections are formed as grooved sections on the wall section so as to surround the lens.

Abstract: An optical module holder in which an optical transmission line attaching section for attaching an end section of a light transmission line, a photoelectric element attaching section for attaching a photoelectric element including at least one of a light-emitting element or a light-receiving element, and a wall section connecting the optical transmission line attaching section and the photoelectric element attaching section are formed integrally, and a lens for optically joining the photoelectric element and the optical transmission line is formed integrally with the wall section, so that the convex surface of the lens is on the photoelectric element side, facing the photoelectric element attached to the photoelectric attaching section, wherein one or a plurality of concave sections are formed as grooved sections on the wall section so as to surround the lens.

Abstract: In aiming at cost lowering of an optical module and an optical transmission apparatus and with the objective of providing a semiconductor light receiving element that has a good coherence with the other edge emitting/incidence type optical devices and is capable of performing the positioning easily and with a high accuracy, in the edge emitting/incidence type light receiving element in which the light absorbing layer 19 has been formed, the space region is formed so as to provide at least 100 &mgr;m2 of the marker detecting region 24, thereby facilitating detection of marker 23 on the optical device 26 and executing the positioning of the light receiving element with a high accuracy, the space region resulting from eliminating a part of the light absorbing layer 19 that absorbs the detection light of the light receiving element, the transmission amount of the detection light toward the marker detecting region that is parallel to a primary plane being equal to 30% or higher, the detection light having penetrat

Abstract: In aiming at cost lowering of an optical module and an optical transmission apparatus and with the objective of providing a semiconductor light receiving element that has a good coherence with the other edge emitting/incidence type optical devices and is capable of performing the positioning easily and with a high accuracy, in the edge emitting/incidence type light receiving element in which the light absorbing layer 19 has been formed, the space region is formed so as to provide at least 100 &mgr;m2 of the marker detecting region 24, thereby facilitating detection of marker 23 on the optical device 26 and executing the positioning of the light receiving element with a high accuracy, the space region resulting from eliminating a part of the light absorbing layer 19 that absorbs the detection light of the light receiving element, the transmission amount of the detection light toward the marker detecting region that is parallel to a primary plane being equal to 30% or higher, the detection light having penetrat