Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body in which a mounting chamber is provided, and an equipment unit disposed within the mounting chamber. The equipment unit includes a compartment cross member extending in one direction, the compartment cross member of which a first end portion and a second end portion situated on respective ends in the first direction being fixed to the vehicle body, and a first equipment and a second equipment fixed to the compartment cross member and disposed with a spacing between each other. A rigidity of the equipment unit at a portion situated between the first equipment and the second equipment is higher than a rigidity of the equipment unit at a portion where the first end portion is situated.

Abstract: A connector includes a base and a plurality of terminals, each of the terminals includes a plated portion in which a base material is covered with a film and a non-plated portion in which the base material is not covered with a film, the non-plated portion is disposed within the base, a portion of the non-plated portion is exposed from the surface of the base, and the base includes a partition wall that protrudes from the surface of the base between two adjacent terminals among the terminals.

Abstract: There is provided a motorcycle rear fender structure provided at a rear part of a motorcycle. A fender stay extends to an upper rear side from one side of left and right rear swing arms rotatably supporting a rear wheel. A rear fender main body covers an upper rear side of the rear wheel. A bulging portion bulges outward and rearward from the rear fender main body integrally. A wiring chamber is formed in the bulging portion. A partition wall is supported by the fender stay and provided in the rear fender main body. The partition wall is provided with a wiring hole for introducing an electrical wire connected to a lighting device into the wiring chamber. The fender stay is provided with a lower protruding portion extending in a left-right direction at a lower side of the wiring hole in the rear fender main body.

Abstract: There is provided a motorcycle rear fender structure provided at a rear part of a motorcycle. A fender stay extends to an upper rear side from one side of left and right rear swing arms rotatably supporting a rear wheel. A rear fender main body covers an upper rear side of the rear wheel. A bulging portion bulges outward and rearward from the rear fender main body integrally. A wiring chamber is formed in the bulging portion. A partition wall is supported by the fender stay and provided in the rear fender main body. The partition wall is provided with a wiring hole for introducing an electrical wire connected to a lighting device into the wiring chamber. The fender stay is provided with a lower protruding portion extending in a left-right direction at a lower side of the wiring hole in the rear fender main body.

Abstract: A vehicle includes a vehicle body in which a mounting chamber is provided, and an equipment unit disposed within the mounting chamber. The equipment unit includes a compartment cross member extending in one direction, the compartment cross member of which a first end portion and a second end portion situated on respective ends in the first direction being fixed to the vehicle body, and a first equipment and a second equipment fixed to the compartment cross member and disposed with a spacing between each other. A rigidity of the equipment unit at a portion situated between the first equipment and the second equipment is higher than a rigidity of the equipment unit at a portion where the first end portion is situated.

Abstract: There is provided a motorcycle rear fender structure provided at a rear part of a motorcycle. A rear fender main body covers an upper rear side of a rear wheel. A bulging portion bulges outward and rearward from the rear fender main body, the bulging portion in which a wiring chamber is formed. A partition wall is provided in the rear fender main body. The partition wall is provided with a first wiring hole for introducing an electrical wire connected to a lighting device into the wiring chamber. A side wall of the bulging portion is provided with a second wiring hole for wiring the electrical wire introduced into the wiring chamber to the lighting device. The first wiring hole is provided at a position lower than the second wiring hole.

Abstract: There is provided a motorcycle rear fender structure provided at a rear part of a motorcycle. A rear fender main body covers an upper rear side of a rear wheel. A bulging portion bulges outward and rearward from the rear fender main body, the bulging portion in which a wiring chamber is formed. A partition wall is provided in the rear fender main body. The partition wall is provided with a first wiring hole for introducing an electrical wire connected to a lighting device into the wiring chamber. A side wall of the bulging portion is provided with a second wiring hole for wiring the electrical wire introduced into the wiring chamber to the lighting device. The first wiring hole is provided at a position lower than the second wiring hole.

Abstract: There is provided a motorcycle rear fender structure provided at a rear part of a motorcycle. A fender stay extends to an upper rear side from one side of left and right rear swing arms rotatably supporting a rear wheel. A rear fender main body covers an upper rear side of the rear wheel. A bulging portion bulges outward and rearward from the rear fender main body integrally. A wiring chamber is formed in the bulging portion. A partition wall is supported by the fender stay and provided in the rear fender main body. The partition wall is provided with a wiring hole for introducing an electrical wire connected to a lighting device into the wiring chamber. The fender stay is provided with a lower protruding portion extending in a left-right direction at a lower side of the wiring hole in the rear fender main body.

Abstract: A recording apparatus including an apparatus body having a front section on the operator's side and a rear section remote from the operator's side, a medium feeding device supported by the apparatus body, for feeding a substantially transparent recording medium along a predetermined feed path defining a boundary between the front and rear sections, such that one of opposite surfaces of the medium faces the operator's side, a recording device disposed in the rear section of the apparatus body, for recording an image on the other surface of the medium, and a control device for controlling the recording device such that the image is laterally reversed as viewed in a first direction from the recording device toward the above-indicated other surface of the medium, with respect to a nominal desired image as viewed in a second direction from the front section toward the one surface of the medium, whereby the laterally reversed image is seen as the nominal desired image when viewed in the second direction.

Abstract: A feeding device for feeding a recording medium having a predetermined printing area on one of its opposite ssurfaces. The printing area extends in a printing direction. The feeding device includes a pair of feed rollers which holds the medium therebetween in rolling contact with the opposite surfaces of the medium. At least one of the pair of feed rollers is driven so as to rotate about an axis perpendicular to the printing direction, to feed the medium in the printing direction. One of the feed rollers which contacts the above-indicated one surface of the medium has an outer circumferential surface which includes a small-diameter portion whose diameter is smaller than that of the other portions. The small-diameter portion is aligned with the printing area in a direction of width of the medium perpendicular to the printing direction, so that the small-diameter portion is prevented from contacting the printed image. The feed rollers may be replaced by a platen roller of a printer.

Abstract: An image pickup apparatus receives light on image sensing elements and generates an electrical signal corresponding to integrals of luminances thereon with respect to time and outputs the electrical signal to an A/D converter. A disk shaped color filter unit, having red, green, and blue color filters with the same sectorial shape, is rotated so the color filters are respectively disposed on the optical path of light falling on the image sensing elements. A control unit monitors the magnitude of a digital signal converted by the A/D converter and controls the filter moving unit based on the magnitude of digital signal so that the color filter is rotated at a higher rotating speed when the illumination of the environment is higher.

Abstract: A feeding device for feeding a recording medium having a predetermined printing area on one of its opposite surfaces. The printing area extends in a printing direction. The feeding device includes a pair of feed rollers which holds the medium therebetween in rolling contact with the opposite surfaces of the medium. At least one of the pair of feed rollers is driven so as to rotate about an axis perpendicular to the printing direction, to feed the medium in the printing direction. One of the feed rollers which contacts the above-indicated one surface of the medium has an outer circumferential surface which includes a small-diameter portion whose diameter is smaller than that of the other portions. The small-diameter portion is aligned with the printing area in a direction of width of the medium perpendicular to the printing direction, so that the small-diameter portion is prevented from contacting the printed image. The feed rollers may be replaced by a platen roller of a printer.

Abstract: A recording apparatus having a printing device for printing on a recording tape, a tape feeding device for feeding a multi-layered tape in a longitudinal direction of the multi-layered tape, and a cutter mechanism for cutting the multi-layered tape. The multi-layered tape includes the recording tape printed by the printing device, and a backing tape superposed on the printed length of the recording tape via an adhesive layer provided therebetween. The cutter mechanism is adapted to cut the multi-layered tape into cut segments, such that each cut segment has at least one partial cut formed through only a thickness of the backing tape.

Abstract: An optical waveguide array comprises a base plate provided with a plurality of channels and a cover covering an open side of the base. The channels are filled with core members. The base plate and the cover are made by an injection molding method. At least one of the opposing surfaces of the plate and the cover are formed of a material having a refractive index of n.sub.1 which is smaller than a refractive index n.sub.2 of material forming the core.

Abstract: An image input device for inputting a light image of an object with the use of a filter unit having at least two color filters for receiving the light image and separating the light image into the color light components corresponding to the color filter elements. The light image passed through the filter is applied to a charge coupled device for converting the light image to an electrical signal.

Abstract: A recording apparatus including an apparatus body having a front section on the operator's side and a rear section remote from the operator's side, a medium feeding device supported by the apparatus body, for feeding a substantially transparent recording medium along a predetermined feed path defining a boundary between the front and rear sections, such that one of opposite surfaces of the medium faces the operator's side, a recording device disposed in the rear section of the apparatus body, for recording an image on the other surface of the medium, and a control device for controlling the recording device such that the image is laterally reversed as viewed in a first direction from the recording device toward the above-indicated other surface of the medium, with respect to a nominal desired image as viewed in a second direction from the front section toward the one surface of the medium, whereby the laterally reversed image is seen as the nominal desired image when viewed in the second direction.

Abstract: A feeding device for feeding a recording medium having a predetermined printing area on one of its opposite surfaces. The printing area extends in a printing direction. The feeding device includes a pair of feed rollers which holds the medium therebetween in rolling contact with the opposite surfaces of the medium. At least one of the pair of feed rollers is driven so as to rotate about an axis perpendicular to the printing direction, to feed the medium in the printing direction. One of the feed rollers which contacts the above-indicated one surface of the medium has an outer circumferential surface which includes a small-diameter portion whose diameter is smaller than that of the other portions. The small-diameter portion is aligned with the printing area in a direction of width of the medium perpendicular to the printing direction, so that the small-diameter portion is prevented from contacting the printed image. The feed rollers may be replaced by a platen roller of a printer.

Abstract: A plurality of light emitting elements which are adapted to emit light of three primary colors are activated in a sequential order, and the emitted light is transmitted through a single emission side optical fiber to illuminate an image surface. Reflected light from the image surface is conveyed to a light receiving element through a corresponding receiving side optical fiber. A decision circuit determines whether or not an output from the light receiving element has reached a given level. The sequence of emission from the respective light emitting elements as well as the amount of light emitted therefrom are controlled by control means. When the given level is reached, the associated data is stored to assure a proper reading of the image.

Abstract: An image sensing head of an image reading device and a method of producing same are disclosed. The image sensing head includes a plurality of optical fibers and light emitting and light receiving elements supported in a manner to provide a unitary structure. The optical fibers of the light emitting side and the optical fibers of the light receiving side are each formed as a sheet and arranged such that the read-out ends of the optical fibers of the light emitting side are located in positions in which they supply read-out light beams to an image surface of a document and the light emitting ends thereof are located in positions corresponding to those of the light emitting elements while the read-out ends of the optical fibers of the light receiving side are located in positions in which they receive light beams reflected by the image surface of the document and the light receiving ends thereof are located in positions corresponding to those of the light receiving elements.

Abstract: An optical image reader is disclosed which effects the reading of an image on a given manuscript by moving a reading head provided with a plurality of photosensors over the surface of the manuscript and enabling the photosensors to directly discern the image information on the manuscript. In the optical image reader, the photosensors in the reading head are sequentially deviated in a direction perpendicular to the direction of the movement of the reading head and, therefore, are able to read the image information on the read points on the manuscript face to correspondingly deviated time intervals. Thus, the optical image reader operated at a high speed without any interruption.