Abstract: The connector lock mechanism has a receptacle connector and a plug connector which are engaged with each other. The receptacle connector has a first lock portion and a first inertia locked portion. The plug connector has a second lock portion and a second inertia locked portion. The first lock portion is engaged with second lock portion. The first inertia locked portion is engaged with the second inertia locked portion. The first lock portion has a first locking piece and a push piece that moves the first locking piece. The first inertia locked portion has a lock arm provided with a second locking piece. The second lock portion has a third locking piece that engages with the first locking piece after abutment thereof or when the push piece is depressed.

Abstract: A controlled delay circuit has a first gate chain, and a second gate chain. The first gate chain is used to measure a time difference between a changeover point of a first control signal and a changeover point of a second control signal. The second gate chain, which receives third signals generated in the first gate chain and representing the time difference, is used to provide an appropriate delay time from an input to an output depending on the time difference. The controlled delay circuit is capable of properly controlling the timing of the control signal according to the period of the control signal.

Abstract: An X-ray generator includes a hermetically sealed main generator unit, and an electron gun and a target housed inside the main generator unit, and bombards the target with electrons emitted from the electron gun and passes an X-ray beam emitted from the surface of the target owing to the bombardment to the exterior through an exit window. An X-ray optical element is provided inside the main generator unit on the output path of the X-ray beam emitted from the target for regulating the X-ray beam and the X-ray beam regulated by the X-ray optical element is passed through the exit window. This configuration improves the durability of the X-ray optical element and enables the length of the X-ray path to the X-ray irradiation point to be shortened so as to suppress attenuation of the emitted X-ray beam by air resistance and thereby reduce power consumption.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a retainer wire which can solve problems of a conventional retainer wire and improve the extractive strength of the joint portion of a plastic portion and a metal wire portion. The present invention is directed to retainer wire including: a holding portion formed in the shape of a circular arc so as to be able to be in contact with a dentitition; and a metal wire metal extended from both ends of said holding, portion; wherein said holding portion is made of a synthetic resin having transparency and a specified mechanical strength; and wherein the supporting portion is formed together with the holding portion into one body.

Abstract: A semiconductor device and a method of producing the same, the device including a semiconductor chip; balls which function as external connecting terminals; a substrate which electrically connects the semiconductor chip and the balls; a mold resin which seals at least a part of the semiconductor chip; and a connecting portion sealing resin which seals the connecting portion between the substrate and the semiconductor chip. The semiconductor device is mounted onto a printed circuit board via the balls. The thermal expansion coefficient of the mold resin is matched with the thermal expansion coefficient of the printed circuit board. A side surface holding portion for the holding the side surfaces of the semiconductor chip is formed in the mold resin to restrict thermal deformation of the semiconductor chip.

Abstract: A data processing unit for a construction machine, the unit being capable of storing the load condition of an engine independently of variations in engine output torque without entailing increases in cost due to additional installation of sensors.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hairiness suppressing device for an automatic winder that can perfectly balloon a spun yarn using a whirling current in a yarn passage. In a hairiness suppressing device (1) comprising a yarn inserting opening (9) that extends and opens in an axial direction of a yarn passage (8) in which a whirling current acts on a spun yarn, a wedge-shaped cover member (29) is provided that can open and close the yarn inserting opening (9). When a swiveling body (26) is swivellably moved to open the cover member (29), the yarn can be introduced into the yarn passage (8) through the yarn inserting opening (9). When the swiveling body (26) is swivellably moved to close the cover member (29), the whirling current in the yarn passage (8) is prevented from leaking from a side of the yarn passage (8).

Abstract: In a non-sintered nickel electrode for an alkaline storage cell, a discharge capacity and cycle life are improved. This is achieved by employing, as an active material for the non-sintered electrode, coated nickel active material particles, each of the particle comprising a base particle composed of nickel hydroxide and a Co—P—A layer coated on the base particle comprising Co and P and an element A, where A is at least one element selected from the group consisting of Mn, Zn, Ni, Y, and Bi.

Abstract: A disk-cartridge-type adapter is shaped like a disk cartridge. The adapter has an insertion detector and a rotation detector. Power supply to a controller of the adapter is enabled when the adapter is inserted into a disk cartridge drive. Power supply to other parts of the adapter is enabled when a motor of the disk cartridge drive starts to rotate. This arrangement reduces the power consumption of the adapter.

Abstract: A lock device is provided that easily enables attachment and detachment of an expansion unit to and from a computer body such as of a notebook personal computer. The lock device includes a pivotal piece near an expansion-unit insertion slot in the computer body, a first element that extends along a moving direction of the expansion unit, which moves in an extending direction by the pivoting action of the pivotal piece, and includes a press portion that presses the expansion unit when the expansion unit is to be released, and a second element engageable with an engagement portion of the expansion unit, the second element being disengageable from the engagement portion when the first element moves.

Abstract: A digital video disk controller for reading data from an optical disk and stores the data in a memory. The data is then read from the memory and encrypted by an arithmetic processor. The encrypted data is then transmitted directly to an external device, via an interface circuit, without first storing the encrypted data back into the memory. The number of memory accesses performed by the controller is thus reduced, providing for lower power dissipation and faster access to the read data.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device including steps of fabricating a capacitor. In a semiconductor device having a capacitor, the capacitor includes a lower electrode, a dielectric oxide film formed on the lower electrode, and an upper electrode formed the dielectric oxide film and formed of at least platinum in which oxygen is contained at a concentration of more than 1×1020 atoms/cm3. Accordingly, peeling of the upper electrode can be prevented and electric characteristics of the capacitor can be improved.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device having a self-aligned contact hole includes a step of forming first gate electrode structures having a high pattern density on a gate insulating film in a first area of a semiconductor substrate and second gate electrode structures having a low pattern density on the gate insulating film in a second area, a step of forming first and second insulating films having different etching characteristics over the semiconductor substrate, a step of anisotropically etching the first and second insulating films in the second area by masking the first area to form side spacers on the second gate electrode structures, a step of forming an interlayer insulating film over the semiconductor substrate, and a step of forming in a self-alignment manner an opening reaching the source/drain region in the first area, by using the second insulating film as an etching stopper. This method allows to reliably form a self-aligned contact hole even if the pattern density is high.

Abstract: In a catalyzer arrangement in an exhaust system of a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine, each of exhaust pipes connected with exhaust ports of the engine has a first exhaust pipe section extending away from a main body of the engine, a second exhaust pipe section contiguous to the first exhaust pipe section having a first curved portion for turning the second exhaust pipe section toward the main body of the engine, and a third exhaust pipe section contiguous to the second exhaust pipe section having a second curved portion for turning the third exhaust pipe portion away from the main body of the engine. A catalyzer is connected to a downstream side of the third exhaust pipe section and disposed within a space surrounded by the first, second and third exhaust pipe sections. The exhaust pipes are divided into one group positioned near one end of a row of cylinder of the engine and another group positioned near another end of the row of cylinder.

Abstract: A waterproof connector, in which adhesion of rubber by unnecessary outflow thereof is prevented from occurring when a packing made of the rubber is molded in one body in a connector housing of the waterproof connector, is provided. The waterproof connector includes: a main chamber and a sub-chamber continuously formed in a connector housing of the waterproof connector with a step therebetween; a hole for introducing rubber penetratingly formed inside a wall of the sub-chamber arising from the step and communicating with a base of the connector housing; and a packing made of the rubber formed in one body in the main chamber and at the base of the connector housing.

Abstract: A tensioner for a camshaft driving chain (a plunger device 17 shown in the first embodiment of the invention) and a hydraulic control valve 21 are disposed close to each other. An oil passage 31 for supplying an oil pressure to the tensioner is caused to branch off from a downstream side of an oil filter 27 provided at an inlet port 28 of the hydraulic control valve. With this construction, the arrangement of the oil passage can be simplified, and therefore not only can man hours required for forming the oil passage be reduced, but also the number of components required can also be reduced by commonizing the oil filter. Accordingly, it is possible to provide an improved assembling arrangement for a tensioner and a hydraulic control valve in an internal combustion engine without involving an increase in production costs.

Abstract: A solar cell device (2) is formed into a laminated structure by providing a transparent oxide electrode (12) on the surface of an insulating substrate (10) which is a transparent glass substrate, providing a surface treatment layer (14) by performing oxidative plasma treatment on the surface of the transparent oxide electrode (12), providing a silicon nitride film (16) on the surface treatment layer (14), and laminating a p-type semiconductor layer (18), a buffer layer (20), an intrinsic semiconductor layer (22), an n-type semiconductor layer (24), and a metal electrode (26) on the silicon nitride film (16) in that order. Thereby, the surface of the transparent oxide electrode (12) is chemically stabilized by the surface treatment layer (14), resulting in improved open circuit voltage.

Abstract: A nozzle for ink-jet printing includes a manifold, a vibration element, and an orifice member. The manifold has an outside surface extending in the longitudinal direction of the manifold as well as a hollow space. The hollow space has an opening opened in the outside surface such that the opening extends along the longitudinal direction while maintaining a substantially constant width. The vibrating element is attached to at least one outside surface other than the outside surface in which the hollow space is opened. The orifice member is brought into contact and attached to the outside surface in which the hollow space is opened. The orifice member is composed of a metallic member provided in contact with the manifold, and a synthetic resin member bonded to the metallic member through use of adhesive. The metallic member has at least one through-opening at a position facing the opening of the hollow space of the manifold such that the through-opening communicates with the opening of the hollow space.

Abstract: An apparatus for assembling a semiconductor device including a stage having a substrate support surface for supporting a substrate, and a support member for carrying a semiconductor element to a position on or near the substrate supported by the stage. A microscope unit having a coaxial illuminating unit is arranged inclined to the substrate support surface of the stage, and a counter illuminating unit is arranged inclined on the opposite side from the microscope unit with respect to a normal to the substrate support surface of the stage. A camera is arranged at an image forming position of the microscope unit 1 and an image processing unit is connected to the camera. The substrate has a positioning mark, and the camera acquires an image of the positioning mark and an image of a reflection of the positioning mark reflected by the side surface of the semiconductor element.

Abstract: This invention relates to a monomer shown by the general formula [1] (wherein X′ is a cyclic hydrocarbon residue containing polymerizable double bond(s), which may have a substituent, Z is a spacer or a direct bond and R is a substituted alkyl or alkenyl group having one or two protected hydroxyl groups as substituent) and a polymer containing a segment derived from the above monomer. The said polymer is useful for a resist composition, etc. utilized in the production of semiconductor elements, etc. and the said monomer is useful as a starting material for the polymer, and a resist composition using the said polymer can remarkably advantageously be used as a resist material for ArF excimer laser beams which has been considered to be a valuable technology for exposure belonging to the coming generation.