Abstract: A stator device which prevents the formation of varnish accumulations on jumper wires, thereby preventing jumper wire breakage due to temperature variations. A gap is created between the jumper wire and the stud located on the stator body. When varnish is applied to the stud and the jumper wires, excess varnish flows through the gap and pools underneath. Moreover, when there is a significant accumulation of varnish in the gap, the varnish will flow off from the edge of the stator body.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for image forming includes a hybrid developing apparatus that supplies surly charged toner to a developing roll. The apparatus includes a developing roll that is electrically conductive at least on its surface. The image forming apparatus and the method have a constitution capable of applying an alternating current bias having a duty ratio in the range of 10 to 50% and a direct current bias superposed thereon. The developing roll is directly confronted with a latent image bearing body through an insulative toner thin layer at the nearest region of the developing roll and the latent image bearing body. An independent bias is applied to each of the developing roll and the magnetic roll, and the toner is refreshed by the varying duty ratio of the alternate current bias and the direct current bias after developing.

Abstract: A toner supply container comprises a container body accommodating toner. The container body is detachably mounted from above into a machine body of an image forming machine along a first guide member and a second guide member provided with a predetermined spacing in the machine body. The toner supply container includes a first locking mechanism disposed in one end portion of the container body, and a second locking mechanism disposed in the other end portion of the container body. The first locking mechanism includes an engagement claw to be engaged with an engagement stop portion provided in the first guide member when the container body is located at a mounting position, and an unlocking lever for releasing engagement between the engagement claw and the engagement stop portion.

Abstract: There is disclosed a reduced-scale digital data deinterleaver of simple structure. In a preferred embodiment each word is comprised of 32 bits of data, and 32 words form a block. In each block, each word is separated into four phases cyclically. The resulting bit lines and word lines are interchanged to produce interleaved data items. One block of the interleaved data items is written into a RAM. A higher significant address of 5 bits and a lower significant address of 5 bits of the RAM are specified by the higher significant 5 bits and the lower significant 5 bits, respectively, of the output from a counter. Whenever a block of data is written to the RAM the higher significant 5 bits and the lower significant 5 bits are interchanged to produce first and second count signals. Data is read from the specified address, 1 bit at a time and data is written, 1 bit at a time, into the address just from which data was read out.

Abstract: An information terminal device comprises a backlight for illuminating a key operation portion or a LCD display portion; an optical sensor portion for detecting lightness of the surroundings; a backlight control for turning on illumination light according to surrounding light for a fixed time after key operation; and an optical sensor control for applying electric power to the optical sensor portion at regular intervals thereby to detect the surrounding light, wherein the application of the electric power to the optical sensor portion is forbidden except when the surrounding light is detected. Further, the backlight control switches, according to the surrounding light when the key operation is performed, control in which both the key operational portion backlight and the LCD backlight are turned on, control in which only the LCD backlight is turned on, and control in which both of the backlights are not turned on.

Abstract: A video recorder housing has a pivoting gate to open and close the cassette slot of the video recorder. The pivoting gate has a movable hook secure to its rear side. When a video cassette is inserted into the cassette slot to be loaded into the housing, the movable hook partially appears from the lower edge of the pivoting gate, and the pivoting gate remains partially open with the protruding hook resting on the upper surface of the video cassette. The partially open pivoting gate exposes the label of the video cassette to be seen from the outside.

Abstract: A cellular phone terminal capable of setting a specific service by merely operating keys, the cellular phone terminal includes an input means 11 for inputting key-inputted data for setting the service, a radio state acquisition means 12 for obtaining a radio state upon setting the service, a time measuring means 13 for measuring generation timing of the key-inputted data, and a state recording memory 20 for storing the key inputted data information, the radio state information and key-inputted data interval information.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved video recorder housing having a main-and-auxiliary pivoting gate assembly to open and close its front cassette slot. The housing has a chamfered cassette guide extending inward from the lower edge of the cassette slot. The housing has a horizontal pin positioned inside and above the cassette slot. The main gate is attached to rotate about the horizontal pin and is spring-biased toward its closing position. The main gate has a sub-horizontal pin and an inverted “L”-shaped lever both operatively connected to control the degree of opening of the auxiliary gate. The auxiliary gate is spring-biased toward its closing position, and can be rotated about the sub-horizontal pin while the inverted “L”-shaped lever rolls on the ceiling of the housing. With this arrangement, the main gate is kept half open with its lower edge caught by the upper surface of a videocassette loaded inside the video recorder.

Abstract: The retainer of the present invention is made of a composite material having a body made from a polymer, a layer of solid lubricant formed over the body by chemically coating the body with a porous layer of solid lubricant and impregnating the solid lubricant with another lubricant using conventional methods such as vacuum impregnation. The retainer is placed between an outer raceway and an inner raceway to form a self-lubricating bearing. The bearing made in this manner has high lubrication tolerance (i.e. it performs well in the absence of external lubrication). Because of its high lubrication tolerance, the bearing is suitable for use in various applications such as dental/medical hand pieces that are periodically sterilized and other applications which occasionally experience periods of lubrication starvation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a keyboard switch structure that allows the height of a keyboard switch to be sufficiently minimized so as to be suitable for notebook personal computers or other portable devices. The present invention also provides a keyboard switch assembly that allows the keytop attached to the keyboard switch to be removed and replaced in a simple manner without destroying or damaging the keyboard switch. The keyboard switch is configured in a pantograph structure having cross arms that intersect each other to form an X-like structure. The upper portion of the pantograph structure is movably attached to a coupling plate on the underside of the keytop and the lower portion of the structure is movably attached to a base plate so as provide the keytop with movement in the vertical direction. The keyboard switch has two frame members that each have two cross arms that are parallel and fixed relative to each other.

Abstract: The first amplifier circuit D1 is formed by connecting drains of a pair of N-channel MOS transistors forming the first current mirror circuit CM1 respectively to the drains of P-channel MOS transistors 1 and 2 as a differential input portion, and the second amplifier circuit D2 is formed by connecting drains of a pair of P-channel MOS transistors forming the second current mirror circuit CM2 respectively to the drains of N-channel MOS transistors 5 and 6 as a differential amplifier circuit. The first and second differential amplifier circuits D1 and D2 can amplify the first and second signals having cycles corresponding with each other with their duty ratios kept unchanged regardless of their operating point potentials. Further, the two outputs are combined into one output to suppress variation of the operating point potential of the output attributable to process-related factors, fluctuation of the power supply potential due to the oscillating operation and the like.

Abstract: A key switch stabilizer mechanism having a first approximately C-shaped stabilizer wire which is connected to both a key top and a base plate, and is further supported so as to be able to turn with respect to the key top; and a second stabilizer wire having a flat portion connected to the base plate, a bent portion, and another flat portion connected to the key top. Therefore, touching even very lightly any part of the key top surface, in particular the top end peripheral edge, allows a pushing pressure to be imparted to the first and second wires arrayed within the key top, by means of which a membrane push mechanism operates. When pressure on the key top is released, the first and second stabilizer wires follow the reaction force from the membrane switch push mechanism and rise, such that the membrane switch can be operated.

Abstract: The difference of luminance between a front surface side and a rear surface side as viewed from the front surface side is reduced in a multi-layered EL lamp. An EL lamp includes a first laminate formed by serially laminating a first transparent electrode, a first luminescent layer and a first insulating layer, a second laminate formed by serially laminating a second transparent electrode, a second luminescent layer and a second insulating layer on the first laminate, and a rear electrode formed on the second laminate, wherein a dielectric constant between the first and second transparent electrodes is set to a value smaller than a dielectric constant between the second transparent electrode and the rear electrode.

Abstract: A motor control method and apparatus for stopping an object moved by a motor accurately at a predefined target position, shortening the time period required in stop control, in which the motor is driven at a first (high) speed up to a distance from the target position adequate for stop control and then is sequentially braked to a predetermined speed lower than the first speed, driven at a second (low) speed up to a distance from the target position equal to the stopping distance, and braked to a stop. The method and apparatus are used in a time recorder. An impact printing apparatus is also disclosed with printing pin actuation timing correction dependent upon scanning speed or platen shape, striking duration timing dependent upon scanning rate, or printing pin actuation timing dependent upon stored shift amounts.

Abstract: A light illuminating type switch with a good click rate and having a desired click characteristic near to that of a single member of a metal dome. Fixed contacts 7a are provided on a base sheet 7. On an upper side of the base sheet 7, a dome shaped movable contact 8 capable of electrically connecting the fixed contacts 7a on the base sheet by being elastically deformed is arranged. The surface of the dome shaped movable contact 8 is attached with a flexible EL sheet E by using adhering agents 9a and 9b via an insulating member 6 over a peripheral portion of the dome shaped movable contact 8. The EL sheet E is formed with cut portions 10 partially at positions along an outer peripheral edge of the dome shaped movable contact 8. At least a pair of the cut portions 10 are formed at symmetrical positions centering on the movable contact 8.

Abstract: An eyeglass assembly having a lens frame; a temple piece; an electrical insert projecting from either the lens frame or the temple piece; and a receiver provided in or on the other of the lens frame or temple piece. The electrical insert is removably insertable into the receiver for both releasably attaching the temple piece to the lens frame and for establishing an electrical connection therebetween.

Abstract: A counter-rotating axial flow fan for cooling electronic components comprising two or more impellers with narrow chord blades. At least one impeller rotates in a first direction and at least one impeller rotates in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The blades of the impellers are configured so as to cause air to flow in the same axial direction. The air flow generated by this counter-rotating fan is substantially greater than the air flow of an otherwise identical co-rotating fan.

Abstract: To restrain cycle-to-cycle jitter in a clock generator subjected to EMI a 2nd order PLL having a loop filter including a first capacitor and a first resistor, is provided where a reduction in a comparison frequency is avoided by using a clock modulating circuit. The clock modulation circuit is controlled by an intermediary signal provided by dividing an oscillation signal of a voltage controlled oscillator. The output of the clock modulation circuit is used to recurrently control a divider for dividing the output of the voltage controlled oscillator. Generation of high frequency noise is minimized by using a 1st order &Dgr;&Sgr; modulator(21) in the clock modulation circuit. The system behaves like a 3rd order PLL due to the presence of a second capacitor having a capacitance value of about {fraction (1/10)} or more than that of the first capacitor. The second capacitor is placed in parallel with the loop filter to restrain the cycle-to-cycle jitter by effectively removing the high frequency noise.

Abstract: An oscillator circuit adapted for a piezoelectric oscillator which has a weak oscillation output for generating high frequencies is provided. The speed of operation of the oscillator circuit is increased. An integrated circuit for such an oscillator circuit is also provided. The oscillator circuit has an amplifier portion consisting of CMOS inverters connected in cascade. MOS transistors forming the CMOS inverters have channel widths that decrease successively from the first stage to the last stage to improve the amplification factor of the amplifier portion at high frequencies. This makes it possible to amplify weak oscillation output from the quartz oscillator (XL). A filter circuit produces a peak of negative resistance at a frequency higher than conventional. This permit oscillation operation at higher frequencies.