Abstract: An electrical connector has a plurality of sheet-type terminals (20 and 30) which are received into corresponding receiving slots (11 and 12) of a housing (10) and are arranged parallel each other in a direction. The terminals (20, 30) have connection sections (23 and 33) at their ends, which are arranged so as to face the same side and protrude outward from a bottom surface of the housing. The movable member (40), which presses a flat cable (C) toward contact sections (26, 36), is movably supported at an open mouth of the housing (10). The connection sections (23 and 33) have connection surfaces (23A and 33A) for contact with circuit sections of a circuit board, which are staggered in a receiving direction of the terminals to the housing.

Abstract: A pulse signal generator comprises a pair of magnets (3a, 3b) for producing a magnetic field, a magnetic element wire (5) provided in the magnetic field and capable of producing large Barkhausen jumps, a wire coil (2) provided around the magnetic element wire (5) to output a pulse signal. The magnetic element wire (5) is embedded in a coil bobbin (6) as a unit.

Abstract: A sheet discharge apparatus of the present invention is equipped with a discharge device for discharging a sheet from an image forming apparatus, a storage device for storing the sheet discharged from the discharge device, an elevator device for raising and lowering the storage device relative to the discharge device, a position detection device for detecting a surface of the uppermost sheet stored in the storage device or a surface of the storage device to stack the sheet, a reception device for receiving a signal indicating a transport status in the image forming apparatus, and a control device for temporarily stopping the discharge device after the transported sheet is discharged to the storage means by the discharge means when the position detection device detects the uppermost surface of the uppermost sheet stored in the storage device or the surface of the storage means to stack the sheet is away from a predetermined position and the reception device detects the sheet transported in the image forming ap

Abstract: A heat exchanger is comprising a core which is consisting of tubes provided with medium passages and fins fitted to the tubes, and tanks to which ends of the tubes are connected, wherein the tube (2) is formed to have a flat cross-sectional shape by joining ends of one or two plates, the ends of the plates have a contact portion which is formed by bending at least one of the plate ends a plurality of times and overlaying the one end on the other end, and the contact portion is provided with a joint portion (2c) which is formed by placing a part (2e) of the contact portion on the top or bottom flat surface and mutually engaging the both ends of the plate.

Abstract: In a brake pedal apparatus, as a brake pedal is depressed when an engaging device and a receiving portion are engaged with each other, a second lever member pivots about a second pivot pin. At this point, when the pedaling force is smaller than a threshold value, the engagement between the engaging device and the receiving portion is maintained so that the second lever member pivots about the second pivot pin. In this state, the pedal leverage is set to be a smeller ratio. As the pedaling force exceeds the threshold, the engaging device is disengaged from the receiving portion. Then, the first and second lever members are coupled by a stopper portion to pivot together about a first pivot pin. Therefore, the pedal leverage is changed to a larger ratio.

Abstract: A clip is attached to a member or center cluster for detachably attaching the member to an attaching member or instrument panel. The clip is provided with a pair of engaging members projecting with an inclination so that a distance therebetween is narrowed toward the inserting direction of a rib of the center cluster, and engaging portions of the engaging members engage an engagement hole of the rib.

Abstract: Provided is a method of controlling a bar supplying apparatus capable of automatically setting a timing of opening a run-out preventing chuck, a timing of cutting a bar short, and a timing of replacing the bar by the minimum input work. A controller 115 of an NC lathe 110 extracts length data (1) of a product and dimensional data (s) of a cutting width from a machining program, calculates the position of a feeder 123 on the basis of those data, and controls supply of a bar W to bar supporting units 128a to 128c, opening/closing of run-out preventing chucks 129a to 129d, and feeding and replacement of the bar W on the basis of the position of the feeder 123.

Abstract: A configuration controls the height and the inclination of a stacking tray according to the number of sheets discharged and controls the height and the inclination of a stacking tray when discharging sheets and when discharging sheet bundles to improve alignment of discharged sheets and the transporting characteristics. When discharging a sheet bundle, a stacking tray is lowered and when it reaches its home position, the aforementioned stacking tray is stopped. When discharging a sheet, the system determines whether it is the first sheet of a plurality of sheets in a bundle. For the first sheet, a timer is set to a predetermined time from raising to stopping the aforementioned stacking tray (using a pulse count value) and the aforementioned stacking tray is raised. After the set time is up, the stacking tray is stopped at a preset position.

Abstract: A door apparatus for opening and closing two doors supported on a horizontal door rail includes an actuator connected to one of the two doors for driving the same, a direction conversion mechanism connected to the other of the two doors for transmitting a movement of the actuator to the other door to move the same and having an engaging portion formed of a first stage and a second stage, and a locking mechanism having a latch engaging the direction conversion mechanism for locking the two doors and non-engaging the direction conversion mechanism for allowing the two doors to open. The latch engages the first stage of the engaging portion to semi-lock the doors to be able to open manually, and engages the second stage of the engaging portion to lock the doors completely.

Abstract: The present invention is a porous sound-absorbing ceramic form made of a porous ceramic material with communicating pores and having a bulk specific gravity of 0.5 to 1.0. The porous ceramic material consists essentially of 100 parts by weight of perlite having a particle diameter of 0.50 to 2.0 mm, 100 to 200 parts by weight of at least one sintered material selected from the group consisting of fly ash, chamotte, wollastonite, slag, silica, volcanic ejecta, rock, and clay mineral as a matrix material, and 10 to 20 parts by weight of an inorganic binder, which have been sintered so that the matrix material, together with the binder, surrounds the perlite particles. The perlite particles form communicating openings at mutually contacting portions thereof, so that the internal pores are communicating pores.

Abstract: An image transfer apparatus includes a transfer medium supply portion, a transfer medium transport device for transporting a transfer medium back and forth, a transfer device for transferring an image on the transfer medium to a recording medium, and a transfer medium take-up portion for taking up the transfer medium. The transfer medium transport device transports the transfer medium backward to the transfer medium supply portion when the transfer device transfers the image to the recording medium.

Abstract: A separation unit is formed of a feed roller that touches the uppermost surface of sheets stacked on a sheet supply tray to feed the sheet, a supply roller to supply the drawn out sheet, and a separating member pressing against the supply roller to allow only the uppermost sheet to pass. A guide member is disposed between the sheet supply tray and the separating member with an angle with respect to the sheet supply tray to guide the sheet to the supply roller and abut against leading edges of the sheets drawn out from the feed roller to separate them. The separating member of the separating mechanism and the guide member are attached and detached as a single body to the guide member for guiding the sheets. Therefore, while high separation performance for the sheets can be maintained, workability in replacing the separating member becomes easy.

Abstract: A sealing film is used for sealing a solar cell, and including an EVA film formed of ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer resin. The sealing film has concavities formed by embossing. A percentage defined by VH/VA×100% is in a range from 20% to 50%, wherein VH is the total volume of the concavities per unit area of the sealing film, and VA is the apparent volume of the sealing film which is the product of the maximum thickness of the film and the unit area.

Abstract: A photo-induced phase transition organic material is composed of a diheteroarylethene-based compound within which the photo-chromic reaction occurs in the crystalline state. The diheteroarylethene-based compound of the present invention reversibly changes in color with light irradiation and also changes in phase from the open-ring form in the crystalline state to the closed-ring form in the crystalline state, or from the closed-ring form in the crystalline state to the open-ring form in the crystalline state via the liquid state, and can be applicable to optical recording media, display panels, sensors, optical switch devices and the like, by taking advantages of its variations in color with light irradiation and also its changes in physical property, such as the refractive index and the permeability, with its changes in phase.

Abstract: An optical switch (26) comprises an input switching element (12) having a plurality of light input ports (10) and an output switching element (16) having a plurality of light output ports (14). The input switching element (12) comprises a plurality of input optical deflector sets (20), each set consisting of a plurality of optical deflectors (18a, 18b), at each light input port (10). The input optical deflectors in each set are arranged in the incident direction of an optical signal that is input to one of the light input ports. The output switching element (16) comprises a plurality of output optical deflector sets (24), each set consisting of a plurality of optical deflectors (22a, 22b), at each light output port (14). The output optical deflectors in each set are arranged in the emergent direction of an optical signal that is output from one of the light output ports.

Abstract: A joint made between prestressing strands with a prestressing strand coupler is covered with a transparent coupler sheath having a retarded-hardening resin filling material injection opening and discharge opening provided in a tube wall thereof, and a resin filling material is injected into the transparent coupler sheath from the injection opening to fill the coupler sheath with the filling material. Thereafter, the whole outer peripheral portion of the prestressing strand joint, including the coupler sheath, is embedded with placed concrete. Tension is applied to the prestressing strands after the concrete has hardened and before the resin filling material hardens, thereby completing an excellent prestressing strand joint structure. According to the present invention, the filling condition of the resin filling material in the coupler sheath around the prestressing strand joint can readily be confirmed by visual observation.

Abstract: A cup holding device for a vehicle includes a base member having an opening; a lid member supported at a lower end side of the base member and rotatably shifted between a closed position where the lid member covers the base member and an open position in a using state where the lid member is tilted relative to the base member; and a holding member for holding a periphery of a cup and assembled between the base member and the lid member to be shifted between a vertical housed state at the closed position of the lid member and a horizontal using state at the open position of the lid member. The base member and the lid member have receiving portions for jointly receiving a bottom of a cup to be disposed at the same level at the open position of the lid member.

Abstract: In a fluid pressure boosting device 1 of the present invention, a control valve 4 is composed of a supply valve 44 and a discharge valve 45, the supply valve 44 comprises an annular valve cone 46 of a poppet type and a first valve seat 7 and the discharge valve 45 comprises an annular valve cone 46 of a poppet type and a second valve seat 8. Inside a rear end portion of a primary piston 21 of a master cylinder 2, a reaction disk 57 made of an elastic material such as rubber is fitted. An input shaft 3 penetrating the control valve is arranged such that, in the inoperative state, an end thereof confronts the reaction disk 57 with a predetermined space therebetween and, in the operative state, the end comes in contact with said reaction disk 57 so that a reaction force is transmitted to the input shaft 3. The passage for discharging hydraulic fluid of the power chamber 9 is composed of annular passages 52, 53.

Abstract: There are provided a boundary scan element including a plurality of input-terminal-side boundary cells connected in series and assigned individually to respective input terminals, a plurality of output-terminal-side boundary cells connected in series and assigned individually to respective output terminals, a TAP circuit for controlling input and output of data to or from the input-terminal-side and output-terminal-side boundary cells, a TDI terminal for inputting serial data to be provided to the boundary cells, a TDO terminal for outputting data from the boundary cells as serial data, a TCK terminal to which a clock signal is input, and a TMS terminal to which a mode signal is input to switch an operation mode of the TAP circuit, characterized in that the input-terminal-side boundary cells and the output-terminal-side boundary cells are connected in parallel between the TDI terminal and the TDO terminal; and a communication system using the same.

Abstract: An image inverting device includes an objective mirror which reflects an image light, incident on a rotation axis from a side of the rotation axis, in the direction of the rotation axis, and an inverting unit on which the image light reflected by the objective mirror is incident. The inverting unit is formed of an assembly of an odd number of reflecting mirrors or an optical block having an odd number of reflecting surfaces. The inverting unit reflects the image light such that the light rotates around the rotation axis due to rotation of the unit, and emits the image light in the direction of the rotation axis. A rotation drive device is attached to rotate the objective mirror and the inverting unit respectively around the rotation axis in the same direction such that their respective angular velocities are in a ratio of 2:1.