Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a plurality of light emitting elements formed of a thin layer of a compound semiconductor and arranged in a row in one direction with an equal interval therebetween. Each of the light emitting elements includes a light emitting area formed on a surface thereof; a first conductive type side electrode formed on the surface and electrically connected to one side of the light emitting element; and a second conductive type side electrode formed on the surface and electrically connected to the other side of the light emitting element. Further, the first conductive type side electrode is disposed at a position continuously surrounding at lease two sides of the light emitting area of the light emitting area with an insulating film inbetween. The second conductive type side electrode is disposed on the light emitting area.

Abstract: An inspection device is used for inspecting a thin plate container having a stage guide with insulation property for supporting a thin plate one by one. The inspection device includes a conductive plate having an upper surface and a lower surface and supported on the stage guide; a shaft disposed above the upper surface or below the lower surface; and a contact member abutting against the conductive plate. The conductive plate, the shaft, and the contact member respectively have conductivity.

Abstract: An electrical connector for a flat conductive member include a housing; a first terminal including a first fixing arm portion, a first movable arm portion, and a first connecting portion; a second terminal including a second fixing arm portion, a second movable arm portion, and a second connecting portion; and a pressing member for pressing a first pressure receiving portion and a second pressure receiving portion so that the first pressing portion and the second pressing portion press the flat conductive member. The pressing member includes a cam portion having a small radius cam portion and a large radius cam portion. The small radius cam portion contacts with the first pressure receiving portion when the pressing member is situated at the open position. The large radius cam portion presses the first pressure receiving portion and the second pressure receiving portion when the pressing member is situated at the closed position.

Abstract: An image forming device includes a data receiving unit for receiving printing data and first identification information through a network; a data storage unit for storing the printing data and the first identification information; a non-contact medium information obtaining unit for obtaining second identification information stored in a memory of a non-contact medium; a print control unit for controlling a printing process of forming an image according to the printing data; a information comparison unit for comparing the first identification information with the second identification information; and a data control unit for retrieving the printing data corresponding to the first identification information from the data storage unit and sending the printing data to the print control unit when the information comparison unit determines that the first identification information matches to the second identification information.

Abstract: A middle electrical connector includes a plurality of terminals disposed on a terminal arrangement plate. A housing holds the terminal arrangement plate. The terminal arrangement plate has retaining grooves to hold the terminals at a plurality of positions. The retaining grooves includes a front retaining groove and a back retaining groove having at least one of a shape or a size different with each other. The front retaining groove holds a front retained portion of the terminal on a front portion side. The rear retaining groove holds a rear retained portion of the terminal on a rear portion side. When the terminal is inserted, the front retained portion is allowed to pass through the rear retaining groove.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a laminated substrate; a removal portion; a cavity; a first semiconductor element; and a second semiconductor element. In the laminated substrate, a bulk layer, an insulating layer, and a semiconductor layer are laminated in this order from a bottom. The laminated substrate includes a first area, a second area adjacent to the first area, and a third area adjacent to the second area in each of the layers. The semiconductor layer, the insulating layer, and an upper portion of the bulk layer in the first area are removed to form the removal portion. A part of the bulk layer in the second area is removed to form the cavity adjacent to the removal portion. The first semiconductor element is formed in the bulk layer in the removal portion as an ESD protection element. The second semiconductor element is formed partially in the semiconductor layer in the second area.

Abstract: A component fixing device includes a holding portion for holding a component with a hollow portion while restricting a movement of the component; and a fixed portion elastically connected to the holding portion and to be fixed to an object. The holding portion is inserted into the hollow portion of the component for holding the component. The holding portion may have a center holding portion abutting against an outer surface of the component and a pair of arm portions disposed at both sides of the center holding portion and capable of bending relative to the center holding portion, so that the center holding portion and the arm portions sandwich the component.

Abstract: In a light emitting diode package or a light emitting diode, a cover body having an opening with a reflecting surface is attached on an upper portion of a base body on which a light emitting diode element is mounted. The base body is formed of alumina ceramics having a pore diameter of 0.10 to 1.25 ?m or a porosity of 10% or more, and a thermal via is formed in the base body. Accordingly, it is possible to improve luminance and heat radiating characteristics of the light emitting diode package and the light emitting diode which uses alumina ceramics.

Abstract: A card connector include a housing with a contact; an ejector provided inside the housing to be slidable between a holding position and a temporary holding position in a card insertion and pull-out direction; and an elastic member provided inside the housing for urging the ejector from the holding position to the temporary holding position. The ejector has a corresponding locking portion to be locked with a locking portion of the card. The ejector is slidable between the holding position and the temporary holding position while being locked with the locking portion. When the card is moved toward the card insertion slot beyond the temporary holding position, the corresponding locking portion contacts with the card. Accordingly, the corresponding locking portion moves away from the locking portion, and the elastic member moves away from the locking portion, so that the locking portion is unlocked from the corresponding locking portion.

Abstract: A belt drive device includes: a plurality of rollers; an endless belt placed on the rollers to be movable; a roller shaft shifting member disposed on at lease one end portion of a shaft of at least one of the rollers for shifting the one end portion of the shaft of the one of the rollers according to a movement of the endless belt in a shaft direction of the one of the rollers; a cleaning member disposed to face the one of the rollers; and a shifting member for shifting the cleaning member in the shaft direction of the one of the rollers when the endless belt moves in the shaft direction of the one of the rollers.

Abstract: An electrical connector is connected to a flat conductive member having a connecting portion. The electrical connector includes a housing formed of an insulating material and having a receptacle space for receiving the flat conductive member; a terminal arranged in the housing along a first direction; a metal member disposed in the housing, said metal member including an attaching portion attached to the housing, an arm portion extending from the attaching portion, and an extending portion extending inward from the arm portion; and a pressing member supported on one of the housing, the terminal, and the metal member to be rotatable for pressing a contact portion of the terminal against the connecting portion. The extending portion extends close to the flat conductive member and overlaps with the flat conductive member when the flat conductive member is inserted into the receptacle space.

Abstract: A wire bonding apparatus includes a heat block (121) and a heat plate (122) provided on the heat block (121). A recess (1221) is provided in the heat plate (122) to receive the first semiconductor chip (41) and wires (51) without contact therewith when the lead frame (50) is provided on the heat plate (122) such that the first main surface (501) of the lead frame (50) faces toward heat plate. A duct (13) is provided in the heat plate (122) to connect the recess (1221) to the outside of the heat plate (122). A gas supplied through the duct (13) is heated by a heater (14) and discharged into the recess (1221).

Abstract: A connector for a flat conductor includes a terminal maintaining a flat plane shape and having a fixed arm portion and a movable arm portion extending in a same direction. The fixed arm portion and the movable arm portion are connected through a joining portion at an intermediate portion thereof in a longitudinal direction thereof. A housing securely holds the fixed arm portion. The movable arm portion has a press portion on one end thereof in a longitudinal direction thereof and a pressed portion on the other end thereof. A cam portion of a pressure member presses the pressed portion to displace the pressed portion when the pressure member moves in a specific direction. When the pressed portion is displaced within the plane, the movable arm portion is displaced around the joining portion as a lever to displace the press portion, so that the press portion presses the flat conductor.

Abstract: A connector is provided with a lock mechanism for locking with a mating connector when the mating connector is fitted in the connector. The connector includes a housing and a metal shell for covering an upper surface, a lower surface, and side surfaces of the housing. The metal shell includes a fitting lock piece on a side portion of a fitting opening, and the fitting lock piece is arranged along a fitting direction with respect to the mating connector. The fitting lock piece includes a corresponding lock member for locking with a locking member of the mating connector when the mating connector is fitted in the connector through the fitting opening. The fitting lock piece engages an upper plate and a lower plate of the metal shell covering the upper surface and the lower surface of the housing, respectively.

Abstract: An electrical connector for a circuit board is provided with a relay member connection body and a relay member receiving body. The relay member connection body is provided with terminals and a terminal holding body to hold the terminals. The relay member receiving body is fitted into the relay member connection body and receives a relay member that is to be connected with the terminals. The relay member receiving body is provided with receiving grooves extending in the assemble direction to receive the relay member. One end side of the terminal is held, and a contact portion elastically bendable inward of the receiving groove is provided in the other end side of the terminal. A distal portion of the terminal on the other end side abuts against the relay member receiving body, so that the terminals receive pre-compression in an elastically bending direction of the contact portion.

Abstract: An air humidifier has an electric fan unit arranged in a housing for delivering a through-flow of air between feed-air and discharge-air openings in the housing; at least one filter device for the through-flow of air; and a device for releasing liquid to the through-flow of air. A first housing component accommodates the fan unit with filter strips and feed-air and discharge-air openings. A second housing component is a vessel for storing liquid. The two housing components form autonomous structural units which can be fixed to and detached from one another. It is possible for the first housing component to be utilized as a separate unit independently of the second housing component.

Abstract: A mask pattern correcting method is comprised of a before-correction pattern edge defining step for defining an edge of a mask pattern, a deviated position setting step for setting a close point and a isolated point based on the deviation between the pattern edges of the mask pattern and the design pattern, an edge selecting step for correcting an edge located within specified distance from the isolated point, and selecting a mask pattern edge that will have smaller variation of the close point light intensity and larger variation of isolated point light intensity by the correction, a correcting step for correcting an edge to be corrected such that the isolated point light intensity after correction satisfies a criterion for correction, an after-correction pattern edge defining step for defining a pattern edge of the corrected mask pattern, and an end determining step for ending correction when the deviation between the defined after-correction pattern edge and the edge of the design pattern is within a speci