Abstract: In a connector terminal into which a cooperating male contact terminal can be smoothly inserted and a movable contact strip can be prevented from being buckled while a desired contact pressure can be attained, a connecting portion 11 is formed into a substantially box shape by folding a bottom plate 13, side plates 14, 15 (14 is not shown) continuously extending from respective sides of the bottom plate and a top plate 16 continuously extending from one of the side plates. A movable contact strip 17 is formed by folding back the top plate 16 around a gently curved portion 17a into a resilient spring having an inverted triangular shape including a contact portion 17b near an inwardly bent middle portion of the movable contact strip 17. A hole 17c is formed at an end portion of the movable contact strip 17 into which an engagement tip 16b formed by folding a part of the top plate 16 inwardly is inserted.

Abstract: A weighing apparatus includes a base (12) supporting a cantilevered elastic member (14) bearing a load platform (16). The interior of the elastic member (14) is hollowed and is provided with first (20) and second (22) piezoelectric transducers mounted on respective opposed posts. The transducers are arranged substantially parallel to each other with a small gap between them and are coupled to an amplifier (950, 952) to form a “delay line” and a positive feedback loop, to form a natural oscillator.

Abstract: A rear holder 4 is inserted into a housing 3 from a rear end surface 24 at a provisional locking position in which the rear holder 4 is inserted into the housing 3 halfway and an insertion of connecting terminals is allowed, as well as at a sufficiently inserted complete locking position at which the inserted connecting terminals are locked. Within the housing 3, there are formed two rows of terminal accommodating holes 28 each accommodating respective connecting terminals. The rear holder 4 is formed in a substantially plate-like shape and includes a main body 41 which is inserted into slits 29 of the housing 3 and locking arms 45 which are inserted into respective terminal accommodating holes 28. A width of a locking arm 45 is slightly smaller than that of a terminal accommodating hole 28. Windows 37 are formed in the outer wall 21 of the housing 3 such that the terminal accommodating holes 28 are communicated with external through the windows 37.

Abstract: A drying apparatus 10 for casting machine 80, including tunnel 20 divided into first chamber 41 and second chamber 46 by barrier 35. Each chamber 41,46 includes gas inlet 50 connected to gas source 100 for introducing inert carrier gas into chamber 41,46 and gas outlet 60 connected to condenser 71 for removing carrier gas with dissolved solvent from chamber 41,46. Porous diffuser 55 and slotted cover 63 cooperate to maintain smooth plug flow of carrier gas in chamber 41,46. Carrier gas flow is parallel to movement of support strip 91 in first chamber 41 and counter to movement of strip 91 in second chamber 46. Slurry 102 is converted to gel in first chamber 41. Gel is dried to green tape in second chamber 46. Gas pump 76 and flowmeter 77 determine flow rate of carrier gas in chamber 41,46. Partial pressure of solvent vapor is near saturation in first chamber 41; cover heat means 37 prevents condensation of solvent vapor inside tunnel 20. Condenser 71 removes solvent vapor from carrier gas for reuse.

Abstract: A rear holder 4 is inserted into a housing 3 from a rear end surface 24 at a provisional locking position in which the rear holder 4 is inserted into the housing 3 halfway and an insertion of connecting terminals is allowed, as well as at a sufficiently inserted complete locking position at which the inserted connecting terminals are locked. Within the housing 3, there are formed two rows of terminal accommodating holes 28 each accommodating respective connecting terminals. The rear holder 4 is formed in a substantially plate-like shape and includes a main body 41 which is inserted into slits 29 of the housing 3 and locking arms 45 which are inserted into respective terminal accommodating holes 28. A width of a locking arm 45 is slightly smaller than that of a terminal accommodating hole 28. Windows 37 are formed in the outer wall 21 of the housing 3 such that the terminal accommodating holes 28 are communicated with external through the windows 37.

Abstract: A weighing apparatus includes a SAW oscillator and a “push oscillator” to force the SAW oscillator into a desired mode of operation. A SAW temperature oscillator and a thermistor are also provided. The frequency of the “push oscillator” is made immune to temperature changes by generating it via a mixer mixing the SAW temperature oscillator with an adjustable fixed frequency oscillator. Long term stability of the SAW temperature oscillator is achieved by periodic calibration with the thermistor.

Abstract: A weighing apparatus includes a base supporting a cantilevered elastic member bearing a load platform. The interior of the elastic member is hollowed and is provided with first and second piezoelectric transducers mounted on respective opposed posts. The transducers are arranged substantially parallel to each other with a small gap between them and are coupled to an amplifier to form a “delay line” and a positive feedback loop, i.e. a natural oscillator.

Abstract: A joint connector easy to construct and involving less fabricating cost. The joint connector comprises a housing 3 for accommodating a plurality of connecting terminals 2 in a rear-side portion thereof, a bus bar 6 formed out of an electrically conductive metal plate and accommodated in the housing 3 for jointing any individual ones of the connecting terminals 2, a bus bar holder 7 for holding the bus bar 6, and a front cover 9 mounted to the housing 3 in such a way as to cover the bus bar holder 7. The bus bar holder 7 has a plurality of holes to be used for cutting the bus bar 6 to form an arbitrary circuit. The bus bar holder 7 and the bus bar 6 is mounted in the housing 3 so as to be movable in relation to the housing 3 in a direction orthogonal to the direction of the connecting terminals 2 being housed. When the front cover 9 is set in the housing 3, it causes the bus bar holder 7 to be moved and the bus bar 6 to be jointed with connecting terminals 2.

Abstract: A connector including a reception housing which has four sector-shaped compartments defined by four radial partitions, and four sector-shaped end terminals are inserted into the four sector-shaped compartments from mutually orthogonal directions which are perpendicular to a direction in which an insertion housing is inserted into the reception housing. A number of male terminals are provided on each of the four sector-shaped end terminals, and a number of conductors of a plurality of flat cables are connected to the male terminals. On the insertion housing, a number of female terminals are provided each being connected to respective one of a number of electric wires. The male and female terminals are simultaneously coupled with each other by inserting the insertion housing into the reception housing.

Abstract: A radio frequency synthesizer receives a relatively low frequency input signal and synthesizes from it a high frequency output signal whose frequency can be programmed to change in fine steps, for use e.g. in cordless telephone. The frequency synthesizer includes three linked phase locked loops with a single side band mixer in one embodiment coupling two of the phase locked loops together. This provides an output signal free of in-band frequency spurs within the spacing of two channels. The synthesizer can be integrated in a single chip with a narrowband FM modulation circuit. In spite of using a novel synthesizer to achieve monolithic integration, the user programming interface and control value equations are the industry standard format.

Abstract: A connector including a reception housing in which a number of connecting terminals connected to respective conductors are accommodated, an insertion housing in which a number of second connecting terminals connected to respective conductors are accommodated, a holding housing for holding said reception housing, and a spring member arranged between the reception housing and the holding housing. When said insertion housing is inserted into said reception housing, said reception housing is pushed toward the insertion housing and first and second connecting terminals are coupled with each other by a restoring force of the spring means.

Abstract: In a digital communication system, analog equalization and data recovery are provided with non-linear digital feedback at the receiver, to overcome frequency domain distortion imposed by the communications channel. Digital information from the clock and data recovery circuit is non-linearly filtered and then fed back so as to modulate the threshold of a slicer which receives the signal which has been analog equalized. Thereby any shortcomings in the equalization, slicer, or clock and data recovery are overcome by adjusting the slicer threshold at each clock cycle in response to the recovered clock and data signals.

Abstract: An electronic weighing device includes a lower base plate, an upper load bearing plate, and a load cell coupled to central portions of the upper and lower plates such that the load cell responds to weight on the bearing plate. The upper and lower plates are each notched at a central location, with the notches being offset from each other. The overlapping portions of the notches form a cavity for a central portion of the load cell, The load cell is tapered or reduced in height at opposite ends thereof so that its ends fit between a notched portion of one of the upper and lower plates and a full-thickness portion of the other of the upper and lower plates. The reduced height ends of the load cell are coupled to the upper and lower plates.

Abstract: A weighing apparatus includes a base supporting a cantilevered elastic member bearing a load platform. The interior of the elastic member is hollowed and is provided with first and second piezoelectric transducers mounted on respective opposed posts. The transducers are arranged substantially parallel to each other with a small gap between them and are coupled to an amplifier to form a "delay line" and a positive feedback loop, i.e. a natural oscillator.

Abstract: An electric connector including a housing (14) and a rear holder (13). The rear holder (13) retains connecting terminals (12) therein and is fitted into the housing (14) from the rear of the housing. The rear holder (13) includes a front retaining portion (36a, 36b) for restricting forward movement of the connecting terminals (12), and a rear retaining portion (37) for restricting backward movement of the connecting terminals (12). The housing (14) has an inclined guide surface (34b, 43c) for receiving and guiding a respective connecting terminal (12) at an inclined angle into the housing.

Abstract: An electronic weighing device includes a lower electrically conductive plate, an upper electrically conductive plate, a load cell coupled to central portions of the upper and lower plates such that the load cell responds to weight on the upper plate, and a flexible, conductive band coupling the periphery of the upper plate to the periphery of the lower plate. An electronic circuit is coupled to the load cell. The circuit is provided on a board which is mounted on the lower plate close to its center. A pair of bores are provided in the lower plate extending from the circuit board to an edge of the lower plate. A pair of non-conductive rods are coupled to potentiometer on the circuit board. The non-conductive rods extend through the bores from the circuit board to the peripheral edge of the lower plate. The lower plate is provided with a shielded electrical socket which is coupled by shielded cable to the circuit board. A conductive cover is provided over the upper plate, the load cell, and the band.

Abstract: A DC restoration circuit to correct for baseline wandering in a data receiver is provided. A voltage correction circuit is connected to the received data line to adjust the voltage level of the received data dynamically. The voltage correction circuit is controlled by a feedback circuit which includes a voltage detection circuit configured to detect the peak voltage levels or envelope of the received data. This detected level is then compared to a reference level, and the result of the comparison is used as a control signal for the voltage correction circuit.

Abstract: An equalizer receives an analog input signal and filters the signal to undistort the input signal. A converter stage converts the analog input signal into a digital output signal for use in a digital system. A bit sequence indicator analyzes the structure of the digital output signal to determine whether any errors have occurred in transmission and conversion. An adaptor state machine causes the modification of the analog signal based on a feedback loop including information on the errors detected in the packets of digital signals, rather than the analog data itself.

Abstract: A terminal connecting portion 22 of a connecting terminal 21 is formed in a form of a rectangular sleeve by a bottom plate 24, side plates 25, 26 bent upwardly from the bottom plate 24, and top plates 27, 28 bent horizontally from respective side plates 25, 26. Within the terminal connecting portion there is provided a movable contact strip 29 such that a contact portion 29a is directed toward the top plate 27, engaging projections 29b, 29c provided at a front portion of the movable contact strip 29 are engaged with wing portions 30b of a clamping strip 30, and engaging lugs 29d, 29e formed at the front portion of the movable contact strip 29 are engaged with front edges of the side plates 25, 26.

Abstract: An electronic weighing apparatus includes a base which supports a cantilevered elastic member upon which a load platform is mounted. The free end of the elastic member is provided with a first piezoelectric transducer and a second piezoelectric transducer is supported by the base. Each transducer includes a substantially rectangular piezoelectric substrate and a pair of electrodes imprinted on the substrate at one end thereof. The transducers are arranged with their substrates substantially parallel to each other with a small gap between them and with their respective electrodes in relatively opposite positions. The electrodes of the second transducer are coupled to the input of an amplifier and the output of the amplifier is coupled to the electrodes of the first transducer. The resulting circuit is a positive feedback loop with a "delay line" in which a surface acoustic wave in one substrate is effectively induced into the other.