Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a substrate that includes at least a pair of electrodes, an LED element electrically mounted on the substrate, a phosphor plate adhered to an upper surface of the LED element and including an upper surface and a lower surface each having an area larger than that of the upper surface of the LED element, a white resin provided on an upper surface of the substrate and seamlessly covering a peripheral side surface of the LED element and a peripheral side surface of the phosphor plate. A lower surface of the phosphor plate is adhered to the upper surface of the LED element through a transparent adhesive.

Abstract: A portable manipulation command input device, including a sub-console panel attachable to and removable from an automatic lathe apparatus main unit, and includes an input unit to receive input of a manipulation command to the automatic lathe apparatus main unit, a display unit to display information on the automatic lathe apparatus main unit, and a radio communication unit to communicate with the automatic lathe apparatus main unit. The sub-console panel includes a detection unit and a control unit formed with the automatic lathe apparatus main unit. The detection unit includes a radio ID tag and a radio ID reader detecting the sub-console panel being placed within a predetermined range of the automatic lathe apparatus main unit. Depending on a detection result by the detection unit, the control unit allows or restricts manipulations of the automatic lathe apparatus main unit, and allows display of the information even when restricting the manipulations.

Abstract: A combustion pressure sensor is formed of a ring-shaped cylindrical body. The combustion pressure sensor detects combustion pressure in a combustion chamber of an engine by being attached to an outer periphery of a tip of a functional component attached to the combustion chamber. The cylindrical body forms sealed space sealed with a ring-shaped diaphragm on one side and with a ring-shaped support member on an opposite side. The sealed space is defined by an external cylindrical member and an internal cylindrical member coaxial with each other. The diaphragm has a ring-shaped pressure receiving part formed on a side near the combustion chamber to receive pressure from outside and a ring-shaped transmitting part formed on a rear surface of the diaphragm. A pressure transmitting member and a pressure detecting element are provided in the sealed space.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the provision of a liquid crystal device constructed by sealing a liquid crystal material between substrates, wherein provisions are made to prevent reflections at the sealing, thereby achieving excellent transparency. The liquid crystal device includes a first substrate disposed on a viewing side, a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate, a sealing member disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the first substrate and the second substrate and sealed by the sealing member, and a muslin structure or moth-eye structure placed between the first substrate and the sealing member. The muslin structure or moth-eye structure serves to form a smooth refractive index gradient between the sealing member and the first transparent substrate, thereby enhancing the transparency of the liquid crystal device.

Abstract: Provided is a position transducer which can be manufactured at low cost, improve the signal-to-noise ratio of an output obtained from a detector, and obtain a stable output even if the temperature changes. A position transducer 100 includes a butterfly-shaped reflector 7 attached to a rotating shaft 2 of a rotation restriction motor 1, an LED die 4 disposed to face a central portion of the reflection surface of the reflector 7, a diffused-light absorbing member disposed on the surfaces of a diffused light absorber 3 and a case 5, installed on the fixed side of the motor 1 so as to surround the reflector 7 with a distance from the reflector 7 at the rear of the reflector 7 as viewed from the LED die 4 and absorbing illumination light from the LED die 4 which has not illuminated the reflection surface, and detectors 11 mounted on the same printed circuit board 6 as the LED die 4 to detect an image reflected by the reflector 7.

Abstract: A lighting device includes a light source that includes at least one LED element and a module including a substrate on which the light source is mounted, and a holder in which at least a part of the module is arranged and held. The holder includes a cylindrical portion that includes a stepped portion and a flange of a heat conductor extending from an outer peripheral edge of the stepped portion on which the substrate is arranged, and the holder includes an insulation layer that covers at least outer peripheral surface of the cylindrical portion.

Abstract: A light-emitting apparatus that can produce white light that appears crisper by controlling light-emitting devices of different colors using a simplified wiring configuration is provided. The light-emitting apparatus includes a plurality of blue-emitting devices as blue-emitting semiconductor light-emitting devices, a plurality of green-emitting devices as green-emitting semiconductor light-emitting devices, and a sealing resin through which is dispersed a red phosphor that emits red light by absorbing blue light from the plurality of blue-emitting devices and green light from the plurality of green-emitting devices as pump light, the sealing resin covering the plurality of blue-emitting devices and the plurality of green-emitting devices, wherein the plurality of blue-emitting devices and the plurality of green-emitting devices are connected in series with each other.

Abstract: An integrated device includes an optical element and an electrical element that are implemented on a substrate. The optical element and the electrical element are bonded by surface-activated bonding technology to a bonding portion that is formed on the substrate and made of metal material.

Abstract: An optical module and a fabrication method thereof, the optical module includes a sub-substrate which includes a support layer, an active layer, a BOX layer interposed between the support layer and the active layer, and a height adjusting layer, an optical fiber, and an optical device which is fixed to a silicon substrate, wherein the sub-substrate includes a fixing groove formed by the active layer and the BOX layer, the optical fiber is fixed to the fixing groove, and the optical fiber is optically coupled to the optical device by positioning the sub-substrate via the height adjusting layer with respect to the silicon substrate.

Abstract: In a first aspect of the present invention, a lighting device includes a substrate that includes a pair of electrodes as a first electrode and a second electrode, groups each including a same number of light-emitting elements that are electrically connected to one another in series in each group and that are arranged between the first electrode and the second electrode, a first light-transmitting member including a first phosphor and covering at least one light-emitting element and a second light-transmitting member including a second phosphor and covering at least one light-emitting element that is uncovered by the first light-transmitting member, the first phosphor in the first light-transmitting member and the second phosphor in the second light-transmitting member being configured to be excited to emit light with emission spectrum different from each other, and the first light-transmitting member being enclosed by the second light-transmitting member.

Abstract: A printer that prints on a rolled recording paper, cuts the printed recording paper to a predetermined length, and ejects the cut recording paper. The printer includes storage 30b that stores a print status wherein, at the time of powering on, the printer references a previous print status based on the print status stored in the storage and, if the previous print operation is not completed, ejects the recording paper for a maximum print length and cuts the ejected recording paper.

Abstract: Provided is an LED module that can be easily manufactured while maintaining good reflective characteristics even when a plurality of LED elements and other electronic components are packaged on a circuit substrate. This LED module is characterized by having: a sub-mounting substrate for packaging a plurality of LED elements; a module substrate for packaging an electronic component other than the plurality of LED elements, the sub-mounting substrate being mounted on the module substrate; a dam material disposed on the module substrate and surrounding a mounting part of the sub-mounting substrate; and a cover member for covering top faces of the plurality of LED elements, the cover member being filled into an inside region of the dam material; the reflectance of a surface of the sub-mounting substrate being set higher than the reflectance of a surface of the module substrate.

Abstract: A light-emitting module of the present invention comprises: a light source in which an LED element is disposed on a substrate and electrodes electrically connected to the LED element are provided on the substrate; a metal plate on which the light source is disposed; lead wires connected to the electrodes directly or via other electrode pattern; and a housing made of resin fixed onto the metal plate and housing the light source therein. Moreover, the housing includes a hole opening above the light source, and includes at least one pair of protrusions that protrude facing one another inside the hole and apply a bias to the light source to press the light source onto a metal plate side.

Abstract: A light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element with a pair of element electrodes as a first element electrode and a second element electrode positioned at the lower surface of the light-emitting element; a phosphor plate disposed on the upper surface of the light-emitting element; a first resin covering the lower surface and the peripheral side surface of the light-emitting element with the first element electrode and the second element electrode partly appearing from the first resin; and a second resin provided in the phosphor plate.

Abstract: In a first aspect of the present invention, a light-emitting diode includes a light-emitting element with a p-n junction, a first light-transmitting member including a phosphor and sealing the light-emitting element, and first and second covers disposed on opposite surfaces of the first light-transmitting member. It is disclosed that the first and second covers extend over edges of the opposite surfaces of the first light-transmitting member. In a second aspect of the present invention, a first cover disposed on a first parallel surface of a first light-transmitting member can be greater in thickness than a second cover. In some embodiments, it is disclosed that a second light-transmitting member with higher diffusion coefficient than the first light-transmitting member is disposed in contact with a first perpendicular surface of the first light-transmitting member.

Abstract: There is provided a workpiece separation apparatus permitting input of a mixture of workpieces and chips stably within a flow current and separating them accurately and efficiently. The workpiece separation apparatus includes an input cylinder inserted within a separating container, and a fluid supplying means arranged so as to supply fluid to the separating container from a part lower than a lower end of the input cylinder, and configured such that the fluid overflows and flows out of the upper end of the separating container due to a flow current generated within the separating container, and such that the level of the fluid rises up in the input cylinder and the fluid does not flow out of the upper end of the input cylinder, but is maintained substantially in a resting state and at a level above the level of the upper end of the separating container.

Abstract: A printer includes a paper holder which includes a shaft portion for supporting roll paper, and a movable member in a predetermined vertical height position near and above a first end portion of the shaft portion. The movable member is configured to be displaced along an extending direction of the shaft portion between a pressing position, in which the movable member is brought into contact with and pressed against an end surface of the roll paper supported by the shaft portion, and a non-pressing position, in which the movable member is not in contact with the end surface of the roll paper. The movable member is also biased toward the non-pressing position. A movable member detector is configured to detect that the movable member is in the non-pressing position, and a remaining amount notifier is configured to notify that a remaining amount of the roll paper is low.

Abstract: A biological signal measuring apparatus that is provided with an oscillatory wave detection apparatus, an oscillatory wave period measuring part, a group memory apparatus that is configured to collect the periodic data and to store the periodic data as a group signal, and a vibration frequency calculation apparatus. The vibration frequency calculation apparatus is provided with a section discrimination part configured to compare the group signal with a predetermined value to carry out a section discrimination, a section memory part configured to store to a plurality of sections, a weight coefficient memory part configured to store a weight coefficient, and an oscillatory wave period weighted average value calculation part.

Abstract: Lubricating apparatuses (10, 20, 30, 40) that support the axes of a stator guide (70) and a rotor (50) fit into an opening of a stator (60) are separate components and by fitting the stator guide (70) and lubricating apparatuses (10, 20, 30, 40) into the cylindrically shaped opening of a constant diameter disposed in a bottom plate (80), a bearing can be configured that aligns the central axis of the opening of the stator (60) and the rotational axis of the rotor (50) with high precision. Additionally, the structure of the lubricating apparatus (10, 20, 30, 40) is simplified and configures an electronic timepiece that can use the bearing-less stator (60).