Abstract: A flavoring sheet with improved physical properties, a smoking article including the same, and methods of producing the flavoring sheet and the smoking article are provided. The flavoring sheet according to some embodiments of the present disclosure may include a hydrocolloid material configured to form a sheet, a flavoring, and a plasticizer. The plasticizer can improve physical properties of the flavoring sheet and thus enhance workability of a process of cutting the flavoring sheet.

Abstract: An optical scanner includes a mirror configured to reflect an incident light and a vertically-shifting electrostatic actuator configured to oscillate the mirror. The electrostatic actuator includes a frame having an installation space in a central portion and a drive electrode, a stationary electrode, a shifter, and a force application part installed in the installation space. Drive electrode fingers in the drive electrode and stationary electrode fingers in the stationary electrode are alternately disposed. The shifter may be connected either between the frame and the drive electrode or between the frame and the stationary electrode and vertically shifts either the drive electrode or the stationary electrode connected to the shifter when a vertical force is applied through the force application part.

Abstract: A directional sound apparatus includes a planar shape plate and a sound wave generator. The planar shape plate has a plurality of grooves formed on a surface of the planar shape plate. The sound wave generator is configured to radiate a sound wave to outside from the surface of the planar shape plate. A width of each of the grooves and a distance between the grooves adjacent to each other are smaller than a wavelength of the sound wave. The planar shape plate has a plurality of cell areas in which at least one groove is included. A structure of the groove included in a first cell area is different from that of the groove included in a second cell area adjacent to the first cell area, so that surface admittance in the first cell area is different from that in the second cell area.

Abstract: A vertically-shifting electrostatic actuator and an optical scanner employing the electrostatic actuator are disclosed. The optical scanner includes a mirror configured to reflect an incident light and an electrostatic actuator configured to oscillate the mirror. The electrostatic actuator includes a frame having an installation space in a central portion and a drive electrode, a stationary electrode, a shifter, and a force application part installed in the installation space. Drive electrode fingers in the drive electrode and stationary electrode fingers in the stationary electrode are alternately disposed. The shifter may be connected either between the frame and the drive electrode or between the frame and the stationary electrode and vertically shifts either the drive electrode or the stationary electrode connected to the shifter when a vertical force is applied through the force application part.

Abstract: A directional sound apparatus includes a planar shape plate and a sound wave generator. The planar shape plate has a plurality of grooves formed on a surface of the planar shape plate. The sound wave generator is configured to radiate a sound wave to outside from the surface of the planar shape plate. A width of each of the grooves and a distance between the grooves adjacent to each other are smaller than a wavelength of the sound wave. The planar shape plate has a plurality of cell areas in which at least one groove is included. A structure of the groove included in a first cell area is different from that of the groove included in a second cell area adjacent to the first cell area, so that surface admittance in the first cell area is different from that in the second cell area.

Abstract: A battery pack including a plurality of battery cells; a protective circuit module electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells, the protective circuit module being for establishing an electrical connection with an external electronic device; a case accommodating the plurality of battery cells and the protective circuit module, the case including a first case and a second case coupled to the first case; an adhesive sheet attached to at least a portion of an outer surface of the case, the adhesive sheet including a base sheet and a bubble prevention part on the base sheet; and a protective cover interposed between the protective circuit module and the adhesive sheet.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells; and a case, the case including a first case and a second case, the second case being combined with the first case to accommodate the battery cells therebetween. The case may include a combining unit and a separation prevention unit, the combining unit and the separation prevention unit being disposed in different locations in the case, the combining unit being configured to combine the first case and the second case with each other, and the separation prevention unit being configured to prevent separation of the combining unit.

Abstract: A battery pack assembly includes a battery cell; a first case including a first surface support contacting a first surface of the battery cell and a first lateral surface support bent from the first surface support toward a lateral surface of the battery cell; a second case including a second surface support contacting a second surface of the battery cell, and a second lateral surface support bent from the second surface support toward the lateral surface of the battery cell, wherein at least a part of an external surface of the second lateral surface support overlaps the first lateral surface support and an internal surface of the second lateral surface support contacts the lateral surface of the battery cell; and a hook portion having a through hole and protruding from the external surface of the second lateral surface support, wherein the hook portion is spaced from the second surface support.

Abstract: A battery pack including a plurality of battery cells; a protective circuit module electrically connected to the plurality of battery cells, the protective circuit module being for establishing an electrical connection with an external electronic device; a case accommodating the plurality of battery cells and the protective circuit module, the case including a first case and a second case coupled to the first case; an adhesive sheet attached to at least a portion of an outer surface of the case, the adhesive sheet including a base sheet and a bubble prevention part on the base sheet; and a protective cover interposed between the protective circuit module and the adhesive sheet.

Abstract: A cap cover and a battery pack including the cap cover are provided. The cap cover includes: a first plate which is formed in a first direction; a second plate which is formed in a second direction; and a third plate which is formed in a third direction. The first and third plates have a step difference due to the second plate and cover upper surfaces of a plurality of battery cells arranged to have a step difference, and the second plate covers a side exposed through the step difference of the battery cells.