Abstract: To reduce the internal resistance of small electromagnetic relays of a one-circuit three-contact gap type in order to make it possible to allow large electric currents and at the same time to improve the connection between the fixed contacts and the moveable contacts. Fixed contacts on the fixed terminals are positioned at each apex of an approximate triangle on the upper surface of the insulation base. Moveable contacts are installed on the lower surface of the moveable plate, and are respectively placed in a position which corresponds to each of the fixed contacts. The moveable plate is fastened to the moveable spring whose both ends are held onto the sides of the insulation base, and moves at a specified distance from the fixed contacts due to the pressure of the moveable spring. The construction results in the movable contacts contacting their corresponding fixed contacts at the three positions with uniform contact strength.

Abstract: To provide a small-sized electromagnetic relay capable of reducing an internal resistance of a contact circuit as much as possible, and also capable of carrying a high current to the relay. The electromagnetic relay includes an electromagnetic driving block composed by a coil, an iron core, a yoke, and an armature; fixed contacts each provided on one end of each of a pair of terminals fixed to a base; and a movable spring having movable contacts provided at positions corresponding to the respective fixed contacts, the armature driving the movable spring depending on whether or not a current is carried to the coil, thereby opening or closing a contact circuit, wherein the movable spring has both ends supported by the base, the movable spring arranged in parallel to the terminals, and the movable contacts are provided on the movable spring.

Abstract: To provide a small-sized electromagnetic relay capable of reducing an internal resistance of a contact circuit as much as possible, and also capable of carrying a high current to the relay. The electromagnetic relay includes an electromagnetic driving block composed by a coil, an iron core, a yoke, and an armature; fixed contacts each provided on one end of each of a pair of terminals fixed to a base; and a movable spring having movable contacts provided at positions corresponding to the respective fixed contacts, the armature driving the movable spring depending on whether or not a current is carried to the coil, thereby opening or closing a contact circuit, wherein the movable spring has both ends supported by the base, the movable spring arranged in parallel to the terminals, and the movable contacts are provided on the movable spring.

Abstract: To provide a small-sized electromagnetic relay capable of reducing an internal resistance of a contact circuit as much as possible, and also capable of carrying a high current to the relay. The electromagnetic relay includes an electromagnetic driving block composed by a coil, an iron core, a yoke, and an armature; fixed contacts each provided on one end of each of a pair of terminals fixed to a base; and a movable spring having movable contacts provided at positions corresponding to the respective fixed contacts, the armature driving the movable spring depending on whether or not a current is carried to the coil, thereby opening or closing a contact circuit, wherein the movable spring has both ends supported by the base, the movable spring arranged in parallel to the terminals, and the movable contacts are provided on the movable spring.

Abstract: There is provided a content providing device which enables easy and quick review of relevant information of contents. The content providing device 100 includes a control unit 10 which carries out a provisional process of presenting a content, a speech recognizing engine 16 which recognizes a speech pattern collected by a microphone 3 in response to a depression of a speech switch 20 during the provisional process of presenting the content, a readout control section 12 which carries out a process which reads out a title of the content based upon a speech recognition result, and a speech synthesizing engine 18 which carries out a process which synthesizes a speech pattern in response to the readout process, and reproduces a synthesized speech pattern from a speaker 40.

Abstract: To provide a small-sized electromagnetic relay capable of reducing an internal resistance of a contact circuit as much as possible, and also capable of carrying a high current to the relay. The electromagnetic relay includes an electromagnetic driving block composed by a coil, an iron core, a yoke, and an armature; fixed contacts each provided on one end of each of a pair of terminals fixed to a base; and a movable spring having movable contacts provided at positions corresponding to the respective fixed contacts, the armature driving the movable spring depending on whether or not a current is carried to the coil, thereby opening or closing a contact circuit, wherein the movable spring has both ends supported by the base, the movable spring arranged in parallel to the terminals, and the movable contacts are provided on the movable spring.

Abstract: A thermal protector includes a partition wall which encloses an arrangement portion of a movable contact and a fixed contact from three sides. The partition wall is adjacent the contacts in a range that does not inhibit the opening/closing operations of the contacts, and is formed to be higher than the fixed contact and a gap between the contacts, but not exceed the height of a movable plate to which the movable contact is attached, when the contacts are released.

Abstract: In a manually operated switch for cutting off direct current, a PTC 9 as a non-linear resistor is parallel connected to a contact circuit composed of a first fixed contact 5-1 and a first movable contact 4-1, via a connecting unit 3-1, a top electrode 9-1, a bottom electrode 9-2, a connecting wire 6a and a movable unit 6. Firstly, the first fixed contact 5-1 and the first movable contact 4-1 are opened. However, since the PTC 9 is parallel connected and the contact circuit forms a closed circuit, surge voltage is difficult to occur, and cutoff current flows in the PTC 9. After peak current passes by the decrease of a resistance value due to the instantaneous heating of the PTC 9, voltage returns to power supply voltage by the increase of the resistance value of the PTC 9, and then the fixed contact 5-2 and the second movable contact 4-2 are opened. Accordingly, current is completely cut off.

Abstract: In a direct current cutoff switch1, a PTC 5, which is a non-linear resistor, is parallel connected to a contact circuit composed of a fixed contact 4-2 and a movable contact 8-2 via electrodes 5-1. When the switch is closed, no current flows in the PTC 5 with a prescribed resistance value at 25° C., since voltage between both the electrodes 5-1 is almost “0”. When the switch is opened in order to cut off current, the contacts form a closed circuit since the PTC 5 is parallel inserted between the fixed contact 4-2 and the movable contact 8-2. For this reason, it is difficult for surge voltage to occur and an arc hardly occurs between both the contacts. The PTC 5 instantaneously heats due to passing current, reduces the resistance value and passes peak current. Then, the resistance value rises and becomes stable in a high value such that weak current which is negligible at 42V, which is rated voltage. Thus, current is substantially cut off.

Abstract: A less expensive power cord with a safety device detects the damage of the power lines in a cord at an earlier stage, shuts off the power, and guarantees the safety of an electric appliance and its environment. The power cord has two power lines and a detection line provided between them, and the sheath portion between the detection line and the power line is thinner than the insulating sheath material of the cord contact portion. When the power line becomes half-broken and damaged by the fatigue with the passage of time due to bendings and pulls, the broken ends of the thin lines of the power line are untwisted and contact the thin sheath portion of the detection line, a current flows through the detection line, a current difference occurs in the power line, the power shutdown device detects the difference, releases a latch, and opens a constant close interlocking switch, thereby shutting off the power.

Abstract: A safety device of the present invention copes with diverse abnormal conditions, and securely interrupts a driving current of an electric appliance by being combined with a normally used current interrupter. For example, a current interrupter that senses immersion or a ground fault is arranged in a power plug 50 at an end of a power cord 26, and a power switch 31 is connected to one power line 32-1, which is drawn from the power cord 26 to the inside of a hair-dryer 25, and a first sensor 34 and a second sensor 39 of a normal-time open-circuit type, which close a circuit when sensing an abnormal condition, are respectively arranged in a grip part 27 and an air blowing part 28 between the other power line 32-2 and the sensing line 33.

Abstract: In a thermal protector 15 included, for example, in a hair dryer, a partition wall 28 (28-1, 28-2), which encloses an arrangement portion of a movable contact 23 and a fixed contact 27 from three sides, is adjacent to the contacts in a range that does not inhibit the opening/closing operations of the contacts, and is formed to be higher than the fixed contact 27 and a gap g between the contacts and to have a height that does not exceed the height of one end 22-2 of a movable plate 22 when the contacts are released, is arranged.

Abstract: A thermal projector includes a switching mechanism section having a fixed contact, a movable contact disposed so as to face the fixed contact. There are first and second external connection terminals projecting sideward and connected electrically to the fixed contact and movable contact, respectively. The switching mechanism section is constructed so that the movable contact is displaced by a deforming operation of a thermally-actuated element so as to be separated from and brought into contact with the fixed contact. A resin bottomed case having a peripheral wall is located around the switching mechanism section in a manner so that the first and second external connection terminals penetrate the peripheral wall, and the penetrating portions are adhesively sealed by molding the peripheral wall integrally with the connection terminals. There is a film formed member of an electric insulating material.

Abstract: A first contact portion 10a is projectingly provided at a part of a first terminal 10 in the direction so as to intersect a bimetal plate 90, and a second contact portion 20a is projectingly provided at a part of a second terminal 20 so as to be opposed to the first contact portion 10a. A heat generating resistor 30 is interposed between the first contact portion 10a and the second contact portion 20a so that electrodes on one end face and the other end face of the heat generating resistor 30 are in contact with the first contact portion 10a and the second contact portion 20a, respectively.

Abstract: A thermal protector is configured so that a raised portion 23 and a lowered portion 27 with the attachment face of a movable contact 21 being the reference are provided at the rear of and close to the movable contact 21 on a movable plate 20, and a tongue 31 projectingly provided in a front end portion of a bimetal element 30 is fitted in a gap 24 formed by the raised portion 23 and lowered portion 27. Therefore, a thin shape can be realized without impaired stability of operation.

Abstract: There is disclosed a scheme for accessing data management directory which is capable of achieving easy and flexible data access which are managed in substantial directories from respective applications by constructing substantial directories which sort and manage the location of data accumulated on the network and access information independently from the applications, and then sharing and integrating a group of these substantial directories to show a directory structure which is easy for the applications to utilize.

Abstract: A less expensive power cord with a safety device detects the damage of the power lines in a cord at an earlier stage, shuts off the power, and guarantees the safety of an electric appliance and its environment. The power cord has two power lines and a detection line provided between them, and the sheath portion between the detection line and the power line is thinner than the insulating sheath material of the cord contact portion. When the power line becomes half-broken and damaged by the fatigue with the passage of time due to bendings and pulls, the broken ends of the thin lines of the power line are untwisted and contact the thin sheath portion of the detection line, a current flows through the detection line, a current difference occurs in the power line, the power shutdown device detects the difference, releases a latch, and opens a constant close interlocking switch, thereby shutting off the power.

Abstract: A route guiding system and method for use with a navigation device that provides route guidance utilizing portions of speech uttered by a user to further guide the user to a location. The route guiding system includes a route guide request presence or absence determining unit and an institution extracting unit. The route guide request presence or absence determining unit determines whether a pre-registered a route guide request, such as “I see,” is included in a user utterance. The institution extracting unit extracts a word related to an institution such as, “post office,” from the user utterance. For example, if the user states, “I see a post office.” The route guide request presence or absence determining unit identifies “I see” and the institution extracting unit identifies “post office.

Abstract: A thermal protector has a fixed plate provided with a fixed contact at the front end portion. There is a first terminal for external connection in the rear end portion and a movable plate having elasticity so that a movable contact provided in the front end portion is brought into contact with the fixed contact by the elasticity. There is a second terminal for external connection connected to the rear end portion of the movable plate; and a bimetal plate, the front end portion being engaged with the movable plate. The movable plate is driven in a direction such that the movable contact is separated from the fixed contact by reversing when a predetermined temperature is exceeded. A part of the movable plate has a double reconstruction provided by folding, and an increase in cross-sectional area due to this double construction substantially decreases the internal resistance.

Abstract: The central portion of a movable plate 40 is cut into a U shape to form a tongue 43 provided along the longitudinal axis of the movable plate 40, the tongue 43 is brought into close contact with an upper electrode face 31 of a heating resistor 30, a lower electrode face 32 of the heating resistor 30 is brought into contact with a fixed plate 10, and portions of the movable plate 40 located on both sides of a cut 46 operate as an elastic arm 47.