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.

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: Contacts 3, 6, which are opened/closed by the displacement of a heat responsive element 7, are interposed between first and second terminals 2, 9, and a heat generating resistor 8 is interposed between the first terminal 9 and a third terminal 10, whereby the heat responsive element 7 is displaced by heat generated when a current is caused to flow in the heat generating resistor 8 via the third terminal 10.

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 includes a switching mechanism section 20 having a fixed contact 25, a movable contact 26 disposed so as to face the fixed contact 25, and first and second external connection terminals 21 and 22 projecting sideward and connected electrically to the fixed contact 25 and movable contact 26, respectively, the switching mechanism section 20 being constructed so that the movable contact 26 is displaced by a deforming operation of a thermally-actuated element 24 so as to be separated from and brought into contact with the fixed contact 25; a resin made bottomed case 10 having a peripheral wall 12 located around the switching mechanism section 20 in such a manner that the first and second external connection terminals 21 and 22 penetrate the peripheral wall 12, in which the penetrating portions of the external connection terminals 21 and 22 are adhesively sealed by molding the peripheral wall 12 integrally with the connection terminals 21 and 22; and a film-form cover member 30 formed of an elec

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: A thermal conductor includes a fixing plate which ha a fixing contact at one end and the other end of which is connected to an external circuit via a first terminal. There is a movable plate which has a movable contact contactable with the fixing contact at one end and the other end of which is connected to an external circuit via a second terminal, also included is a bimetal plate which is deformed when the temperature thereof is increased to a preset predetermined value, thereby deforming the movable plate in the direction such that the movable contact is separated from the fixing contact. The Internal conductive parts (e.g. the fixing and movable plates) are formed of a material having an electrical conductivity of 50%IACS and higher.

Abstract: A thermal protector includes a bimetal plate which is prevented from being vibrated by a magnetic field produced by a transformer or a motor. A member made of magnetic material is disposed in the vicinity of the bimetal plate. The fixed member for loosely holding the bimetal plate may be made of magnetic material. The fixed metal fitting for connecting a first fixed plate with a movable plate is extended near to the bimetal plate and is made of magnetic material.

Abstract: A thermal protector having a fixed plate with a fixed contact point at one end, a movable plate having a movable contact point at a position corresponding to the fixed contact point. A bimetal plate which bends when a temperature exceeds a specified level deforms movable plate so as separate the contacts. There are first and second terminals connecting the fixed and movable plates with an external circuit and a heating element connected to the first and second terminals to maintain an open-circuited state. The heating element is flexible and is arranged so as to be deformed following the deformation of the bimetal plate and to always physically contact always with the bimetal plate.

Abstract: A thermostat, having a seal structure, prevents contact of a resilient plate with an inner side of the housing, even if an extremely great current flows through the resislient plate. The thermostat has a bulging portion at an inner side of the housing to which the bimetal plate contacts, before the resilient plate contacts to an inner portion of the housing.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a thermostat including a protection circuit for protecting a circuit even if contacts of the thermostat are welded. Movable contacts are disposed in both ends of a resilient plate deformed by a thermally responsive member and stationary contacts are disposed to correspond to both the movable contacts. External terminals are disposed to correspond to the stationary contacts. The strength of the spring on the side of one movable contact of the resilient member is made weaker than the strength of the spring on the side of the other movable contact. Normally, the movable contact having the weaker strength of the spring is opened and closed in response to the deformation of the thermally responsive member and if this contact are welded, the other movable contact is opened and closed. In the preferred embodiment, the second thermally responsive member for operating one movable contact is provided.

Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to make it possible to adjust the heating rate inside the thermostat independently from the characteristics of the resilient plate in a thermostat, and to reduce the contamination inside the thermostat caused by particles.A fixing member is fabricated by folding a sheet of metal with at least a couple of holes having different diameters, so that the holes are aligned to each other, and the fixing member is configured so that the larger diameter part of the hole is far from the bimetal, the fixing member is penetrated by protrusions in the fixed plate, and the top of the protrusion is melted to spread in the larger diameter part.

Abstract: A mechanical latch capable of arranging a plunger PL and a latch release button straight is disclosed.A mover MV is pushed in a direction F by pressing means including a resilient arm A provided with a movable contact CF1. The mover MV is formed with an oblique portion MVR having a section formed into a triangle. The oblique portion MVR is meshed with a gripper claw GRN and the mover MV is moved in a direction R by a spring SP to become a latch state. The plunger having a fin higher than a top of the oblique portion MVR is moved to release the meshing. The mover is moved in the direction F and the gripper is moved in the direction R to thereby release the latch.

Abstract: A thermostat including a heater without a positive temperature characteristic thermistor or an alumina substrate. The thermostat with a filmy heater includes two terminals (2a, 3a) to be connected with an external circuit, a fixed plate (2) connected with one of said terminals and on which a static contact point (2b) is mounted, a resilient plate (3) connected with the other of the two terminals and on which a movable contact point (3b) is mounted, a bimetal (5) which is so deformed, when temperature of the bimetal exceeds a predetermined temperature, to deform the resilient plate so that the movable contact point is separated from the static contact point, and heater (6) mounted in parallel with said fixed plate and the resilient plate. The heater is an electro-conductive film (6a) on an insulative film (6b), which is incorporated in the thermostat.

Abstract: A water sensing type power breaker circuit is incorporated into an electric appliance such as a hair dryer or the like and is used to cut off a power supply to prevent an accident due to an electric shock immediately when the electric appliance is dropped into the water.A water sensing type power breaker circuit includes first and second contacts having one polarity connected to a power supply and the other polarity connected to a load, an impedance element circuit including first and second impedance elements connected in series each other and which is connected in parallel with the load, a water sensing element made of an electrical conductor connected to an intermediate point between both the impedance elements through a conductor, and a relay for detecting a current flowing through the conductor to open the first and second contacts when the current flows through the conductor. The relay is held by itself so that the first and second contacts are opened.

Abstract: An actuator with a built-in reed switch includes a solenoid, a plunger made of magnetic material and movable within a coil of the solenoid, a plunger receiver made of magnetic material and fixedly mounted in the solenoid coil, a magnetic responsive reed switch connected in series to the solenoid coil and disposed near a gap between the plunger and the plunger receiver, and a sensor terminal branched from a junction between the solenoid coil and the reed switch, whereby contacts of the reed switch are closed by a magnetic field generated when a current flows through the sensor terminal in the solenoid coil. The actuator shifts from high sensitivity to lower sensitivity and supplies a sufficient driving force as an actuator.

Abstract: An electric unit with a plurality of electric circuit elements is manufactured to connect terminals of the electric circuit elements directly using flexible conductors and the entire electric unit is covered by a deformable and contractile tube. Entrance and exit of conductors for connecting the electric unit and an external electric circuit are sealed with waterproof synthetic resin in a watertight manner. At least a portion of the electric circuit unit is capable of being bent. The electric unit can be applied to electric appliances having various shapes and further be easily mounted in a space, for example, such as a corner of the electric appliance even if the available space is curved.